Although Hurricane Erin isn't forecasted to hit Massachusetts, the Bay State is still feeling the effects of the storm.
That's why two beaches on the South Shore were shut down for today, Tuesday Aug. 19.
"The main concern this week though is for high surf and dangerous rip currents to ocean exposed beaches through (Friday)," according to the National Weather Service online forecaster's discussion.
What beaches were shut down in Massachusetts because of the problem?
Here's what to know.
What beaches have been shut down because of Hurricane Erin?
The Scituate, MA website is reporting, "Minot Beach and Peggotty Beach are closed to swimming ... due to rough water conditions. The situation will be monitored on a daily basis."
The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisore from 8 a.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Thursday due to "life threatening" swimming conditions on the southern Massachusetts coast and Rhode Island coast.
“Erin will churn up rough surf and dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic coastline from Florida all the way north to Maine starting this weekend into next week...a major hurricane in the open Atlantic can produce very rough surf that will impact beaches hundreds of miles away," AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Dasilva said in a statement last week.
What are rip currents?
They are powerful channels of fast-moving water, and they have killed about 50 people in the U.S. so far this year, according to a release last week from AccuWeather.
If you are caught in a rip current, officials advise you to swim parallel to the shore until you are out of the channel, AccuWeather noted in the release.
Hurricane Erin path tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Hurricane Erin spaghetti models
Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal. The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.
What's the hurricane outlook for the 2025 season?
The AccuWeather 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast is predicting 13-18 named storms, including 7-10 hurricanes, adding "Three to six direct U.S. impacts are forecast, the same range as last year’s catastrophic season with six landfalls."
The report noted that the climatological peak of hurricane season begins Sept. 10.
What is the NOAA forecast on hurricanes in 2025?
NOAA is forecasting a range of 13 to 19 total named storms. Of those, 6 to 10 are forecast to become hurricanes, including 3 to 5 major hurricanes.
This article originally appeared on wickedlocal.com: Hurricane Erin closes 2 MA beaches. High Surf advisory issued for MA
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