Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Regional Weather Alerts
| Alert: | Rip Current Statement |
| Area(s): | Guam; Rota; Tinian; Saipan |
| Effective: | 2025-11-19 @ 9:52 am -> 2025-11-24 @ 2:00 pm |
| Onset: | 2025-11-19 @ 9:52 am -> 2025-11-20 @ 2:00 am |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Tiyan GU on 2025-11-19 @ 9:52 am |
| Headline: | Rip Current Statement issued November 20 at 1:52AM ChST until November 25 at 6:00AM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU |
| Description: |
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...East facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A significant easterly swell produced by a trade-wind surge upstream is generating higher surf across the Marianas, which in turn is producing a high rip current risk along east facing reefs. This elevated trade swell is likely to persist for several days, before the trade-wind surge weakens slightly around the middle of next week, allowing the rip current risk to drop to moderate along said reefs. |