As temperatures climb into the mid-80s, the National Weather Service is warning Bay Area residents to be cautious when heading out to the beach.
On Sunday morning, meteorologists issued a beach hazards statement for dangerous conditions along the coastline, including sneaker waves and strong rip currents due to a long period southwesterly swell approaching the Pacific coast. The statement remains in effect through Tuesday morning.
Dial Hoang, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, wrote the 2-foot-high swell posed a risk of “potentially deadly waves which surge much further up the beach than expected and sweep unaware beachgoers into the ocean.”…