Rip Current Statement Puerto Rico | Effective 03/17/2026 22:37
Public safety alert, emergency alert, and weather alert<br />
Description:<br />
* WHAT...Life-threatening rip currents.
* WHERE...Along the exposed beaches in southern Puerto Rico
* WHEN...Through this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away<br />
from shore into deeper water, where it becomes difficult to<br />
return to safety.
Instruction:<br />
There is a high risk of rip currents.
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away<br />