Expires:201007301700;;450638 FZPQ70 PGUM 300642 MWSPQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 442 PM CHST FRI JUL 30 2010 .OVERVIEW...FRESH SOUTHEAST TRADE WINDS PERSISTING EAST OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HAVE GENERATED A SWELL MIGRATING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EQUATOR TOWARD KOSRAE AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. LATEST DATA FROM THE BUOY NEAR MAJURO IN THE MARSHALLS INDICATE A 5 TO 6-FOOT SOUTHEAST SWELL WITH AN AVERAGE 10-SECOND PERIOD...ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A 8 TO 9-FOOT SURF ALONG SOUTH AND EAST FACING SHORES. BASED ON COMPUTER MODEL OUTPUT...THIS SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PMZ181-301700- MAJURO- 442 PM CHST FRI JUL 30 2010 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES... SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES WILL GRADUALLY RISE TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 9 FEET THIS EVENING. THEN SURF IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH SUNDAY. AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. $$ CHAN