High Surf, Northwest
- When
- November 13, 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northwest forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
A 17 year old male was carried out into the ocean by large waves in Barrio Carrizales in the municipality of Hatillo.
High Surf in Puerto Rico, November 13, 2010
S Virgin Islands. These swells generated very large breaking waves of 10 to 16 feet which produced very dangerous surf conditions.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Large long period northerly swells generated from an area of low pressure across the northwestern Atlantic invaded the northern exposed coastlines of Puerto Rico, Culebra and the northern U.S Virgin Islands. These swells generated very large breaking waves of 10 to 16 feet which produced very dangerous surf conditions.
Event by event
2 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, North Central
- When
- November 13, 5:50 PM AST
- Where
- North Central forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
Road 681 was partially impassable due to debris brought by the ocean in the municipality of Barceloneta.
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
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More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 269037, 269038.