High surf advisory this weekend

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory from 11am Saturday to 5pm Sunday. This will produce rip currents and erosion as well as high waves.

A strong low pressure system presently centered approximately 500 nm west of the Washington/Oregon border has generated a large northwesterly swell that will impact the California coast beginning today. Swells are expected to peak Saturday into Sunday with heights reaching 15 to 19 ft. Swells will be steep due to the relatively short periods between swells. The northwesterly swell will continue through sunday and slowly taper off Monday and Tuesday.

During the last high surf advisory, which affected south-facing beaches, five people were swept off the Pillar Point Harbor breakwater.