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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2026
CAZ101-103-104-109-030615-
/O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0008.260503T0600Z-260504T0600Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN COASTAL HUMBOLDT-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
COASTAL MENDOCINO-
1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...INCREASED THREAT OF SNEAKER WAVES EXPECTED.
* WHERE...COASTAL DEL NORTE, NORTHERN COASTAL HUMBOLDT,
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT AND COASTAL MENDOCINO COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .
* IMPACTS...LARGE, UNEXPECTED WAVES CAN SWEEP ACROSS THE BEACH
WITHOUT WARNING, SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE SEA FROM ROCKS,
JETTIES, AND BEACHES. THESE SNEAKER WAVES CAN ALSO MOVE LARGE
OBJECTS SUCH AS LOGS, CRUSHING ANYONE CAUGHT UNDERNEATH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DON'T BE FOOLED BY AN OCEAN THAT LOOKS CALM. THERE CAN BE
30 MINUTES OF SMALL WAVES BEFORE A SNEAKER WAVE STRIKES. AVOID
ROCKS AND JETTIES. AVOID STEEP BEACHES. STAY MUCH FARTHER BACK
FROM THE WATER AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN.
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