High Surf, Redwood Coast
- When
- December 14, 7:30 AM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
High Surf in California, December 14, 1999
A crab boat outbound across the Humboldt Bay bar was struck by a rogue wave and sunk. Three crewmen were rescued by the Coast Guard.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A crab boat outbound across the Humboldt Bay bar was struck by a rogue wave and sunk. Three crewmen were rescued by the Coast Guard. A fourth crewman, the boat owner, drown. The exact age of the owner was not available.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, Redwood Coast | 1999-12-14 | 40 | Male | Boat | Direct |
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
- High Wind in Colorado, December 14, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 14, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, December 14 to 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 14 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 14 to 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, December 14 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 14 to 15, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 14, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, December 14, 1999
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 14, 1999
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, December 14, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5721539.