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High Surf Advisory 13, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 17, 2025San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 17, 2025, 2:09 PM PDT for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It took effect at Mar 17, 2025, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2025, 2:09 PM PDT (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2025, 6:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2025, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

Counties San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 7:49 PM PDTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura37 hr
Mar 17, 3:02 AM PDTGale WarningLOX30 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2025Every high surf advisory in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.