High Surf in California, July 24 to 26, 1996

Name: High Surf in California, July 24 to 26, 1996
Start: 1996-07-24T08:00
End: 1996-07-26T13:00
Location: California

July 24 to 26, 1996 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Large ocean swells generated by a South Pacific storm slammed into southwest facing coastlines. Numerous boats in Point Arena harbor were damaged or loosened from their moorings.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EKA wrote it up.

Large ocean swells generated by a South Pacific storm slammed into southwest facing coastlines. Numerous boats in Point Arena harbor were damaged or loosened from their moorings.

Event by event

1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, Redwood Coast

When: July 24, 8:00 AM PST to July 26, 1:00 PM PST
Where: Redwood Coast forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000

What these are

High Surf: Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in California, July 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5559742.