A storm system over the northeastern Pacific sent a series of large ocean waves into northwestern California beginning on Wednesday, October 17.
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.
The episode as NWS EKA wrote it up.
A storm system over the northeastern Pacific sent a series of large ocean waves into northwestern California beginning on Wednesday, October 17.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
An indirect fatality occurred near Kibesillah Rock which is located six miles north of Fort Bragg, CA. The victim was a diver who was overcome by rough seas off the Mendocino County Coast. The Coast Guard rescued two other divers from the same party. Note that conditions were below advisory or warning criteria.
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, Mendocino Coast | 2007-10-17 | Male | In Water | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 64342.