By Trina A. San Agustin
Variety News Staff

A BODY boarder was rescued at Rick’s Reef in Tamuning yesterday morning.
The Guam Fire Department’s emergency 911 dispatch received a call at 9:27 a.m. yesterday about two distressed body boarders at Rick’s Reef in Tamuning.
GFD spokesperson Phyllis Blas told Variety that one of the men was able to make it back to shore, while the other 51-year-old boarder had to be pulled from the water.
Blas, a firefighter, said waters were so rough yesterday that GFD Rescue 2 was not able to launch their craft. Rescue 1 had to use their jet skis to rescue the man after launching from the Alupang area.
“Nobody was hurt, and nobody was injured,” Blas said.
The National Weather Service issued a high surf warning at 10:50 a.m. yesterday. NWS said long period northeast swells combined with wind waves will bring surf of about 15 feet to north and east facing exposures through the Marianas. The high surf warning should expire sometime tonight, but a high surf advisory will remain in effect until Thursday evening.
A high surf warning means that dangerous battering waves are pounding the reef, producing deadly rip currents and minor coastal erosion. Some coastal erosion or property damage is possible in low-lying areas or where wave action is close to the shore.
The beaches affected include Y’pao, Tarague, Ritidian, Talafofo and Ipan.
“Stay clear of life-threatening surf along north and east facing reefs. Do not go out to see the surf,” according to the NWS surf warning.
Haze leaves area
In other news, the haze caused by Asian smog moved away from Guam on Friday afternoon, according to NWS.
The haze, which was brought to the Marianas by a wind flow pattern across the North Pacific, was also being pulled close to the ground by a temperature inversion and light winds last week.
On Friday, winds picked up to 25 miles per hour with gusts of 30 mph.
NWS also anticipates rain until Tuesday evening. According to NWS meteorologist Mike Ziobro, the rain is being brought into the area by a shear line.