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High Surf in Orange County Coastal Areas, California

High Surf January 6, 2012 · Orange County Coastal Areas, California

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Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A San Clemente lifeguard reported that high surf caused a stringer to come off the San Clemente Pier around 1145 PST on the 6th.

The wider storm

A storm in the central, north Pacific sent a large, long-period west swell into the Southern California coastal waters from the 2nd through the 3rd, causing surf of 5 to 8 feet with max sets 10-14 feet along the Orange and San Diego County beaches. Only minor damage was reported in Orange County, however one fatality did occur.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 359355. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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