Good for surfers, bad for coastal homeowners.
While surfers in California continue to enjoy the fruits of a hyperactive El Niño season this winter, scoring some of the biggest waves in recent memory up and down the coastline, homeowners along the shoreline are not nearly as thrilled.
Add a dose of king tides and there’s a recipe for destruction.
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The clip above comes from San Diego surfer, Jacob “Zeke” Szekely, and shows some houses taking on some serious water during the large swells and king tides.
While filming, Zeke narrates:
“It’s huge!
“Dude that thing just exploded in that guy’s living room!
“Oh my lanta…
“Into the house! Holy shit!
“Oh my god…I just got soaked.”
Following the gargantuan swell on December 28th, which lit up Mavericks in northern California with an historic day of big-wave surfing, the coastal chaos that came with the waves wreaked havoc. As a result, some coastal communities are taking extreme measures. Like in Ventura, where the city has issued a state of emergency.
Back down in San Diego, this isn’t the first time recently that we’ve seen big waves, paired with king tides, and lots of water inundating the shoreline.
Earlier in December, before the big day on the 28th, the iconic Windansea shack was slammed with waves and water. And then, the seawall surrounding La Jolla’s Children’s Pool was damaged due to high surf as well.
As for this run of swell, Thursday appears to be the peak. But those king tides – ranging from nearly 7.0, down to nearly -2.0 – will continue for a couple days.
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