Rip Current Statement issued March 14 at 3:25PM ChST until March 16 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 9 to 14 feet and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...North and east facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A significant northeast well is generating hazardous surf and a high risk of rip currents along north and east facing reefs. Surf will likely fall below hazardous levels of 12 feet for east facing reefs around Saturday night, but will continue to meet hazardous criteria of
High Surf Advisory issued March 14 at 3:25PM ChST until March 16 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 9 to 14 feet and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...North and east facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A significant northeast well is generating hazardous surf and a high risk of rip currents along north and east facing reefs. Surf will likely fall below hazardous levels of 12 feet for east facing reefs around Saturday night, but will continue to meet hazardous criteria of
High Surf Advisory issued March 14 at 3:18PM ChST until March 17 at 3:00AM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 11 to 14 feet along north facing reefs; 8 to 10 feet along east facing reefs. * WHERE...North facing reefs of Pohnpei and north and east facing reefs of Kosrae. * WHEN...Until 3 AM ChST Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A long-period northerly swell will be moving through the region and is expected to peak tonight or Saturday. Swell heights up to 9 feet with a period of 15 to 17 seconds will support surf up to 14 feet. In addition, the elevated trade swell and swell
High Surf Advisory issued March 13 at 4:09PM ChST until March 15 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 11 feet and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east facing reefs. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A long-period north-northeast swell, in combination with the northeast trade swell, is generating hazardous surf along north facing reefs and a high risk of rip currents along north and east facing reefs. Surf
Rip Current Statement issued March 13 at 4:09PM ChST until March 15 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 11 feet and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east facing reefs. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A long-period north-northeast swell, in combination with the northeast trade swell, is generating hazardous surf along north facing reefs and a high risk of rip currents along north and east facing reefs. Surf
Rip Current Statement issued March 12 at 3:58PM ChST until March 15 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 7 to 9 feet and dangerous rip currents expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north-facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east-facing reefs. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A pulse of northerly swell, in combination with northeasterly trade swell, has brought hazardous surf to north-facing reefs and a high risk of rip currents to north and east-facing reefs.
High Surf Advisory issued March 12 at 3:58PM ChST until March 15 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 7 to 9 feet and dangerous rip currents expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north-facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east-facing reefs. * WHEN...Until 4 PM ChST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A pulse of northerly swell, in combination with northeasterly trade swell, has brought hazardous surf to north-facing reefs and a high risk of rip currents to north and east-facing reefs.
High Surf Advisory issued March 12 at 3:23PM ChST until March 16 at 3:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 9 to 11 feet. * WHERE...North facing reefs of Pohnpei. * WHEN...From 3 PM Thursday to 3 PM ChST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A large, long-period north swell will move into Pohnpei Thursday night causing surf to become hazardous along north facing reefs. With the full moon around Friday, high tides will be higher than normal which may result in some minor wave splash up in low lying areas of northern shores.
High Surf Advisory issued March 11 at 3:55PM ChST until March 14 at 6:00AM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 7 to 9 feet and dangerous rip currents expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north-facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east-facing reefs. * WHEN...From 6 AM Wednesday to 6 AM ChST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A shear line is stalled just north of Saipan while a pulse of northerly swell moves through the region. This increase in north swell, combined with
Rip Current Statement issued March 11 at 3:55PM ChST until March 14 at 6:00AM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 7 to 9 feet and dangerous rip currents expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...For the High Surf Advisory, north-facing reefs of the Marianas. For the High Rip Risk, north and east-facing reefs. * WHEN...From 6 AM Wednesday to 6 AM ChST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A shear line is stalled just north of Saipan while a pulse of northerly swell moves through the region. This increase in north swell, combined with