The Ocean City Beach Patrol has closed the ocean to swimming, wading and surfing Tuesday as tropical storm activity off the coast brings dangerous conditions to the resort town.

While Tropical Rainstorm Erin continues to generate rough surf and coastal hazards, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring additional tropical waves near the region where Erin initially formed earlier this month.

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

As Floridians breathe a collective sign of relief from escaping the worst impacts of Hurricane Erin, there’s one group of people that are particularly thrilled with the exact track of this storm — surfers.

Unfortunately, a portion of the evacuation news is entirely accurate. Hurricane Erin does pose a threat as it moves through the Caribbean and toward Puerto Rico.

A video shared by FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel shows crews working to build up the sand dunes on Highway 12 on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, ahead of impacts from Hurricane Erin.

The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Surf’s up at the East Coasting Surfing Championships in Virginia Beach, but the tents and scaffolding for the event will be coming down Wednesday afternoon as an offshore hurricane lumbers up the coast.