Dangerous Surf This Weekend

As Hurricane Bill passes several hundred miles to our east in the Atlantic, it will generate large swells of 9-10 feet along our coastline, and along much of the Eastern Seaboard. Cape Cod and eastern Maine and Canada will receive the worst of the waves and gusty winds as Bill brushes the region on its turn Northeast into the North Atlantic. Waves just off of Cape Cod will likely be 12-15 feet Saturday and Sunday.

If you have plans to be at our Atlantic beaches anytime from Friday morning through Sunday evening, be aware of the high risk for rip currents and large waves that make swimming dangerous. Rip currents are especially likely around jetties, piers, and sandbars. If you become swept in a rip current, do not fight the flow but try to swim parallel to the shoreline until you are out of the current. Then swim at an angle (not straight to the shore) back to the beach.