Alert archive / Northern Mariana Islands / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Guam
NWS Guam issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Guam
The text
As transmitted.
206 WHMY40 PGUM 280500 CFWGUM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tiyan GU 300 PM ChST Tue Apr 28 2026 GUZ001-MPZ001>003-282000- /O.NEW.PGUM.RP.S.0012.260428T0500Z-260430T0600Z/ Guam-Rota-Tinian-Saipan- 300 PM ChST Tue Apr 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increasing trade-wind swell will produce surf of 9 feet along east facing reef, resulting in a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Kleeschulte
4 follow-up statements
106 WHMY40 PGUM 281757 CFWGUM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tiyan GU 357 AM ChST Wed Apr 29 2026 GUZ001-MPZ001>003-290800- /O.CON.PGUM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260430T0600Z/ Guam-Rota-Tinian-Saipan- 357 AM ChST Wed Apr 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increasing trade-wind swell will produce surf of 9 feet along east facing reef, resulting in a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Mesa
387 WHMY40 PGUM 290520 CFWGUM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tiyan GU 320 PM ChST Wed Apr 29 2026 GUZ001-MPZ001>003-291930- /O.CON.PGUM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260430T0600Z/ Guam-Rota-Tinian-Saipan- 320 PM ChST Wed Apr 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A pulse of elevated east-northeast trade swell will produce surf of 9 feet along east facing reefs, resulting in a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DeCou
773 WHMY40 PGUM 291805 CFWGUM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tiyan GU 405 AM ChST Thu Apr 30 2026 GUZ001-MPZ001>003-300600- /O.CON.PGUM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260430T0600Z/ Guam-Rota-Tinian-Saipan- 405 AM ChST Thu Apr 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A pulse of elevated east-northeast trade swell will produce surf of 9 feet along east facing reefs, resulting in a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Mesa
793 WHMY40 PGUM 300555 CFWGUM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tiyan GU 355 PM ChST Thu Apr 30 2026 GUZ001-MPZ001>003-300700- /O.EXP.PGUM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260430T0600Z/ Guam-Rota-Tinian-Saipan- 355 PM ChST Thu Apr 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED TO END THIS AFTERNOON... Buoy data on the east side of Guam has shown a overall decrease in the period of the easterly swell, and model data supports the east swell subsiding slightly tonight through Sunday morning. This will allow surf to decrease slightly along east facing reefs and decrease the risk of rip currents from high to moderate for most of the weekend. $$ Schank
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.