{"id":11518,"date":"2017-08-29T02:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T06:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2017-08-29T02:25:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T06:25:58","slug":"watch-rough-surf-sends-red-flags-flying-9-13-foot-waves-expected-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/08\/watch-rough-surf-sends-red-flags-flying-9-13-foot-waves-expected-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rough Surf Sends Red Flags Flying; 9-13 Foot Waves Expected Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-V9QhVYiv-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/V9QhVYiv?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Rough surf conditions spurred by a storm off the Carolinas led lifeguards up and down the Jersey Shore to post red flags Monday, with the big waves expected to keep up into Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In essentially every Shore town, red flags flew over the sand, indicating swimming was not permitted. In Seaside Heights, the boardwalk was filled with tourists, but the beach was just sparsely populated.<\/p>\n<p>A small craft advisory was in place until 6 p.m. Wednesday as a tropical-like disturbance swirled off the Carolinas, kicking up seas as it inched closer to New Jersey \u2013 ultimately expected to brush the state as it heads out to sea. The National Weather Service\u2019s Mount Holly office has said there is a \u201chigh risk\u201d of rip currents Tuesday, advising beachgoers to avoid swimming.<\/p>\n<p>The office\u2019s surf zone forecast said wave heights between 9-13 feet were expected Tuesday. A swell of 7-8 feet was also forecast, with a wave period of seven seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople visiting the beaches should stay\u00a0out of the high surf,\u201d the office\u2019s advisory said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4451\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/seaaide_heights_lifeguard.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4451\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4451\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/seaaide_heights_lifeguard-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Rough surf closes beaches in Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 28, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rough surf closes beaches in Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 28, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4452\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/beach_ssh.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4452\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4452\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/beach_ssh-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Rough surf closes beaches in Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 28, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rough surf closes beaches in Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 28, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>High tide will occur at about 1:50 p.m. at most local beaches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/08\/watch-rough-surf-sends-red-flags-flying-9-13-foot-waves-expected-tuesday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rough surf conditions spurred by a storm off the Carolinas led lifeguards up and down the Jersey Shore to post red flags Monday, with the big waves expected to keep up into Wednesday. In essentially every Shore town, red flags flew over the sand, indicating swimming was not permitted. In Seaside Heights, the boardwalk was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shore-environment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/seaaide_heights_lifeguard.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-2ZM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}