WHUS41 KBOX 200744
CFWBOX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
344 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
MAZ022-024-202200-
/O.CON.KBOX.SU.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080920T2200Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
344 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR EAST FACING OCEAN EXPOSED BEACHES OF CAPE COD AND
NANTUCKET.
EASTERLY SWELL OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL PERSIST TODAY OVER THE WATERS
SOUTH AND EAST OF CAPE COD. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF
AND A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG EAST FACING OCEAN
BEACHES OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.
A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A
STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE
SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND
EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT.
IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM
PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL.  ANOTHER MEANS OF
ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT
BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM
TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE
CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.
HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED
BEACHES.  WATCH YOUR CHILDREN.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS
AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED.
$$
KJC