High Surf Advisory

NWS Charleston SC · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-10-26 17:40:00 UTC.

Details

High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 PM EDT Monday... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Sunday Evening... ...Coastal Flood Advisory Is Cancelled

Event: High Surf Advisory
Issued: 2026-10-24 22:52:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-24 22:52:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-25 07:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-26 21:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.

Where

Georgia Beaches, Beaufort, and Coastal Jasper.

When

For the High Surf Advisory, until 5 PM EDT Monday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday evening.

Impacts

Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

Instructions

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Affected areas

Coastal Bryan
Coastal Chatham
Coastal Liberty
Coastal McIntosh
Beaufort County, SC
Coastal Jasper

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Charleston SC
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-24 22:52:54 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~55s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M5R1VY8ARGMVGSQQ8MCBQW6Z
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e64e0950a013f91d1df8f0306dd618223d5fa2b.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Charleston SC
AWIPS ID: CAPCHS
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.7612
WMO heading: XOUS52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 52

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e8c535f130fdb4212e9d557fb1dd102f1beb4801.002.3
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-24 18:16:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1a22e5eca1e71ccfaf0bdf915c0b53413bfb5e1e.002.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-24 21:03:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.46a78c4389be56d408fbb2250796c7f437634a9a.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-24 12:47:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.18b715a178206f4a04cc88e7c88cc69a6243ce8e.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-24 06:21:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SUY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWCHS
WMOidentifier	WHUS42 KCHS 242252
NWSheadline	HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KCHS.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-261026T2100Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-26T17:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.46a78c4389be56d408fbb2250796c7f437634a9a.001.2,2026-10-24T08:47:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.18b715a178206f4a04cc88e7c88cc69a6243ce8e.001.2,2026-10-24T02:21:00-04:00

Locations

Location data

Coastal Bryan
Coastal Chatham
Coastal Liberty
Coastal McIntosh
Beaufort County, SC
Coastal Jasper

Name	Value
SAME	013029
SAME	013051
SAME	013179
SAME	013191
SAME	045013
SAME	045053
UGC	GAZ217
UGC	GAZ219
UGC	GAZ239
UGC	GAZ241
UGC	SCZ148
UGC	SCZ151