Expires:200907232000;Remove:200907232000;207002 WHUS46 KLOX 231848 CFWLOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1148 AM PDT THU JUL 23 2009 ...HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF WITH HIGH RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTH FACING BEACHES... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS LOW LYING SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE... .A LONG PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL ORIGINATING FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...BUILD TONIGHT...THEN PEAK FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. INITIALLY...SOME LONG PERIOD SWELL OF AROUND 20 SECONDS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN WAVE PERIODS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 15 TO 18 SECOND RANGE BY FRIDAY. THIS LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL GENERATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...AND MAY REQUIRE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AS THE EVENT EVOLVES. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENTERING THE OCEAN. IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE WAVES TO SUDDENLY SWEEP PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL STARTING FRIDAY AND LASTING AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT LOW LYING BEACHES DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. CAZ046-232000- /O.CAN.KLOX.CF.S.0008.090723T1900Z-090726T0400Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1148 AM PDT THU JUL 23 2009 HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF IS NOT EXPECTED. THIS ZONE WAS ACCIDENTALLY INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT. $$