High Surf Advisory in Escambia County, Florida
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
1/23/2024 9:07:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
1/23/2024 9:07:00 PM until 1/25/2024 1:00:00 AM
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to
dangerous surf conditions.
If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don`t swim against
the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline.
If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to
7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk,
dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal
Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and
Okaloosa Coastal Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until midnight CST
Wednesday night. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday
afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and
localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best
swimmers away from shore into deeper water.




