Rip Current, Orange
- When
- August 1, 8:00 AM PST to August 2, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Orange County, Huntington Beach
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -117.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in California, August 1 to 2, 2000
A moderate south swell during a period of spring tides, produced surf between 7 and 12 feet and strong rip currents. On August 1, lifeguards rescued over 600 people from rip currents.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
A moderate south swell during a period of spring tides, produced surf between 7 and 12 feet and strong rip currents. On August 1, lifeguards rescued over 600 people from rip currents. On August 2, they rescued over 400. Minor coastal flooding occurred in Seal Beach, but sand bagging and sand berm construction kept sea water from washing over and around most sea walls.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 1 to 28, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2000
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: 5155039.