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High Surf Advisories in California, 2012
60 high surf advisories in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high surf advisories reaches back to 2005.
High Surf Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Advisories
- 60
- Busiest month
- February14 high surf advisories
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20123 high surf advisories
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:10 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 61 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:59 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 52 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:50 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 2:36 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 3:33 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 31 hr | |
| Jan 5, 2:40 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 39 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:14 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 48 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:01 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 days |
| Jan 21, 5:11 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 67 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:08 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 26, 5:04 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 10 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:13 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 35 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:16 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:07 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 37 hr | |
| Feb 7, 1:24 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 days |
| Feb 7, 1:52 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:00 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 5 days | |
| Feb 13, 1:48 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 42 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:50 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 32 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:13 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 30 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:39 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 36 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:10 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 54 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:38 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 28 hr | |
| Feb 22, 1:52 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 43 hr | |
| Feb 27, 10:12 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:54 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 28 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:30 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 50 hr | |
| Mar 5, 1:01 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 37 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:17 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 35 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:36 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 16, 2:00 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 67 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:37 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 68 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:58 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 41 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 35 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:27 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 4:57 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 58 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:48 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 9 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:06 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:25 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 44 hr | |
| Jun 5, 5:51 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Aug 29, 7:28 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 64 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:47 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 4 days |
| Nov 21, 5:14 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 46 hr |
| Nov 22, 8:46 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Nov 28, 2:12 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 days |
| Nov 28, 1:02 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 4 days |
| Nov 28, 2:14 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Sonoma | 67 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:14 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz | 54 hr |
| Dec 17, 5:29 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 34 hr |
| Dec 18, 7:32 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 18 hr | |
| Dec 19, 12:33 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 9 hr | |
| Dec 20, 2:33 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 67 hr | |
| Dec 20, 9:15 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 23 hr | |
| Dec 21, 2:51 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 35 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:11 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 38 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:17 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 44 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:27 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 27, 12:39 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 57 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:12 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 48 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:32 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 49 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.