Good morning! This is your surf zone forecast for Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, brought to you by the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.

We're looking at a High Rip Current Risk in effect through late Sunday night across our entire forecast area, so please exercise caution if you're planning to get in the water this weekend.

Let's start with Northeast Florida beaches, including Jacksonville Beach, St. Augustine, Fernandina Beach, and Palm Coast. Today we're expecting five to six foot surf with mostly sunny skies and pleasant conditions. Temperatures will reach the mid seventies under a very high UV index, so don't forget that sunscreen. Northeast winds at ten to fifteen miles per hour will keep things active in the water. Water temperatures are running sixty-five to seventy degrees. We've got a low tide at Jacksonville Beach around ten fourteen in the morning, with the high tide coming in around four fourteen in the afternoon.

Sunday looks to calm down just a bit with four to five foot waves and mostly sunny skies with some patchy fog possible early on. Temperatures staying in the mid seventies with lighter east winds at five to ten miles per hour. The low tide at Jacksonville Beach will be around eleven oh five in the morning, with the high tide around five eleven in the evening.

Now, if you're down in the Southeast Georgia area around St. Simons Island, Brunswick, or St. Marys, today's forecast brings three to four foot surf with mostly sunny skies and areas of dense fog. It'll be a bit cooler down there with water temperatures around sixty-two to sixty-seven degrees. Highs in the mid seventies with light north winds becoming easterly this afternoon. St. Simons Island will see a low tide at ten twelve in the morning and a high at four oh two in the afternoon.

Sunday in Southeast Georgia remains sunny with three to four foot waves and light east winds at five to ten miles per hour. Temperatures again in the mid seventies. St. Simons Island shows a low tide at eleven oh seven in the morning with the high tide at five oh one in the evening.

Looking ahead to next week, things are settling down considerably. Monday we're expecting four to five foot surf in Northeast Florida dropping to two to three feet down in Georgia, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper seventies. Tuesday brings three to four foot waves up north and two to three feet down south, with sunny skies and highs in the upper seventies. By Wednesday, we'll have three to four foot surf in Northeast Florida and two to three feet in Georgia, sunny skies throughout, and highs around eighty degrees.

Remember, even though we'll have sunny, pleasant beach weather this weekend, that High Rip Current Risk means life-threatening rip currents are likely in the surf zone. If you do get in the water, always swim near a lifeguard and know how to escape a rip current by swimming parallel to the shore.

Have a great weekend and stay safe out there!

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