Rip Current, Humboldt
- When
- March 25, 12:35 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt County, 1 mi S of Shelter Cove
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.705, -123.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in California, March 25, 2000
A school group from Calgary, Alberta was visiting Black Sands Beach near Shelter Cove. A rogue wave swept the female victim out to sea.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- 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 school group from Calgary, Alberta was visiting Black Sands Beach near Shelter Cove. A rogue wave swept the female victim out to sea. Four other members of the group attempted a rescue but were overcome by waves and currents. Two were later rescued by a fishing vessel and the Coast Guard. Two teenage boys were not found.
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, Humboldt | 2000-03-25 | 45 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Rip Current, Humboldt | 2000-03-25 | 17 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Rip Current, Humboldt | 2000-03-25 | 17 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 25 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 25, 2000
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, March 25, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 2000
- Hail in Mississippi, March 25, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 25 to 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, March 25, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 2000
- Flood in Kansas, March 25, 2000
- Flood in American Samoa, March 25, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5137969.