High Surf Advisory
NWS Charleston SC ยท US
Details
High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 PM EDT Monday... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This Evening... ...Coastal Flood Warning Is Cancelled
- Event
- High Surf Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
Where
Coastal Colleton and Charleston Counties.
When
For the High Surf Advisory, until 5 PM EDT Monday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this 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.
Additional details
Conditions will continue to improve through late morning hours, prior to the next high tide cycle this evening.
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 Colleton
- Charleston County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~24s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5SNQRFE0MRG3XNZYY86K7QQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a566de4c8c85e26110a3357f3e12b61b85d59d83.001.2
- 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.2714
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SUY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWCHS |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KCHS 251359 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ccc22c277ed2f4d8e5ed85900fe08753be4e38e.001.3,2026-10-24T21:42:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.67370ac0f3bcd9ce2e886e7c1c42062945cf3b55.001.2,2026-10-24T21:23:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e64e0950a013f91d1df8f0306dd618223d5fa2b.002.2,2026-10-24T18:52:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1a22e5eca1e71ccfaf0bdf915c0b53413bfb5e1e.001.2,2026-10-24T17:03:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e8c535f130fdb4212e9d557fb1dd102f1beb4801.001.4,2026-10-24T14:16:00-04:00 [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 Colleton
- Charleston County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045029 |
| SAME | 045019 |
| UGC | SCZ149 |
| UGC | SCZ150 |