Hurricane Isaias brings high surf, rip current risk to Cortez Beach

Hurricane Isaias did not bring direct impacts to the Tampa Bay area, but beachgoers at Cortez Beach were still feeling its effects Saturday.The National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory through Saturday night and a high rip current advisory through Sunday evening. Along the coast, double red flags were also warning beachgoers of dangerous water conditions.WATCH NOW: Hurricane Isaias brings high surf, rip current risk to Cortez Beach Hurricane Isaias brings high surf, rip current risk to Cortez BeachDespite the warnings, surfers at Cortez Beach said the rougher conditions were creating the kind of waves they do not often get to experience locally. So today's definitely smaller compared to yesterday. Yesterday was probably like 5 feet. Today it died down a little, but I mean we're still getting little pieces, so it's good, surfer Phillip Arevalo said.Arevalo said waves like these are not common at the beach.Surfer Joshua Bargo was also making the most of the conditions.Probabl