High Surf, Guam
- When
- February 6, 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Surf in Guam, February 6, 2006
A 55-year-old man was fishing in fairly calm waters off the Agat Marina in southwestern Guam when a large wave upended the 14-foot motorboat he was in. He died of a broken neck, apparently caused by whiplash as the boat was suddenly overturned.
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 GUA wrote it up.
A 55-year-old man was fishing in fairly calm waters off the Agat Marina in southwestern Guam when a large wave upended the 14-foot motorboat he was in. He died of a broken neck, apparently caused by whiplash as the boat was suddenly overturned.
Event by event
1 high surf. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, Guam | 2006-02-06 | 55 | Male | Boat | Direct |
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.
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More
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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: 5492969.