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High Surf — Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California
January 3, 2021 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
Event narrative (NOAA)
A family of four was pulled into the ocean at Blind Beach in Sonoma County while playing near the water by a large wave. The mother was able to get out, but the father and two children did not make it https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/father-drowns-trying-to-save-his-children-at-sonoma-county-beach/.
Other notable high surf events in California
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore · July 14, 20104 killedNorth Coast Interior · June 7, 20043 killedSan Francisco Peninsula Coast · December 3, 20072 killedSan Francisco · May 23, 20102 killedCoastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore · November 26, 20092 killedRedwood Coast · March 12, 19962 killed
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.