High Surf in Guam

Events

22

Deaths

25

Injuries

22

Damage

$11 million

• High Surf in Guam, June 29, 20045 deaths · 1 eventAfter five men went out into the waters off Piti in three kayaks, heavy surf overturned the kayaks. Two bodies were later recovered, and the other three are presumed drowned.
• High Surf in Guam, January 6 to 11, 20143 deaths · 1 injured · 1 eventStrong Storms off east of Japan and north of the Marianas generated large swells|across Guam. This resulted in several water related fatalities.
• Rip Current and High Surf in Guam, December 20, 20132 deaths · 2 injured · 2 eventsHazardous Surf and Strong Rip Currents Caused a number of deaths across|Guam.
• High Surf in Guam, December 25, 20132 deaths · 2 injured · 1 eventA second Hazardous Surf and Strong Rip Current Event.
• High Surf in Guam, January 2, 20112 deaths · 1 injured · 1 eventAt about 17:30 GST the evening of January 2nd, a six-person outrigger canoe rowed by a high-school rowing club capsized in rough water and high surf along the reef line of Tumon Bay on the west coast of Guam. A man in a kayak who went out to help was also overturned in the surf.
• High Surf in Guam, January 22, 20112 deaths · 1 eventFour men were setting nets and fishing off Ipan Beach on the east coast of Guam between 19:00 and 21:00 GST the evening of January 22nd, when a wave washed them off the reef. Strong currents carried three of them into the open ocean while the other was able to swim to shore.
• High Surf in Guam, August 25, 20041 death · 3 injured · 1 eventA young man, 18, was wave watching with three friends at Oka Point in Tamuning, when someone dropped something into the water. The young man went down into the water to retrieve the dropped item and was overcome by waves.
• High Surf in Guam, August 21, 20041 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA male Chinese tourist, 38, was taking pictures of his friends on the rocks of the Grotto at Marpi, Saipan. A very large wave came in suddenly, and swept him out over the reef. His body was never recovered. One of the friends was injured, requiring hospital care.
• High Surf in Guam, January 1, 20051 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA 38-year-old man and his wife, 31, were kayaking off Urunao Point in northern Guam when a large wave swept them outside the reef and knocked them out of their kayak. The woman drowned, while the man suffered cuts and abrasions.
• High Surf in Guam, July 9, 20061 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were at the cliff side at Oka Point in Tamuning, Guam, when large waves swept them into rough waters. The man was rescued an hour later after sustaining cuts and scrapes, but the boy drowned before rescuers could reach him.
• High Surf in Guam, January 20, 20081 death · 1 injured · 1 eventAt about 20:30 GST on January 20th, two crab hunters on a cliff-line ledge at Marine Beach on Saipan were swept into the open ocean by a large wave. One of the men sustained minor injuries but was able to get to shore.
• High Surf in Guam, December 25 to 30, 20221 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA shear line, extending from a cold front north of the Marianas with strong to near-gale force winds to the north of the shear line, generating a north to northwest swell.
• High Surf in Guam, June 28, 20041 death · 1 eventA 19-year-old male was swept off the reef by high surf at Ypao beach, in Tumon, and drowned. The high surf was related to the passage of Tropical Storm Ting-Ting through the Mariana Islands. At the time of the drowning, Ting-Ting was centered about 215 miles northeast of Guam.
• High Surf in Guam, February 6, 20061 death · 1 eventA 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.
• High Surf in Guam, September 22 to 23, 20151 death · 1 eventSwells from a tropical depression built up seas across the Marianas. The higher seas and swells caused the death of a swimmer.
• High Surf in Guam, April 28 to 30, 20231 death · 1 eventModerate to fresh trade-wind pattern across Micronesia, elevated the easterly swell around the Marianas, increasing surf and risk of rip currents along east facing reefs.
• Flood and High Surf in Guam, October 10 to 15, 2013$10 million · 2 eventsA developing tropical cyclone and a monsoon surge brought heavy rain and gusty |winds to the Marianas. On 10 October the disturbance that would become Tropical Depression 25W passes close to Guam. As it passed it generated heavy showers and gusty winds over the area.
• High Surf in Guam, February 28, 2023$1.0 million · 1 eventA shearline dropping south into the Marianas with fresh to strong winds generated a strong northeast swell, which created high surf within Kilo Wharf due to swell refraction at the opening of the harbor.
• Flash Flood and High Wind in Guam, September 16 to 17, 20243 injured · 53 kt wind · 4 eventsA strong winds associated with monsoon surge impacted the Marianas around September 16th as a monsoon depression (Invest 97W) developed and would later become Tropical Storm Pulasan in the Philippine Sea, west of the Marianas.
• High Surf in Guam, October 5 to 12, 20153 injured · 1 eventTyphoon Choi-wan moved across the Western North Pacific during the first half of September.
• High Surf in Guam, February 20 to 25, 20161 injured · 1 eventLong period swell and combined seas caused hazardous surf on east facing reefs of the|Marianas for a few days in February.
• High Surf in Guam, January 17 to 18, 20171 injured · $1,000 · 1 eventNorth swell caused the capsizing of a canoe at Gaum.

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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.