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.

The Cape and Islands could see heavy winds hit the region Thursday night and Friday as Hurricane Erin continues to pass north through the Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Erin is marching north, lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

Hurricane Erin is tracking closer to the East Coast, and meteorologists still maintain that parts of Massachusetts will feel the effects of the storm. The National Weather Service branch in Norton, MA is predicting that the storm will pass "well southeast ...

The surf is up, and up, and way up! Hurricane Erin won’t make landfall, but the storm surge will bring monster waves off the coast into the weekend all the way to Nova Scotia.

Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, won't make landfall on the U.S. East Coast, but it will impact residents and visitors at North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes on Wednesday. While Erin won’t make landfall in New England, forecasters said it could regain strength and once again become a major hurricane, Category 3 or greater, on its trek north.

Approaching Hurricane Erin is impacting some ferry service in Massachusetts and the captain aboard a ferry to Nantucket with WCVB's Emily Mahar aboard warned of a "rocky ride" and "choppy seas."

Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier