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High Surf Advisories in California, 2025
44 high surf advisories in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Advisories
- 44
- Busiest month
- February10 high surf advisories
- Busiest day
- February 12, 20253 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, 1:18 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
| Jan 2, 11:14 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 64 hr |
| Jan 5, 8:00 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 49 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:06 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 48 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:32 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:15 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:17 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 9 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:40 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Feb 12, 2:14 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 48 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:03 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 68 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 70 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:56 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 55 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:53 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 52 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:08 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 19 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:17 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
| Feb 27, 2:55 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 4 days |
| Mar 1, 2:10 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 68 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:12 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:05 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Mar 17, 2:09 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 37 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:34 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 67 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:46 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 49 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:52 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 70 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:05 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 45 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:43 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 40 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:01 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 34 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:58 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 55 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:23 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 20 hr |
| May 3, 1:34 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 45 hr |
| May 3, 2:25 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 55 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:48 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 34 hr |
| Oct 20, 1:18 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 3 days |
| Oct 23, 3:02 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 5 days |
| Oct 24, 3:41 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 43 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:09 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 46 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:36 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 4 days |
| Nov 3, 1:23 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 5 days |
| Nov 12, 1:09 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Nov 17, 1:56 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 32 hr |
| Nov 19, 12:53 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 5 days |
| Nov 30, 12:57 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
| Dec 22, 1:38 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 5 days |
| Dec 23, 1:33 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 4 days |
| Dec 25, 2:47 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 31 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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