High Surf in Monmouth County, New Jersey

High Surf March 4, 2002 · Monmouth County, New Jersey

Death

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Rough surf, that was caused by the weekend low pressure system, caused the drowning death of a lone surfer on Monday March 4th. The 28-year-old male surfer was surfing by himself off of the Lorraine Avenue Beach in Spring Lake. He disappeared about 4 p.m. EST that afternoon and his body was pulled from the ocean about one hour later.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5286611. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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