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EXPIRED11/20/2025 1:52:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
11/20/2025 1:52:00 AM until 11/20/2025 6:00:00 PM
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.
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas.
* WHEN...Through late Monday night.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A significant easterly swell produced by a
trade-wind surge upstream is generating higher surf across the
Marianas, which in turn is producing a high rip current risk along
east facing reefs. This elevated trade swell is likely to persist
for several days, before the trade-wind surge weakens slightly
around the middle of next week, allowing the rip current risk to
drop to moderate along said reefs.