{"id":8189,"date":"2022-09-11T03:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T07:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=8189"},"modified":"2022-09-11T03:34:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T07:34:18","slug":"watch-heavy-surf-keeps-swimmers-out-of-the-water-at-local-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/09\/watch-heavy-surf-keeps-swimmers-out-of-the-water-at-local-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Heavy Surf Keeps Swimmers Out of the Water at Local Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/cdn.playwire.com\/bolt\/js\/zeus\/embed.js\" data-config=\"\/\/config.playwire.com\/1024730\/videos\/v2\/5555879\/zeus.json\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Heavy surf, producing rip currents and weather advisories, kept the ocean off-limits to swimmers in most local communities, where lifeguards were on weekend duty following last week\u2019s Labor Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(A full update on the rip currents, plus current advisories, continues underneath the photos of today\u2019s waves.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12083\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_541-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12083\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12083\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12068\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_526-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12068\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12068\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_526-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A sign indicating no lifeguards on duty in Bay Head, N.J. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign indicating no lifeguards on duty in Bay Head, N.J. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12082\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_540-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12082\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12082\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_540-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12078\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_536-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12078\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12078\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_536-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12074\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_532-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12074\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12074\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_532-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lifeguards keep watch over the beach in Ortley Beach, N.J. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lifeguards keep watch over the beach in Ortley Beach, N.J. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12071\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_529-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12071\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12071\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_529-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12077\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_535-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12077\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12077\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_535-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12076\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_534-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12076\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12076\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_534-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12072\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_530-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12072\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12072\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_530-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12081\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_539-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12081\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12081\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_539-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12080\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_538-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12080\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12080\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_538-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_528-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12070\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_528-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sunbathers enjoy an afternoon in Ortley Beach. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12075\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_533-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12075\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12075\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_533-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12079\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_537-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12079\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12079\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_537-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12069\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_527-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12069\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12069\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_527-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy surf leads to dangerous rip currents, Sept. 10, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Ocean County, waves whipped up by a combination of the moon phase and the remnants of Hurricane Earl, now a post-tropical cyclone hovering off the Canadian Maritimes, produced seas of more than 5-feet offshore, large waves at beaches and strong rip currents. A rip current advisory was in effect through Sunday, as well as a small craft advisory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntering the surf is discouraged,\u201d the advisory, which expires 6 p.m. Sunday, said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service was forecasting 5-foot seas Sunday, foggy conditions at times, and continued rip currents at the shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaves and winds should subside a bit, however, a long period easterly swell will continue,\u201d the NWS said in a statement. \u201cTherefore, a high risk for dangerous rip currents at New Jersey and Delaware beaches continues through Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By Monday, winds and waves are forecast subside further, leading the NWS to forecast a moderate risk for the formation of dangerous rip currents on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a reminder, many beaches now have limited to no lifeguards present,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The NWS also warned of a mild to moderate threat of coastal flooding Sunday, though mainly during the AM high tide period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/09\/watch-heavy-surf-keeps-swimmers-out-of-the-water-at-local-beaches\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy surf, producing rip currents and weather advisories, kept the ocean off-limits to swimmers in most local communities, where lifeguards were on weekend duty following last week\u2019s Labor Day holiday. (A full update on the rip currents, plus current advisories, continues underneath the photos of today\u2019s waves.) In Ocean County, waves whipped up by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[1080,1666,1397,11],"class_list":["post-8189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","tag-featured","tag-heavy-seas","tag-rough-surf","tag-toms-river-nj-news","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waves_jersey_shore_ortley_beach_bay_head_09_10_2022_540-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}