South Florida saw the indirect impacts of Hurricane Erin. The NEXT Weather team said through Saturday there will be an increased risk of swells, rip currents and higher tides.

Erin is also impacting Florida beaches, with large swells and elevated rip current threats continuing. The hurricane will continue to move away from the US today and slowly weaken late week. It is expected to be post-tropical by Saturday.

Hurricane Erin’s passage far off shore created nearly perfect conditions for surfers along much of Florida’s coast. Miami Herald photographer Alie Skowronski spent Thursday morning on the beach in Stuart and caught amazing action on waves estimated at eight feet and higher.

Hurricane Erin is entering the first stages of a post-tropical transition as it continues to move away from the eastern coast of the United States.

Erin’s surf and storm surge could cause erosion along sections of the Florida and East Coast and shapes up as potentially worse for North Carolina’s barrier islands, which are under mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the four feet of storm surge and 20-foot offshore waves Erin is expected to bring.

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Hurricane Erin moved away from the U.S. on Friday after battering North Carolina’s Outer Banks and deluging other areas of the East Coast. The storm has weakened to a Category 1 as it continues to move towards Nova Scotia in Canada,

After Hurricane Erin moves out to sea and three other systems fizzle out, the tropics will take a short break. But forecasters warn that it’s far too soon to let your guard down this season.