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High Surf Advisories in California, 2023
60 high surf advisories in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Advisories
- 60
- Busiest month
- January13 high surf advisories
- Busiest day
- February 20, 20233 high surf advisories
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By month
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, 7:26 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 59 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:59 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 16 days |
| Jan 3, 8:03 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 3 days |
| Jan 3, 9:19 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange | 69 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:58 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | 48 hr | |
| Jan 5, 10:24 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:25 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 8 days |
| Jan 10, 2:31 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 70 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:31 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:34 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 40 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:29 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:20 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 8:57 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 45 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:33 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 40 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:31 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 63 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:42 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 56 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:03 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 69 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:25 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 6:49 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 41 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:03 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 63 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:14 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 61 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:24 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 5 days |
| Feb 20, 9:58 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 42 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:26 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 54 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:41 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 64 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:17 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 48 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:54 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:07 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 4 days |
| Mar 20, 5:00 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Mar 24, 1:27 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 46 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:00 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 54 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:28 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 47 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:52 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 45 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:12 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 38 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:12 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange | 71 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:33 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange | 3 days |
| Sep 2, 9:16 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 68 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:00 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange | 65 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:03 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 64 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:36 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 9 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:19 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 51 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:24 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 35 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:58 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Oct 10, 3:18 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 60 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:34 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 60 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:34 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 70 hr |
| Oct 19, 11:22 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 34 hr |
| Nov 7, 8:15 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 14 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:07 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 4 days |
| Dec 4, 1:28 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 5 days |
| Dec 4, 2:38 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 46 hr |
| Dec 4, 8:26 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 4 days |
| Dec 5, 3:22 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 49 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:48 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 7 days |
| Dec 25, 1:40 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 62 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:52 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 54 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:12 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 11 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:55 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 16 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:38 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 14 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:28 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 36 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.
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Sources
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