One of the longest-running danger advisories for Northern California’s beaches is still in effect this week, warning of life-threatening conditions on Bay Area beaches.
This month, a sneaker wave — a sudden, far-reaching kind of wave that’s notorious for catching beachgoers unawares — could have contributed to the deaths of two women who were swept into the water in Santa Cruz, according to officials.
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Dylan Flynn, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, said the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents along the coast from Sonoma County all the way down to Big Sur has been ongoing for the past month.
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