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High Surf in Orange County Coastal, California

High Surf February 20, 2024 · Orange County Coastal, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Huntington Beach Lifeguards reported maximum surf heights of up to 12 feet.

The wider storm

A long-period swell from the Central Pacific arrived at the Southern California beaches on February 20th. The swell was strong enough to produce breaking wave heights of 10-12 feet at many of the local beaches. Some localized instances of beach and coastal erosion also occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1163100. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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