Large Wave & High Tide Advisory - BE PREPARED!

Hi All,

Please help get the word out to the Venice (& Marina del Rey) community:

Large Waves & High Tides expected over next three days. Let’s be aware and prepared!!!!!!!!!!

Sand bags are available at Venice Department of Beaches & Harbors Maintenance Yard, 2300 Ocean Front Walk (right next to the large lifeguard station, where we vote, at the beach end of Venice Blvd).

I have a call into Dept. of Beaches & Harbors to see what they plan to do to prepare, if anything. As soon as I hear from them, I will send another update.

Businesses and residents should keep abreast of the situation on this website:
http://www.noaa.gov
enter Venice, CA at upper left of site

Thanks much,
Robin Rudisill
Venice Neighborhood Committee
North Venice

This is the current report from NOAA:

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
149 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007

...VERY LARGE SWELLS WILL APPROACH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COASTAL WATERS BRINGING DANGEROUS SURF AND LOCAL COASTAL
FLOODING..

.A VERY LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD WILL APPROACH
THE CENTRAL COAST NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION THIS EVENING AND REACH
COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION BY TUESDAY MORNING. WEST
FACING BEACHES WILL FEEL THE BRUNT OF THE LARGE SURF ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LARGE SWELL. AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION WILL LIKELY SEE
BREAKERS FROM 15 TO 20 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS AS HIGH AS 26 FEET. THE
EVENT WILL PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WEST FACING BEACHES SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED
WITH BREAKERS BETWEEN 7 AND 12 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 16 FEET.
THE LARGEST SURF WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MARINERS AND PEOPLE WITH COASTAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION.

THE COMBINATION OF THE HIGH SURF AND MODERATELY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES NEAR OR JUST BELOW 6 FEET WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME LOCAL MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HIGH TIDES.

THE HIGH SURF WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCAL
BEACH EROSION.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
CATALINA ISLAND-
149 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY.

...HIGH SURF AND LOCAL COASTAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE
WEST FACING BEACHES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON..
ON WEST FACING BEACHES...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...PEAKING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON..
THEN SLOWLY DECREASING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SURF OF 7 TO
12 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 16 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PEAK
OF THE EVENT. THE HIGH SURF WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS
AND LOCAL BEACH EROSION...AND MAY PRODUCE LOCAL COASTAL FLOODING
NEAR THE TIMES OF THE MORNING HIGH TIDES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SOME FAVORED AREAS FOR HIGHER SURF WILL INCLUDE THE BEACHES FROM
EMMA WOOD TO SILVERSTRAND...INCLUDING OXNARD SHORES AND HOLLYWOOD
BEACH IN VENTURA COUNTY AS WELL AS BEACHES FROM VENICE BEACH TO
THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA...INCLUDING
MANHATTAN...HERMOSA AND REDONDO BEACHES.

HEIGHTS AND TIMES OF HIGH TIDES AT LOS ANGELES HARBOR.

TUE DEC 4TH…5.3 FEET AT 544 AM PST.
WED DEC 5TH…5.6 FEET AT 610 AM PST.
THU DEC 6TH…5.7 FEET AT 635 AM PST.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE
ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT.
INSTEAD...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE
POWERFUL CURRENT.

IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM EXPOSED
COASTAL STRUCTURES OR ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. VERY
LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS.
SWIMMING OR SURFING IN THESE WAVES MAY BE DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE.

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