* WHAT…Breaking waves around 6 feet, and occasionally higher,
resulting in life-threatening rip currents.
* WHERE…Beaches along the northern coast of Puerto Rico, from
Rincon to Fajardo, as well as northern exposed beaches of
Culebra, St Thomas and St. John.
* WHEN…Through late Sunday night.
* IMPACTS…Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water, where it becomes difficult to
return to safety.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The current northerly swell is subsiding
resulting in moderate to high rip current risk across these
beaches. However, another pulse of a long-period northerly swell
is expected to spread across the Atlantic waters and local
passages by tonight resulting in higher breaking waves once
again. Beaches will be most hazardous on Sunday. Therefore, the
High Rip Current Risk was extended through late Sunday night.