High Surf, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- March 11, 3:00 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, Toa Baja
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Surf in Puerto Rico, March 11, 2001
In Palo Seco beach two people suffered lacerations when riding their jet skis. They lost control and crashed into the reef.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 SJU wrote it up.
In Palo Seco beach two people suffered lacerations when riding their jet skis. They lost control and crashed into the reef.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 11, 2001
- High Wind in Nevada, March 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 2001
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 11 to 12, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 2001
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, March 2001
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: 5230194.