Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Regional Weather Alerts
| Alert: | Rip Current Statement |
| Area(s): | Guam; Rota; Tinian; Saipan |
| Effective: | 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm -> 2025-12-07 @ 12:00 am |
| Onset: | 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm -> 2025-12-06 @ 2:00 pm |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Tiyan GU on 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm |
| Headline: | Rip Current Statement issued December 6 at 2:19PM ChST until December 7 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU |
| Description: |
* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, hazardous surf of 7 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...North facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory and High Rip Current Risk, until 4 PM ChST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant northerly swells generated by distant synoptic systems is producing hazardous surf and a high risk of rip currents along north facing reefs of the Marianas through at least Sunday afternoon. Surf is then likely to fall below hazardous levels thereafter as this pulse in northerly swell diminishes, which will also allow rip current risk to drop to moderate along said reefs. |
| Alert: | High Surf Advisory |
| Area(s): | Guam; Rota; Tinian; Saipan |
| Effective: | 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm -> 2025-12-07 @ 12:00 am |
| Onset: | 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm -> 2025-12-06 @ 2:00 pm |
| Severity: | Minor |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Tiyan GU on 2025-12-05 @ 10:19 pm |
| Headline: | High Surf Advisory issued December 6 at 2:19PM ChST until December 7 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU |
| Description: |
* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, hazardous surf of 7 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...North facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory and High Rip Current Risk, until 4 PM ChST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant northerly swells generated by distant synoptic systems is producing hazardous surf and a high risk of rip currents along north facing reefs of the Marianas through at least Sunday afternoon. Surf is then likely to fall below hazardous levels thereafter as this pulse in northerly swell diminishes, which will also allow rip current risk to drop to moderate along said reefs. |