* WHAT…Life-threatening rip currents due to breaking waves
increasing between 6 and 8 feet and occasionally higher.
* WHERE…Beaches of northern Puerto Rico, from Aguadilla to
Fajardo, Culebra, and St. Croix.
* WHEN…Through late Monday night.
* IMPACTS…Rip currents that can sweep even the best swimmers
away from shore into deeper water where it becomes difficult
to return to safety.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…A long-period northeasterly swell will
continue to spread across the local waters through the
weekend. This swell will increase the risk of life-threatening
rip currents with rough surf conditions along the northern
exposed beaches of the islands. In addition, a larger
long-period northwesterly swell will arrive on Sunday and
linger through early next week, causing large breaking waves
that will lead to High Surf Advisory conditions, minor beach
erosion, and life- threatening rip currents, particularly
along the Atlantic coastline of Puerto Rico from Rincon to
Fajardo, and Culebra. Across the U.S. Virgin Islands,
life-threatening rip currents will prevail across all northern
exposed beaches due to the long period swells.