The National Weather Service issued a high surf warning from Sunday morning into Monday night with waves breaking between 25 to 46 feet down the Bay Area coastline.
The waves at Ocean Beach were churning like a washing machine Friday.
Some areas like the Mavericks could see waves exceeding a height of 50 feet.
Meteorologists say those conditions will bring an increased risk of rip currents and sneaker waves.
"These are dangerously large waves. The Pacific ocean water is cold, between 58 and 60°," a weather expert for the NWS said. "If you get pulled out in that it's going to be bad news."
Late Friday afternoon, the San Francisco Department of Emergency management urged the public to stay away from Ocean Beach from Sunday until Monday.
City officials say the dangerous waves could reach the sea wall, which means people walking on sand could find themselves chest deep in water.
Organizers for the Mavericks Surf Contest fear the waves will be too big and decided to put the contest on hold.
Presaging the ice age.
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Deleteperhaps if the waves get large enough, it will clean their sidewalks of feces and needles.
ReplyDeleteThey can only hope the vagrants erroneously called the homeless will be swept away as well.
DeleteOcean beach is a world away from the sidewalks with crap & needles on them.. at least I hope it still is!
ReplyDeleteBig waves are great if you're a tourist! Something to see, I'd swear you can feel them if you're on the beach in the area.
I lived in Pacifica Ca back in the early 80's and we had some good storms, you could feel the waves when they hit North America!
One storm in 82 (as I recall) out on the Pacifica pier the waves were higher than the pier out at the end, the pier would shake (they said it was designed to do that). Watching the waves hit the beach still higher than the rocks there to protect the shore.... Some guy came along the road that paralleled the beach and stopped to watch just north of the pier, when that wave towered over the rocks and was sweeping in towards the car I could see that guy trying to crank up his window in time... water did go over his car and he drove away after that.
I lived on just down from the pier and I saw a small wave rolling down the street past my apartment.
That was a good storm! I do miss living away from the ocean....
Great story, Rob! At least once in my life, I'd like to live on the coast. Perhaps Oregon or Washington State.
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