High Surf — Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California

2024-11-18 · Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Event narrative

Sonoma County 911 dispatch was called on November 18 around 1:45pm PST after a caller reported seeing three people aboard a boat being battered by waves and waving a red flag for help. Four boaters were eventually rescued and taken to the hospital, an additional boater washed up dead on the shore.

Wider weather episode

Sonoma County 911 dispatch was called on November 18 around 1:45pm PST after a caller reported seeing three people aboard a boat being battered by waves and waving a red flag for help. Four boaters were eventually rescued and taken to the hospital, an additional boater washed up dead on the shore. At the Bodega Bay buoy (46013), mean wave direction was NW with heights ranging between 13.5 and 15.7 feet and NW winds ranged between 11 and 18 knots during the 1:45pm timeframe on Monday (11/18).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1220523. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.