From the National Weather Service

COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 754 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND PIERS OR JETTIES WHERE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONGER. REPORTS FROM OCEAN RESCUE CONFIRMED THAT MULTIPLE RESCUES OCCURRED YESTERDAY DUE TO STRONG CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.