Though Hurricane Erin is expected to continue moving out to sea, the Steamship Authority on Monday released a travel advisory.

A few Jersey Shore communities have banned swimming at their beaches as of Monday due to dangerous surf conditions caused by Hurricane Erin, authorities said Monday.

The storm is currently over the Atlantic Ocean, and has rapidly intensified. It is expected to pound the Carolina coast with dangerous surf and riptides.

While the category 4 storm is not expected to make landfall on the U.S. east coast, it will have an impact nonetheless. Dangerous high surf and rip currents are expected from Florida to New England throughout the week.

Get an abbreviated, text view of what's happening with Hurricane Erin. Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane overnight but still remains a formidable major storm.Erin had max sustained winds of 125 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in an update on Sunday afternoon.