Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Follow the advice of beach flags.

* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of up to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Friday night. For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon to 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ 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.