{"id":228141,"date":"2026-04-12T02:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228141\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:07:09","slug":"rip-currents-create-dangerous-conditions-at-central-florida-beaches-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228141\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip currents create dangerous conditions at Central Florida beaches this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rip currents create dangerous conditions at Central Florida beaches this weekend<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768911270_880_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 9:42 PM EDT Apr 11, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeachgoers are being warned about rough surf and life-threatening rip currents expected to affect coastal communities in Central Florida throughout the weekend.   The risks have many people thinking twice before heading into the water, as conditions remain hazardous. First Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda, Cam Tran and Victoria Wisniewski.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Beachgoers are being warned about rough surf and life-threatening rip currents expected to affect coastal communities in Central Florida throughout the weekend.   <\/p>\n<p>The risks have many people thinking twice before heading into the water, as conditions remain hazardous. <\/p>\n<p>First Warning Weather <\/p>\n<p>Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n<p>The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/3dfc326b-9da6-4263-b1a0-92b081d5d993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marquise Meda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Tran<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WxVictoriawis\" rel=\"nofollow\">Victoria Wisniewski<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rip currents create dangerous conditions at Central Florida beaches this weekend Updated: 9:42 PM EDT Apr 11, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95436,26849,147,102694,18746,5124,5120,28,30,29,27643,5126,5122,23879,12876,4103,1098,26848],"class_list":{"0":"post-228141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-beachgoer","9":"tag-cam-tran","10":"tag-central-florida","11":"tag-coastal-community","12":"tag-dangerous-condition","13":"tag-eric-burris","14":"tag-first-warning-weather","15":"tag-florida","16":"tag-florida-headlines","17":"tag-florida-news","18":"tag-many-people","19":"tag-marquise-meda","20":"tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","21":"tag-rip-current","22":"tag-risk","23":"tag-water","24":"tag-weekend","25":"tag-wesh-2-news-app"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}