Rip Current, Los Angeles
- When
- December 25, 3:20 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Redondo Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in California, December 25, 2000
Strong rip currents led to the drowning of a 16 year old body boarder at Redondo County Beach.
Where it happened
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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 LOX wrote it up.
Strong rip currents led to the drowning of a 16 year old body boarder at Redondo County Beach.
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, Los Angeles | 2000-12-25 | 16 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Avalanche in Wyoming, December 25, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 25 to 26, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 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: 5165391.