The forecast does not call for Hurricane Erin to get too close to Massachusetts, but the storm is causing some beaches to close for swimming as it could create big waves and dangerous rip currents on the coast.

Local beachgoers are being warned of dangerous rip currents and high surf along the Massachusetts coast due to the powerful Hurricane Erin far out at sea. The National Weather Service’s Boston office has issued a forecast warning of rip currents that can pull swimmers away from the shore and into deep water.

Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm, with its tropical storm winds stretching 230 miles from its core.