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High Surf Advisories in California, 2026
28 high surf advisories in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- February12 high surf advisories
- Busiest day
- February 14, 20263 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 3, 11:43 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 47 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:43 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 2:21 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 56 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:21 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 66 hr |
| Jan 12, 12:02 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 33 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:16 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 43 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:47 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 67 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:22 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 4 days |
| Feb 4, 1:57 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 7 days |
| Feb 5, 10:32 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 67 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:17 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 43 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:15 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 55 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:08 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 6 days |
| Feb 14, 12:32 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 6 days |
| Feb 14, 2:12 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:34 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 55 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:32 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 25 hr |
| May 14, 11:27 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
| May 24, 8:13 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 3 days |
| May 30, 2:02 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 44 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:28 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 55 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:05 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 4 days |
| Jul 17, 12:53 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 4 days |
| Jul 27, 1:24 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 5 days |
| Jul 27, 1:36 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 5 days |
| Sep 3, 12:11 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 5 days |
| Sep 3, 1:32 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 5 days |
| Sep 26, 1:02 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 3 days |
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
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.