Heavy surf on Miami Beach from Hurricane Ian (4K)

Yesterday (Wednesday 9/29) was a very calm weather day in Miami Beach. But this morning I woke up and saw this. This looks to my eye about 3 times heavier than normal surf. You would normally start seeing waves breaking and white foam around 100 feet offshore. Now you can see some waves cresting upwards of a mile out at sea as they hit reefs or sandbars out there. And the nearby waves are breaking more like 300 feet offshore. If you look closely in the 4K resolution you'll see a couple surfers braving it. This is probably the best surfing opportunity for them in a few years.
I attribute this to Hurricane Ian. The storm is far north of us now. There isn't even much of a breeze today. Moreover, these waves are coming in from north to south. Almost every day I see them coming in from south to north. Go for a light swim out there on a typical day and you'll find yourself swept northward a few buildings fairly quickly.
I'm very tempted to go for a swim. But I can see that the people who are braving it for the thrill are getting literally overwhelmed by waves right near the beach. I imagine someone might easily be swept out by the current. Thankfully the Coast Guard regularly fly up and down the beach keeping an eye out for distressed swimmers. Also. It's very likely there is a lot of flotsam in that water. Possibly including plenty of jellyfish and other critters I'd rather not swim with.
** UPDATE **
The City of Miami Beach has officially closed the water to swimming and surfing today on account of these conditions. And as I suspected, there is a jellyfish warning on top of the high riptide.
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I learned to surf in North Miami beach and Surfside in the late 80s and 1990 and I've never seen swells that big and strong like that before. Awesome

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Really? I figured this must happen from time to time. Did you see the two tiny dots out there trying to surf these? They are dwarfed by those waves. If you want to see what it looked like from beach level, check out my next video. Where I unintentionally get soaked by waves surging up to the dunes.

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@@MiamiRevealed I gotta look again for the two surfers. Yes I saw the other video.

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You should see haulover today

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I imagine it was similar. It only got heavier as the day went on. See my latest video.