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  2. High surf turns deadly in California as powerful waves ...

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    Waves up to 60 feet are possible for the Northern California region. According to the FOX Forecast Center, wave heights have neared 30 feet in the Bay Area and 20 feet in Santa Cruz County.

  3. Huge waves batter California coast: Man dead, another ... - AOL

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    On Monday, the National Weather Service issued a high surf warning for California's northern coast — including Santa Cruz, Point Reyes, San Francisco and northern Monterey Bay — and urged ...

  4. Break coming for US West Coast following potent storm into ...

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    As the storm pushes inland, spotty snow, especially over the mountains in eastern Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and the northern parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, will ramp up from Sunday to ...

  5. Sneaker wave - Wikipedia

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    Sneaker waves are mainly referred to in warnings and reports of incidents for the coasts of Central and Northern California (including the San Francisco Bay Area's beaches, especially Ocean Beach, [7] Baker Beach, [8] and those that face the Pacific Ocean, [9] e.g. from Big Sur to the California–Oregon border), Oregon, and Washington in the ...

  6. Wind fetch - Wikipedia

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    In oceanography wind fetch, also known as fetch length or simply fetch, is the length of water over which a given wind has blown without obstruction. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Fetch is used in geography and meteorology and its effects are usually associated with sea state and when it reaches shore it is the main factor that creates storm surge which leads to ...

  7. Wind wave - Wikipedia

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    A man standing next to large ocean waves at Porto Covo, Portugal Video of large waves from Hurricane Marie along the coast of Newport Beach, California. In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing over the water's surface.

  8. High surf causes flooding, water rescues on SLO County coast

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    “The waves and high tide were just overwhelming the beach,” Collins said. High surf left foam around the Pier Avenue kiosk at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area on Dec. 28, 2023.

  9. Heavy surf causes coastal chaos across SLO County. See the ...

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    Pier Ave. beach ramp at Oceano Dunes was closed as waves frothed past the kiosk. High surf runs all the way up Avila Beach to the sidewalk as visitors take in the sight on Thursday, Dec. 28 2023.