High Surf in Redwood Coast, California

High Surf December 8, 2009 – December 9, 2009 · Redwood Coast, California

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A fisherman drowned when his small fishing vessel was capsized by the set behavior of long period waves. The hazard was enhanced by the shoaling of these waves as they entered the shallow water that the vessel was operating in. The waves were 12.5 feet high with a period of 20 seconds.

The wider storm

Distant storms produced very long period waves on the northern California coast. These waves produced a near-shore marine hazard due to the shoaling and set behavior of long period waves.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 260808. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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