Large Surf Impacts Southern California Beaches

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 30: Pelicans fly above a powerful Pacific Ocean wave breaking on December 30, 2023 in Ventura, California. Dangerous surf churned up by storms in the Pacific is impacting much of California’s coastline with coastal flooding possible in some low-lying areas. A 2023 study from UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography showed that California’s winter waves have increased in size since 1970 as climate change has warmed the planet. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)