Wednesday's blustery conditions are causing a high risk of rip currents on South Florida's beaches.
Rip current advisories remain in place for most South Florida Beaches through Thursday. Forecasters said east winds of 15-25 mph with higher gusts are creating a rip current risk on the beaches of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water, where the currents could quickly whisk them away from the shore.
The monster waves could clearly be spotted off A1A in Fort Lauderdale. The dark cloudy skies mixed with the dangerous ocean condition are spelling out trouble for spring breakers.
"The weather is not good, really not good at all," said vacationer Oliver Rentschlr.
Visitors to South Florida beaches should pay attention to the flags flying at lifeguard stands. Red flags indicating high surf and/or strong currents are flying at some South Florida beaches Wednesday.
On Fort Lauderdale Beach, the purple flags indicating dangerous sea life also were flying. Beach Rescue said those flags were put up because of man-o-war warnings.
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While the windy weather has caused some issues at South Florida's beaches, representatives of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Miami international airports said it has led to no problems or delays.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said there were no brush fires burning late Wednesday morning, so they are not concerned about the wind in that regard. Officials said high winds become a problem when they spread already-burning brush fires.