The National Weather Service is warning visitors to beaches and shorelines in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast this holiday weekend to be careful due to an increased risk of sneaker waves and rip currents.

On Friday, the agency issued a beach hazards statement for the coast stretching from northern Sonoma County down to Big Sur in Monterey County. The statement is in effect through 10 p.m. Sunday.

"Sneaker waves can unexpectedly run significantly farther up the beach than normal, including over rocks and jetties. Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers," the weather service said in a statement.

Unfortunately we have had a couple of incidents where people have been swept out to sea by hazardous surf conditions, inclu

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