Large Waves Batter El Salvador, Mexico ~ Coming to California Beaches ...

Las Vegas Sun ^ | April 10, 2007 at 18:30:4 PDT | DIEGO MENDEZ Associated Press Writer

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -

Unusually high Pacific waves battered beaches from El Salvador to Mexico and carried people out to sea, prompting authorities in some places to order swimmers out of the water Tuesday. At least two people were killed.

Waves topping 10 feet swept away a dozen swimmers near La Libertad on Monday, 10 of whom were plucked from the water by boats and a helicopter, Green Cross emergency worker Jose Larin said. A 35-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were killed.

El Salvador's government advised people "to avoid swimming at our beaches due to the risk," Interior Minister Miguel Bolanos told a news conference Tuesday.

Hundreds of miles to the north in Mexico, 16 people were rescued after being carried away by high surf in the resorts of Acapulco and Mazatlan. Lifeguards in Mazatlan ordered swimmers out of the water, local media reported.

The large waves may be the result of swells generated last week by a powerful storm thousands of miles away off the western coast of South America, said U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Feltgen.

"It was a very impressive storm, and that storm, of course, is long dissipated," Feltgen said. "However, the swells from that wave action would have been going out, and it generally takes about a week's time to get from there to the Mexican, El Salvador or Costa Rican coast."

[oceanview]

are you changing your screen name to Ernest_swept_off_the_Beach?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

California Watches and Warnings

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1113 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007

HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A LONG PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A LARGE WEST SWELL TO

CREATE HIGH SURF AT ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. THE LONGER PERIOD SOUTH SWELL WILL PEAK WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE THE SHORTER PERIOD WEST
SWELL PEAKS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH
SURF CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK. THE SURF WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE WEEK AS BOTH SWELLS
SUBSIDE.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I hope I am high enough and far enough away so as not to worry.

LOL

Thanks for your concern.

[HKMk23]

More like “Ernest_BANZAI!”.

Time to wax up the long board and Hang Ten, man!

Like this guy:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1041053573910778617

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just in case...watch yourself if you go to the beach...or hurry down and see the big waves...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Left the good stuff out....

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SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY
COAST...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET WITH SETS TO 12 FEET ON EXPOSED
SOUTH FACING BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

SURF OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST WITH MAX SETS
TO 10 FEET. THE HIGHEST SURF AND SETS WILL BE NORTH OF ENCINITAS.
SURF BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET WITH MAX SETS TO 12 FEET ON EXPOSED
SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON FRIDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL
BELOW 6 FEET ON SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS ON
EXPOSED SOUTH FACING BEACHES

[A CA Guy]

Would be the best time to go surfing with all the sewer trash.
Nothing like hanging ten while some needles infected with aids are floating next to you in the wave.

MMMMMMM, count me in.... NOT!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now that is Huge....

[muawiyah]

Imagine what happened at the end of the last major glaciation (14,000 years ago) when Antarctica began sloughing off mountains of ice chunks to trim down to it's present diminutive size.

The waves generated there would undoubtedly have devastated almost every seacoast in the world Island as well as the Americas.

[HKMk23]

Yeah. Even with the camera zooming out like that, you still don’t get a grasp of the actual size.

I’ve seen photos from other perspectives and it’s like the guy on the board is being chased down by a blue-green, seven storey building.

I’d guess the rider’s perspective is something else, again; like “COWABUNGA!!!”

[With a tip o’the hat to Snoopy.]

[Kimmers]

I am a mid west kind of gal and am so fascinated by surfing and love watching it on TV....now that I have HDTV it is even better...so thanks for the post, I just wish I could see it on HD...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh that’s nothing. You should’ve seen the wave Ernest and I rode in on one day.

*cough*

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh! Hey! Nothing....FRmail.

[Cyman]

Cortez Banks 100 mile west of San Diego

[BurbankKarl]

there are 60 mph wind warnings for wednesday night

[Churchillspirit]

there are 60mph wind warnings for wednesday night.

For which areas?

[jpsb]

"Imagine what happened at the end of the last major glaciation "

Think that's bad? Imagine what happened when the moon was new and only 40,000 miles away. Mile high tides! Every six hours!!

[BurbankKarl]

Santa Barbara to LA