High Surf Advisory

NWS Caribou ME · US

Updated

Details

High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This Evening

Event: High Surf Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-27 05:21:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-27 05:21:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-27 20:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Large breaking waves of 4 to 8 feet. Highest waves will impact the outermost islands. High risk of rip currents.

Where

Coastal Hancock County.

When

Until 8 PM EDT Sunday.

Impacts

Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water.

Instructions

A High Surf Advisory Means That High Surf Will Affect Beaches In The Advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion.

Affected areas

Coastal Hancock

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Caribou ME
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-27 05:22:13 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m14s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3GN0NDNGX8M8QX360318B0Z
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0a11e75ea177a35b6566d7d66770878086ff37aa.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Caribou ME
AWIPS ID: CAPCAR
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.7405
WMO heading: XOUS51
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 51

References

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Sent: 2026-09-26 18:25:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-26 05:49:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-25 23:07:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-25 12:26:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-25 05:23:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-24 18:26:00 UTC

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SUY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWCAR
WMOidentifier	WHUS41 KCAR 270521
NWSheadline	HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260928T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-27T20:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Coastal Hancock

Name	Value
SAME	023009
UGC	MEZ029