High Surf, Santa Barbara County Central Coast
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM PST to January 20, 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County Central Coast forecast zone
High Surf in California, January 17 to 20, 1998
Pacific storms produced a second heavy surf event across the coasts of Central and Southern California. 10 to 15 foot surf was reported.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Pacific storms produced a second heavy surf event across the coasts of Central and Southern California. Along the coasts of San Luis Obispo and western Santa Barbara counties...10 to 15 foot surf was reported. Along the Southern California coast...6 to 10 foot surf with local sets to 12 feet was reported. Only minor coastal flooding occurred.
Event by event
5 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Santa Barbara County South Coast
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM PST to January 20, 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County South Coast forecast zone
High Surf, Ventura County Coast
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM PST to January 20, 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Coast forecast zone
High Surf, Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM PST to January 20, 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles forecast zone
High Surf, San Luis Obispo County Central Coast
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM PST to January 20, 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- San Luis Obispo 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
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 17, 1998
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 17, 1998
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 17, 1998
- Blizzard in Colorado, January 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Idaho, January 17, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, January 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 17 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, January 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, January 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, January 17, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627106, 5627107, 5627108, 5627109, 5627110.