The Jacksonville area will not get a direct impact from Hurricane Erin, however, the National Weather Service is warning of frequent, deadly rip currents, along with rough and high surf at local beaches through Thursday, with beach erosion and minor tidal flooding risk increasing Wednesday and Thursday around high tides.

Hurricane Erin is hundreds of miles away, but you could already see the impact from the wind at beaches on Tuesday, creating much stronger waves.

As stronger ocean waves roll in, Terry Sayre is looking for hidden treasure.

“I was out here to check out, see how much erosion, all this is renourished sand, so the only thing you really find is stuff people dropped recently,” Sayre said.

Sayre is already seeing a difference at Fernandina Beach

“You can see already there a

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