BREAKING

Weather Updates

Best Swimmers Can be Swept Away: Beach, Marine Conditions in USVI Still Hazardous, Says National Weather…

Staff Consortium | March 20, 2023

Beachgoers and small craft operators in the USVI have been warned that marine conditions are still hazardous, despite the subsidence of the northerly swell that has been affecting regional waters for the past week.  A briefing from the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico (NWS) issued on Sunday night indicates that choppy seas and hazardous marine and coastal conditions will continue into Monday. A high rip current risk exists across the U.S. Virgin Islands, with breaking waves of between 6 to 10 feet creating dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. Rip currents, the NWS warns, can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.  Off shore, the NWS is reporting seas up to 7 feet, as high as 8 feet on occasion, creating marine conditions that are hazardous to small craft. Advisories have been issued for small vessels…

Life-Threatening Coastal Conditions to Continue Early…

Staff Consortium | March 12, 2023

Northerly swells will continue to stream across the regional waters, maintaining hazardous marine and…

Be Immersed Like Never Before as Prolific Fine Art…

Ernice Gilbert | December 03, 2022

Eliana B Artistry —  a small business committed to fostering spaces that are dedicated to the arts and…

High Surf and High Rip Current to Affect Territory…

Staff Consortium | December 03, 2022

A northeasterly swell with a period ranging between 10 and 13 seconds will invade the local Atlantic…

Latest