Posted at 6:47 a.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Surf could hit 18 feet on North Shore today
Advertiser Staff
The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for all north-facing shores where wave faces are expected to reach10 to 15 feet this morning, and then climb to 14 to 18 feet this afternoon.
Surf along west-facing shores is also on the way up and is expected to reach to 4 to 8 feet this morning, and increase to 8 to 10 feet this afternoon.
Surf along eastern shores will rise to 3 to 5 feet today while surf along south-facing shores will rise to 5 to 7 feet today.
An increasing swell from the north-northwest will bring surf above advisory levels to the north shore today, with surf slowly dropping on Thursday. A new northwest swell on Friday will likely peak below advisory levels, and then drop over the weekend.
A pair of south swells are expected, peaking near advisory levels late today and again on Saturday.
