Rip Current, San Diego
- When
- August 14, 6:30 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Coronado
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in California, August 14, 2000
Three young men swimming off of Sunset Park Beach on Coronado Island were caught in a rip current. One failed to return to shore.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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 SGX wrote it up.
Three young men swimming off of Sunset Park Beach on Coronado Island were caught in a rip current. One failed to return to shore. His body was found four days later near the North Island Naval Base.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, San Diego | 2000-08-14 | 15 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Iowa, August 14 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 14, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 14, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 14, 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: 5155048.