# High Surf Advisory: Pohnpei — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-19 15:28 ingested 2026-08-19 06:41

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

High Surf Advisory — Pohnpei
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 7 to 9 ft.

* WHERE...South facing reefs of Pohnpei.

* WHEN...Until 3 PM ChST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and
localized beach erosion.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly swell looks to persist through
through Thursday afternoon. This may get additional support from
Tropical Depression 17W, which will continue to strengthen over
the next couple of days, as it moves westward away from the region.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.