Posted on 12/30/2023 11:31:47 AM PST by Libloather
Californians are bracing for third day of monster surf that has already damaged countless ocean-side properties.
During the first round of severe surf Thursday, nearly 20 beachgoers were swept away by a particularly powerful wave that slammed into a barrier in Ventura County.
First responders also rescued about 10 people there Friday after the group 'thought they were able to navigate that high surf,' officials said.
Two beachgoers then had to pull a lifeguard out of the water as he struggled to make it back ashore, a firefighter told CNN.
Though hazards are expected lessen Saturday, waves slamming into California’s Bay Area may still peak at 40 feet, officials warned. And as the weather moves south to Central and SoCal, residents can expect more widespread waves of 25 feet.
Despite the warnings, locals and surfers continue to flock to the piers to engage in ill-advised exploits.
'Super stoked to be out here,' said Lilly Baker, one of several surfers and spectators who descended on Northern California's Mavericks Beach Thursday, where waves 25 miles south of San Francisco reached as high as 40 feet.
'It's just awesome to have everyone else out here appreciating like what the California coast has to offer,' the 23-year-old student said, as jet skis navigated the choppy waters behind her.
Andre Assadi, a 22-year-old Oakland software engineer, marveled about the vantage the region's cliffs offered over the legendary break.
'This perspective is kind of weird because you can't really see how big the waves are from the cliffs over here, but we saw a jet ski kind of flip over so that was wild,' she recalled.
Eli Eccles, a 23-year-old student from Berkeley, explained how it had always been 'a bucket list item' of hers to 'go and see Mavericks firsthand' to see 'the beauty'...
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Surf’s up!
Wait for it. 5...4...3...2...1...GLOBAL WARMING!!!
No disrespect for what they do. It’s more language than anything else. Are there any 2nd responders?
Someone let me know when Cher is washed out to sea.
I will celebrate for the new year.
Ok, ok. I will celebrate if the big waves simply move the shoreline so close to her house that the shoreline is moved and she has to let bums sleep in her garage.
“Ok, ok. I will celebrate if the big waves simply move the shoreline so close to her house that the shoreline is moved and she has to let bums sleep in her garage.”
Schadenfreude.
Climate Change disaster funds coming soon...
Since the possibility of towering waves has been forecast for several days now, the people who are going to the beach or surfing are just putting themselves and first responders at risk. There should be signs posted giving warnings and adding that if you proceed then you are on your own and no one will risk their life to rescue you.
The pier designers obviously anticipated such conditions.
Looks similar to a cyclone but less energetic.
“”There should be signs posted giving warnings and adding that if you proceed then you are on your own and no one will risk their life to rescue you.””
Up in the foothills of Northern Kalifornia, the rivers can be quite dangerous during major storms. A few wacko kayakers like to ‘test’ themselves in the fast, churning water. The authorities/rescuers are now charging $$$ for any assistance.
EXACTLY!!!!
Watch what they say when the inevitable beach and cliff erosion mounts up. “Rising sea levels!”
I lived on the water for many years in So. Cal. but it was on a small bluff.
At the current rate of increase they will have 1,000 foot tall waves by January 49th (sic). Then on February 29th comes the really BIG ONE!
You misspelled ’WARMISM’…
Sort of like the idiot surfers who, upon hearing a tidal wave warning, head off into the ocean hoping to surf "the ultimate wave," not realizing that tidal waves are not like waves generated by winds and tides and are almost impossible to surf.
“At the current rate of increase they will have 1,000 foot tall waves by January 49th (sic). Then on February 29th comes the really BIG ONE!”
You forgot to mention it is all due to global warming and does not Al Gore have beachfront property?
The eye looks like it will pass through Seattle. Just a druzzly rain here in the Yakima Valley today
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