Alert archive / California / High Surf Warnings / 2023

High Surf Warnings in California, December 2023

5 high surf warnings in December 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.

High Surf Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2023. Tap one for its archive.

High Surf Warnings
5
Busiest day
December 26, 20233 high surf warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 10:13 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura5 days
Dec 25, 11:44 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma3 days
Dec 26, 3:13 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino65 hr
Dec 27, 1:41 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningSGXOrange, San Diego5 days
Dec 29, 1:58 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma24 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.