High Surf in New York

Events

35

Deaths

10

Injuries

0

Damage

$49 million

• High Surf in New York, June 15, 20024 deaths · 1 eventAs a low pressure system developed southeast of Long Island, northeast winds increased to 20 to 25 knots and seas built to around 8 feet, which was measured by Buoy 44025 (about 20 miles south of Fire Island Inlet).A 25 foot pleasure boat named "Eleni II" left Jones Inlet at…
• High Surf in New York, May 18, 20033 deaths · 1 eventOn May 18th, 2003 at around 11:30 am EDT, a 22-foot boat capsized in rough seas about 1/4 mile west off Moriches Inlet resulting in 3 deaths.An unusually strong high pressure system over New England combined with a weak low pressure system well east of the Southern Mid Atlantic…
• Coastal Flood and High Surf in New York, November 13 to 15, 20091 death · $18 million · 7 eventsA strong and persistent east northeast wind gradient existed over the region between strong low pressure off the Carolinas (remnants of Ida) and a strong high pressure system located over Eastern Canada between November 11th and the 14th.
• High Surf in New York, October 1, 20012 deaths · 1 eventOn Monday, October 1st, 2 men were tossed from their 22-foot-long boat, just south of Jones Inlet in Nassau County, due to rough seas which were generated by a departing coastal storm. Waves were around 5 feet, and tossed the 2 men from their boat around 1 PM EDT.
• Coastal Flood and High Surf in New York, March 12 to 15, 2010$31 million · 15 eventsThe combination of strong high pressure over Southeast Canada and intensifying low pressure tracking slowly northeast from the Mid-Atlantic States created a prolonged period of strong east winds across the region March 12th through the 14th.
• Coastal Flood and High Surf in New York, January 23 to 24, 201611 eventsLow pressure developed along the southern mid Atlantic coast on the evening of the 23rd and then rapidly intensified as it slowly tracked northeast, south of Long Island, through the night of the 24th.
• Coastal Flood and High Surf in New York, January 10, 20165 eventsStrong high pressure over Southeast Canada and low pressure drifting off the Mid Atlantic coast resulted in 2 days of persistent northeast winds Jan 8th and 9th.
• High Surf in New York, September 2 to 6, 20103 eventsHurricane Earl produced battering surf, beach erosion, dangerous rip currents and localized washovers along Atlantic Ocean facing beaches as it passed about 90 miles southeast of Nantucket on September 4th.
• High Surf in New York, April 23 to 25, 20123 eventsA rapidly deepening low pressure system tracking north from Cape Hatteras to west of New York City from Sunday April 22 into Monday morning April 23, produced gale force east and then southeast winds.
• High Surf in New York, September 3 to 6, 20163 eventsSlow moving tropical cyclone Hermine caused several days of 8 to 12 feet of surf breaking on Atlantic ocean shorelines. The surf on top of storm tide September 3rd through the 6th caused significant beach erosion on Long Island ocean beaches.
• High Surf in New York, September 19 to 20, 20173 eventsTropical cyclone Jose tracked north and east along the Mid Atlantic coast Tuesday September 19th, eventually passing about 150 to 200 miles southeast of Montauk Point Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
• High Surf in New York, December 26 to 27, 20102 eventsA rapidly intensifying low pressure system tracked from off the Southeast US coast on Christmas Day and then past the Mid Atlantic Coast on Sunday December 26th to just east of Long Island by early Monday morning December 27th.
• High Surf in New York, April 15 to 16, 20182 eventsA slow moving frontal system brought heavy rain and easterly gale winds to the region during the times of high tide Monday morning into early Monday afternoon.
• High Surf in New York, December 19 to 21, 20091 eventCoastal low pressure rapidly intensified Saturday night as it tracked northeast from off the Delmarva Coast, just southeast of the 40N/70W benchmark, and to southeast of Cape Cod by Sunday morning.
• High Surf in New York, March 29 to 30, 20101 eventA persistent northeast wind flow intensified as low pressure tracked north from the Mid Atlantic region and strong high pressure remained stubborn over Quebec. This resulted in high surf which battered the Atlantic facing shoreline of Eastern Long Island on March 29th.

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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.