High Surf, Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles
- When
- August 6, 6:00 AM PST to August 7, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles forecast zone
High Surf in California, August 6 to 7, 1997
Hurricane Guillermo generated heavy surf across the beaches of Southern California. Average surf heights were 6 to 8 feet with local sets above 10 feet.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 LOX wrote it up.
Hurricane Guillermo generated heavy surf across the beaches of Southern California. Average surf heights were 6 to 8 feet with local sets above 10 feet. Over 100 rescues were reported by local lifeguards.
Event by event
4 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Ventura County Coast
- When
- August 6, 6:00 AM PST to August 7, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Coast forecast zone
High Surf, Santa Barbara County South Coast
- When
- August 6, 6:00 AM PST to August 7, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County South Coast forecast zone
High Surf, Santa Barbara County Central Coast
- When
- August 6, 6:00 AM PST to August 7, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County Central Coast forecast zone
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
- Flood in Colorado, August 6, 1997
- Tornado and Wildfire in Washington, August 6 to 26, 1997
- Wildfire in California, August 6 to 14, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 6, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Washington, August 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, August 6 to 12, 1997
- Hail in Rhode Island, August 6, 1997
- Waterspout in Virginia, August 6, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in California, August 6, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, August 6, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609938, 5609939, 5609940, 5609941.