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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1054 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2026
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COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN COASTAL HUMBOLDT-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
COASTAL MENDOCINO-
1054 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...A VERY LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL INCREASE THE
THREAT OF SNEAKER WAVES.
* WHERE...COASTAL DEL NORTE, NORTHERN COASTAL HUMBOLDT,
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT AND COASTAL MENDOCINO COUNTIES.
* WHEN...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RISK WILL INCREASE AS WINDS
WEAKEN.
* 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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