Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer
Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S CHECK IN WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA FOR A LOOK AT OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BECAUSE MARQUISE, IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. IT IS STELLAR. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH OFF THE WORK WEEK, RIGHT? I KNOW EDWARD PROBABLY DOESN’T WANT TO GO FOR A WALK. MAYBE HE WANTS TO SUNBATHE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN NEW SMYRNA BEACH. WE’VE GOT HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FOLKS LINED UP, BUT IT’S STILL DANGEROUS TO ENTER OUR COASTAL WATERS DUE TO THE HIGH WAVES AND ALSO THE DANGEROUS RIP. CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT WE’LL SEE. TEMPERATURES SHOW 75 DEGREES WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. WINDS ARE STILL QUICK, THOUGH, COMING IN FROM THE EAST AT 16MPH. NOW, THE REASON WHY THE WINDS ARE FAST IS THAT WE HAD A SYSTEM OF LOW PRESSURE DRAG, A COLD FRONT THAT KIND OF STALLED OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA IN PREVIOUS DAYS. THAT FRONT IS NOW PUSHED TOWARDS THE SOUTH, BUT WE’RE STILL FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE IN FROM THE NORTH SO THAT EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL KEEP THE WAVE HEIGHTS HIGH. BUT WE’RE ALSO NOTICING JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER ACROSS SOUTHERN MELBOURNE INTO MICCO AND ALONG THE SEBASTIAN INLET. ONCE YOU PUSH PAST A1A THERE. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF RAINFALL, THOUGH, SINCE SUNDAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 8.8IN ACROSS COCOA BEACH, CAPE CANAVERAL, STILL ABOVE EIGHT INCHES. EIGHT ON THE .07.1 FOR PALM COAST, 6.95. THANKFULLY, WE’RE MUCH DRIER TODAY, BUT WE STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN PAST THESE BREEZY WIND CONDITIONS. 20 MILE PER HOUR WINDS SUSTAINED IN BITHLO 21 FOR SAINT CLOUD. YOU MATCH THAT IN MELBOURNE, ALL WITH THAT EAST AND NORTHEAST ORIENTATION. THAT’S REALLY JUST SLAMMING UP AGAINST OUR COASTLINE. SO CARRY A HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6 AND 10FT. ON TOP OF THAT, A HIGH AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT RISK NOT JUST THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS YOUR WEEKEND, AS IT’S NOT ADVISED TO ENTER THE WATER WHATSOEVER. EVEN IF YOU ARE A STRONG SWIMMER, WHAT YOU’LL BE BATTLING ARE THESE RIP CURRENTS THAT FORM WHEN WE HAVE THESE WINDS MOVING PERPENDICULAR TO THE COASTLINE, ALLOWING FOR A SURPLUS OF WATER TO COME RUSHING IN. BUT EVENTUALLY THAT PRESSURE DIFFERENCE HAS TO MAKE THE WATER RUSH OUT. AND WHAT IT DOES IS TRAVEL BETWEEN THESE NARROW SANDBARS. AND THAT’S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR RIP CURRENT, WHERE EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS LIKE MICHAEL PHELPS STILL WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO COMBAT THAT. SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS SWIM AWAY FROM THE RIP CURRENT PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE, AND THEN MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO SHORE. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE WAVE HEIGHTS AS WE MOVE ACROSS THE WEEKEND. STILL TRENDING QUITE HIGH. THE SEAS 4 TO 6FT FOOT CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY, 5 TO 7 FOOT CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO KEEP THE RIP CURRENT RISK HIGH AS WELL. FOR TODAY THOUGH, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK IN CENTRAL FLORIDA’S TEMPERATURES RETURN TO THE LOWER 80S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NOT LOOKING BAD EITHER. UPPER 70S LOW 80S THERE. FUTURECAST SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN. STILL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE COASTLINE, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE SUNNY, WE WILL BE WARMING UP LATER ON ACROSS THE WEEKEND, EVEN ALONG THE COAST. 78 SATURDAY 79 SUNDAY BUT INLAND. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES. LOWER 80S ON SUNDAY. WE’RE NOT LOOKING BACK AFTER THAT. WELCOME. WE’RE GOING T
Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer
Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer
Updated: 4:14 PM EDT Apr 10, 2026
Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer
Dangerous Rip Currents Continue Across Florida Beaches This Weekend: Rip Current Explainer