...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT
SATURDAY...

* WAVES...BUILDING TO 16 FT AT 16 SECONDS ON THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS WILL
EXIST FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

.A BUILDING LONG-PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL RESULT IN
INCREASING SURF HEIGHTS ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH AN INCREASED
THREAT OF SNEAKER WAVES. BEACHGOERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ALONG AREA
BEACHES AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE SURF ZONE.

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...SURF HEIGHTS WILL BUILD THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY WITH
LARGE SURF CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK
OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. SURF HEIGHTS
WILL REACH AROUND 20 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING
BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE
ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN-UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES
WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY
NORMALLY STAY DRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS SNEAKER
WAVES AND HIGH SURF CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE
SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER.