Photo for Headline Surfer / The view from the beach cam at the Dunlawton Avenue ramp shows a deserted oceanfront just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The red flags were flown Friday at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona and elsewhere along 45 miles of county beaches for rough surf and rip currents.
"We had no water rescues, Beach Safety Capt. Tamra Malphurs said in an email media alert Friday night to Headline Surfer. "Going into the weekend we have an afternoon high tide of around 4:30 pm on Saturday, we will be open most of the day to driving, but we may be closing some beach access ramps a little early."
"We had no water rescues, Beach Safety Capt. Tamra Malphurs said in an email media alert Froday night to Headline Surfer. "Going into the weekend we have an afternoon high tide of around 4:30 pm on Saturday, we will be open most of the day to driving, but we may be closing some beach access ramps a little early."
The lack of rescues is due mostly to the fact that visitors to the beaches here have been minimal throughout the week as it is the off season.
Beach Conditions Today:
- Observation Time: 1/7/2021 11:13:55 AM
- Water Temperature: 65
- Weather: PARTLY CLOUDY
- Wind Direction: N
- Wind Speed: 0
- Beach Current: TO THE SOUTH
- Rip Risk: HIGH
- Surf Zone Width: Open
- Flag Color: RED (High Surf and/or Strong Currents)
- Wave Type: ROUGH
- Wave Direction: 67° - ENE
- Wave Height: 2
- Mile Post: 15.27
- City: DAYTONA BEACH
- Sunset: 17:44:52...
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