The following is a National Weather Service High Surf

UAB00000000. Dec 09, 2004  03:27:59      NWS ORWEATHER 20041209 03:47:11  (DMVO) WEATHER AGENCIESOR EMERGENCY SVC    WHUS46 KPQR 091146                                                              CFWPQR                                                                                                                                                        COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT                                                         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR                                             345 AM PST THU DEC 9 2004                                                      ORZ001-002-WAZ021-092230-                                                       CENTRAL OREGON COAST-NORTH OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-               INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...CATHLAMET...TILLAMOOK...                  NEWPORT...MANZANITA...FLORENCE AND ASTORIA                                    345 AM PST THU DEC 9 2004                                             ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE           CENTRAL OREGON COAST...THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND THE SOUTH                   WASHINGTON COAST...                                                       HEAVY SWELL CONTINUES TO POUND THE BEACHES THIS MORNING. SWELL OF 24          TO 26 FEET WILL BATTER THE SURF ZONE THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE             EARLY AFTERNOON. SWELL WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER IN THE                     AFTERNOON...DROPPING DOWN TO 21 FEET BY NIGHTFALL...THEN HOVERING             AROUND 17 TO 19 FEET TONIGHT.                                                 WITH THE NEW MOON APPROACHING...TIDES HAVE BEEN GETTING STRONGER. THE         HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING WILL BRING INCREASED DANGER IN AND NEAR THE            SURF ZONE...CREATING SOME HIGHER WAVES DURING THE FLOOD TIMES IN AND          NEAR BAYS AND ESTUARIES. HIGH TIDE AT NEWPORT WILL OCCUR AROUND 930           THIS MORNING...AND AT ASTORIA AROUND 1030 AM. IN ADDITION...SOME              BEACH EROSION WILL LIKELY OCCUR.                                              IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST DURING HIGH SURF           CONDITIONS.  NOT ALL LARGE WAVES ARE ALIKE...THERE IS OFTEN AN EXTRA          LARGE BREAKER THAT CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP A PERSON OVERBOARD OR OFF A             LARGE ROCK OR JETTY WITH NO WARNING. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING            HIGH SURF CONDITIONS IS IN PORT AND WELL AWAY FROM THE SURF ZONE.

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