Rip Current — Orange County Coastal Areas, California
2007-07-06 · Orange County Coastal Areas, California
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Direct deaths
Wider weather episode
At approximately 1640 hours PDT, two people at Huntington City Beach were caught in a rip current. One person was quickly rescued, but it took lifeguards about an hour to locate the second person and pull him ashore. Lifeguards treated the man but were unable to revive him. It was reported that he did not know how to swim.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 52721. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.