On Saturday at 8:04 p.m. the National Weather Service released a rip current statement valid for Sunday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Essex, Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties.

While the weekend forecast calls for sunny skies at the Jersey Shore, rough surf conditions and life-threatening rip currents are expected to persist.

Scattered thunderstorms and rising humidity are expected in New Jersey on Sunday to close out an otherwise sunny weekend.

Strong winds and waves battered parts of Massachusetts, and dangerous rip currents threatened beachgoers as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea.

Three young girls were saved from the rip currents at Ocean City yesterday, according to Ocean City Beach Patrol.

While the weekend forecast calls for sunny skies and comfortable temperatures, rough surf conditions and life-threatening rip currents are expected to persist at the Shore through at least Saturday night,

On 11 August lifeguards patrolling at Tenby Castle Beach rescued six people and assisted two people using inflatables who were in difficulty caught in rip currents. The groups were using inflatables and stand-up-paddleboards, the RNLI said, which were getting swept behind St Catherine's Island by the strong currents.

Several people had to be rescued at a beach in Rye, New Hampshire, on Friday as dangerous waves and currents hit the East Coast from Hurricane Erin.