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The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for the Virgin Islands from 6 p.m. today through 6 a.m. Wednesday due to rapidly deteriorating and extremely rough seas and hazardous surf conditions.
A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches, producing dangerous rip currents and localized beach erosion.
According to the National Weather Service long-period northerly swells will build across the Atlantic waters then quickly spread across the local passages starting this evening. The swells are expected to peak early on Tuesday and gradually diminish by Wednesday morning.
These swells as well as increasing northeasterly winds will continue to create rough seas and hazardous surf conditions along the northwest through northern exposed coastlines of the Virgin Islands.
The National Weather Service is forecasting breaking waves of 10 to 16 feet or larger along the northern exposed coastlines of the Virgin Islands.
VITEMA, along with the National Weather Service, is advising beach goers and inexperienced surfers and swimmers to stay out of the water until these hazardous surf conditions subside. Persons on the beach also should be vigilant of large breaking waves surging upon the shore and avoid being near the shoreline and stay off of rock formations.
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