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.

Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

Hurricane Erin's impacts are already underway across the Southeast, bringing dangerous surf and strong rip currents along Florida's East Coast beaches.

BIG FOCUS BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED ON THE COAST RIGHT NOW AARON IS KICKING UP SOME WAVES BIG WAVES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS NOT EVEN THE PEAK YET. WE’RE EXPECTING THE WORST OF THE WAVES FOR US HERE LOCALLY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TO REALLY PEAK TOMORROW.

The center of Hurricane Erin is east of Florida Wednesday as it continues to move north-northwest. Hurricane Erin is located east of Florida Wednesday, Aug. 20, as it moves north, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

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.

Hurricane Erin brings swells to Florida. It's ideal for surfing but dangerous for beachgoers who see blue skies, but don't realize the dangers.

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