* WHAT…Breaking waves around 6-9 feet, and occasionally
higher, resulting in life-threatening rip currents.
* WHERE…Beaches along the northern coast of Puerto Rico, from
Aguadilla to Fajardo.
* WHEN…Through Friday afternoon.
* 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…Life-threatening rip currents will
continue across the north-facing beaches of the islands
through most of the workweek due to pulses of long period
northerly swells. However, a larger, northwesterly swell will
arrive as early as late tonight, building seas between 8 and
12 feet at 13 to 15 seconds. This will likely result in
Coastal Flood and High Surf Advisory conditions, particularly
from the west- northwest to northeast coast of Puerto Rico
from Thursday through Friday. A Coastal Flood Watch could be
issued later this afternoon for the northwest to northeast
coast of Puerto Rico.