Rough surf conditions and dangerous rip currents have forced many beaches to ban swimming and boogie boarding this week.

Hurricane Erin's track is forecast to stay offshore, but the New York City area and Jersey Shore may still get some impact.

Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the coast, but New Jersey and Delaware beaches will still be feeling impacts from the storm through the week.

During what he called “one of the biggest weeks” on the Jersey Shore, Gov. Phil Murphy and some of his emergency managers led a group of mayors and county executives of Jersey Shore communities on Tuesday to tell people to stay out of the ocean this week.

Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, Life-threatening surf and rip currents are likely across the Atlantic coast from Florida to Canada.

(Reuters) -Hurricane Erin has re-intensified into a category 4 storm on Sunday after completing an eyewall replacement cycle, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center warning of life-threatening surf and rip currents along the U.