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Hazard · Hazardous surf · San Diego · Orange County · Los Angeles County · Ventura County · Catalina Island

Strong surge and dangerous surf through Tuesday

Published for Oct 9 · Until Oct 13, 11:59 PM

Very strong surge was reported in the water on October 9, and the National Weather Service rates the rip current risk as high in San Diego and Orange counties. Surf of 3 to 5 feet with sets to 6 feet is expected through Saturday, building to 5 to 8 feet on Sunday as swell from Tropical Storm Rachel arrives, and Los Angeles County expects 4 to 7 feet on Sunday. The Weather Service advises staying out of the water. Visibility on this site reads 0 in the Break Zone and 0 to 5 feet past the break through Tuesday.

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From the editorial sweepSource: National Weather Service San Diego and Los Angeles

Hazard: Laguna builds berms as tides flood Main and Aliso beaches Hazard: Newport closes both piers and the Wedge as flooding goes on Hazard: Strong surge and dangerous surf through Tuesday Hazard: State of emergency: California is bracing for a record El Niño winter

Community posts · Orange County

4 posts in the last 60 days

Friday, October 9th

NauticalNickCaptain

Laguna Main BeachKing tide

Observed Oct 9 · Posted 10:21 PM

Hurricane swell + kelvin wave tides = flooding in laguna Credit: @thewatsons_7 on insta

NauticalNickCaptain

Orange CountyWildlife sighting

Observed Oct 9 · Posted 3:37 PM

Elephant Seal seen 1 mile off dana point Credit: @drewmurphs on instagram

Wednesday, September 30th

NauticalNickCaptain

Laguna Main BeachWildlife sighting

Observed Sep 30 · Posted Oct 2 at 4:40 PM

Orca spotted in Laguna beach! Source: https://m.facebook.com/groups/DanaPointUnplugged/permalink/3736888089844133/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Saturday, August 22nd

NauticalNickCaptain

Laguna Main BeachShark sighting

Observed Aug 22 · Posted Sep 21 at 1:22 AM

9 foot hammerhead shark spotted and filmed by photographer Mark Girardeau off of Laguna Beach. Footage: https://youtu.be/vjtY_ypiokk?si=T7yIA-OhdNbsa_8p

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