The waves were generated by an offshore storm related to an atmospheric river that hit the Pacific Northwest over the weekend.
A high surf advisory warning beachgoers of large waves with the potential to pull people into the ocean was in effect for all Pacific Coast beaches in the San Francisco, California, forecast region on Tuesday.The National Weather Service office for San Francisco issued the advisory on early Tuesday morning. The alert will remain in place until 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning,'Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion.
Beachgoers also were warned to keep their pets away from the ocean.NWS meteorologist Dylan Flynn told Newsweek that a storm-force low pressure system offshore in the Pacific Ocean caused high winds that generated the waves. The winds won't reach the California coast, Flynn said, but the waves will.The winds were associated with the same system that brought an atmospheric river that struck the Pacific Northwest over the weekend.
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