High Surf in California, April 28, 1999

Name: High Surf in California, April 28, 1999
Start: 1999-04-28T18:30
End: 1999-04-28T19:45
Location: California

April 28, 1999 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high surf, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
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.

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Event by event

1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, San Diego County Coasts

When: April 28, 6:30 PM PST to 7:45 PM PST
Where: San Diego County Coasts forecast zone
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Eight foot seas and 35 knot winds caused a mast to break on a 22 foot sailboat and throw the crew of two overboard. The crew were rescued, but the disabled boat was destroyed against the Ocean Beach Pier by 10 foot breaking waves.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 1999

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: 5695378.