Rip Current and High Tides Warned for Labor Day

The National Weather Service issued the following warning midday Sunday and requested the media post it as urgent:

SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...A SOUTH SWELL WILL GENERATE SURF BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET AND OCCASIONAL 6 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH FACING SHORES. THE SURF MAY INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A FRESH SOUTH SWELL. SHORES EXPOSED TO THE SOUTH SWELL ARE IN THE VICINITY OF POINT MUGU TO POINT DUME AND IN THE VICINITY OF BELMONT SHORES.

THE LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL LIKELY GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AS WELL AS UNUSUALLY STRONG AND REVERSED LONG-SHORE CURRENTS. * TIDES...HIGH WATER OF AROUND 5 FEET WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING AND LOW WATER...NEAR 1 FOOT...IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND HIGH WATER...OF NEAR 5 FEET IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OCEAN ACTIVITIES MAY BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, SWIM OUT OF THE CURRENT THEN TO SHORE. DO NOT FIGHT THE CURRENT.