High Surf in Redwood Coast, California

High Surf January 21, 2011 – January 23, 2011 · Redwood Coast, California

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 9:30 a.m. on January 21, two woman were knocked into the ocean by a sneaker wave. One woman made it back to safety but the other woman died.

The wider storm

Long period waves from a distant storm produced a wave climate on the beaches of Northern California that had a very strong set behavior, though the overall wave height was well below advisory criteria. This set behavior leads to periods when the waves are relatively small and then periods of much higher waves occur without warning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 281573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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