{"id":74076,"date":"2025-08-11T06:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74076\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T06:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:53:05","slug":"high-surf-advisory-in-effect-for-southern-shores-of-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74076\/","title":{"rendered":"High surf advisory in effect for southern shores of Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                        <img width=\"760\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/web1_081025-WEB-High-surf.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid h-100 w-100\" alt=\"NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE&#10;                                A large south swell is expected to produce high surf along all south-facing shores with surf heights gradually declining today and tonight.\" style=\"max-height:600px;object-fit:contain;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE<\/p>\n<p>A large south swell is expected to produce high surf along all south-facing shores with surf heights gradually declining today and tonight.<\/p>\n<p>A high surf advisory remains in effect for the south-facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands until Monday, while a coastal flood statement remains in effect for all shores of Hawaii until tonight.<\/p>\n<p>A large south swell is expected to produce high surf along all south-facing shores with surf heights gradually declining today and tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeak afternoon high tides, combined with elevated water levels running about a half a foot higher than normal, will lead to minor flooding along most shorelines and low lying coastal areas today. Water levels should fall below thresholds by Monday,\u201d according to the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>The high surf advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. Monday, while the coastal flood statement remains in effect through later tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Expect large breaking waves of 10 to 14 feet this morning and decreasing to 8 to 12 feet this afternoon then 7 to 10 feet by Monday. Low-lying coastal areas are prone to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong breaking waves and strong currents will make swimming dangerous. Flooding of beaches that are normally dry, minor coastal erosion, and saltwater inundation,\u201d forecasters said.<\/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>Precautions to take:<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Avoid driving through flooded roadways. \u201cIf you are forced to drive through salt water, be sure to rinse your vehicle with fresh water,\u201d forecasters said.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Move electronics, vehicles or valuables to higher ground.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Monitor vessels to ensure mooring lines don\u2019t get too tight. Watch out for overwash around the boat ramps.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Secure canoes or other watercraft stowed on beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A large south swell is expected to produce high surf along all south-facing shores with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79,2986],"class_list":{"0":"post-74076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74076","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=74076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}