{"id":22696,"date":"2023-09-03T01:07:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T05:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=22696"},"modified":"2023-09-05T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:30:26","slug":"high-rip-current-advisory-continues-sunday-moderate-risk-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/09\/high-rip-current-advisory-continues-sunday-moderate-risk-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;High&#8217; Rip Current Advisory Continues Sunday, &#8216;Moderate&#8217; Risk Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"d6a4846416514da49cb3530247a29ba6\">(new Image()).src = 'https:\/\/capi.connatix.com\/tr\/si?token=e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0&cid=209cb62d-f20d-41b1-885d-a317d66dc464';  cnx.cmd.push(function() {    cnx({      playerId: \"e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0\",      mediaId: \"1c4eb2b3-3083-4c35-9dc6-7e4eb914e449\"    }).render(\"d6a4846416514da49cb3530247a29ba6\");  });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service has extended its forecast of \u201chigh\u201d rip current risks at the Jersey Shore to 9 p.m. Sunday, meaning swimmers may not have their usual level of access to ocean beaches in some locations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NWS Surf Zone Forecast for Ocean County, the surf height will be 3-4 feet Sunday and carry with it a \u201chigh\u201d risk current risk. The NWS defines \u201chigh\u201d as \u201clife-threatening rip currents likely in the surf zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14674\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194626_61_1693699180090_photo_optimized-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14674\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14674\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194626_61_1693699180090_photo_optimized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"'Double red' flags fly at Brick Beach III, Sept. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Double red\u2019 flags fly at Brick Beach III, Sept. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Water temperatures will remain in the upper 60s and wind will be from the southwest at about 10 m.p.h.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the rip current risk is predicted to be \u201cmoderate,\u201d meaning \u201clife-threatening rip currents are <em>possible<\/em> in the surf zone,\u201d as opposed to \u201clikely\u201d during high-risk periods. Water temperatures will remain in the high 60s with surf heights of 2-3 feet with west winds around 5 m.p.h., becoming southwest in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The NWS issues its Surf Zone Forecast for periods of two days at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a high risk of rip currents,\u201d a statement from the local NWS office in Mount Holly said. \u201cA high risk of rip currents implies that wind and\/or wave conditions will support the development of very strong rip currents. Rip currents can be life threatening to anyone caught in the rip current.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14675\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194040_52_1693698190223_photo_optimized-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14675\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14675\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194040_52_1693698190223_photo_optimized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Surf conditions Sept. 2, 2023. in Brick Township, N.J. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surf conditions Sept. 2, 2023. in Brick Township, N.J. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14676\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194056_53_1693698376215_photo_optimized-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14676\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14676\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194056_53_1693698376215_photo_optimized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Surf conditions Sept. 2, 2023. in Brick Township, N.J. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surf conditions Sept. 2, 2023. in Brick Township, N.J. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NWS, if you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/09\/high-rip-current-advisory-continues-sunday-moderate-risk-monday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service has extended its forecast of \u201chigh\u201d rip current risks at the Jersey Shore to 9 p.m. Sunday, meaning swimmers may not have their usual level of access to ocean beaches in some locations. According to the NWS Surf Zone Forecast for Ocean County, the surf height will be 3-4 feet Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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":[24,4484,1633,1631],"class_list":["post-22696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shore-environment","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-featured","tag-labor-day-weekend","tag-rip-currents","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dji_fly_20230902_194626_61_1693699180090_photo_optimized-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-5U4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22696","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=22696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}