{"id":274818,"date":"2025-11-06T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274818\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:05:16","slug":"high-surf-coastal-flooding-expected-along-hawaii-shorelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274818\/","title":{"rendered":"High surf, coastal flooding, expected along Hawaii shorelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                        <img width=\"760\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web1_110525-WEB-Hawaiian-Isles-high-surf.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid h-100 w-100\" alt=\"NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE&#10;                                The radar shows high surf for the north- and west-facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.\" style=\"max-height:600px;object-fit:contain;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE<\/p>\n<p>The radar shows high surf for the north- and west-facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.<\/p>\n<p>A high surf advisory has been issued for the north- and west-facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands, effective through 6 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service says a large, north-northwest swell is expected to build today, boosting surf heights to 12 to 18 feet along north shores, and 8 to 12 along feet along west shores.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory covers the north- and west-facing shores of Kauai County, Oahu, and Molokai, and the north shores of Maui and Hawaii island.<\/p>\n<p>NWS warns that strong, breaking waves and strong currents will make swimming dangerous in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>Concurrently, early-morning high tides combined with water levels higher than predicted will lead to minor flooding in low-lying coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p>The public should avoid driving through flooded roadways, and move electronics, vehicles or other valuables to higher ground. Canoes or other watercraft stowed on beaches should be secured.<\/p>\n<p>                        Don&#8217;t miss out on what&#8217;s happening!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-form-blurb m-0\">Stay in touch with breaking news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It&#8217;s FREE!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeed all advice from ocean safety officials,\u201d said officials. \u201cWhen in doubt, don\u2019t go out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE The radar shows high surf for the north- and west-facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79,2986],"class_list":["post-274818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}