High Surf Warnings in California
83 high surf warnings since 1986. 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Surf Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Warnings
- 83
- Busiest year
- 202312 high surf warnings
- Average year
- 5over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City and County of San Francisco29
- Marin County28
- San Mateo County28
- Santa Cruz County28
- Sonoma County28
- Monterey County22
- Del Norte County10
- Humboldt County10
- Mendocino County10
- San Diego County8
- Los Angeles County7
- Alameda County5
- Contra Costa County5
- Santa Clara County5
- Orange County5
- Santa Barbara County5
- Ventura County5
- San Luis Obispo County5
The latest high surf warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 11:11 AM PST | High Surf Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 4 days |
| Jan 19, 12:57 PM PST | High Surf Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 43 hr |
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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. Rebuilt daily.