Good morning, this is your surf zone forecast for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, brought to you by the National Weather Service in San Juan.
Let's start with the northern coasts where conditions are definitely more exciting. The San Juan and vicinity area, including Carolina, Toa Baja, and the capital's beaches, is under a High Surf Advisory until six PM this evening. Expect waves around thirteen feet today with a high risk of rip currents that'll stick around through late Friday night. It'll be partly sunny with numerous showers and northeast winds around ten miles per hour. Thursday brings a slight decrease to nine-foot surf, still with high rip current risk. Plan for mostly cloudy skies with numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Similar conditions exist across the northeast coast near Rio Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, and Humacao. Again, thirteen-foot surf today under the High Surf Advisory with high rip current risk extending through Friday. The pattern remains consistent Thursday with nine-foot waves and scattered showers.
Moving along the north central beaches of Arecibo, Manati, and Vega Baja, we're looking at thirteen-foot surf today with northeast winds ten to fifteen miles per hour, high rip current risk, and numerous showers. Thursday calms slightly to nine feet with partly sunny conditions and scattered showers.
The northwest coast including Aguadilla and Isabela also carries the High Surf Advisory with thirteen-foot waves, partly sunny skies, scattered showers, and northeast winds around fifteen miles per hour today. Thursday brings mostly sunny conditions, nine-foot surf, and numerous showers.
Across the western side near Mayaguez and Rincon, we're looking at twelve-foot surf today under the High Surf Advisory with high rip current risk, isolated thunderstorms possible, and east winds around ten miles per hour. This reduces to eight feet Thursday with showers and isolated thunderstorms likely.
The southern coasts tell a different story. Ponce and Guayanilla enjoy lower risk conditions with just three-foot surf, low rip current risk, and mostly sunny skies until noon. The southwest coast near Cabo Rojo and Guanica sees only four-foot waves with moderate rip current risk and a sunnier outlook early in the day.
Looking ahead through the weekend, most northern coasts will see surf gradually declining to around seven feet by Friday, with persistent showers and moderate east winds. The rip current risk remains high through late Friday night in most areas.
Sunday brings more of the same pattern across the islands with seven-foot surf on the north side, scattered to numerous showers, and east winds varying from ten to fifteen miles per hour depending on location.
The smaller islands also deserve attention. Culebra remains under the High Surf Advisory with ten-foot surf and high rip current risk today, while Vieques has ten-foot waves with high rip current risk lasting through Thursday afternoon.
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