NZ Storm Causes California Monster Waves

The huge waves crashing off the California coast on Tuesday have their origins in a New Zealand storm. California has been put on a high-surf warning as a storm brewing in New Zealand caused the monstrous waves there and more enormous waves are likely to hurtle California.

The National Weather Service has warned that single waves could be over twice the tremendous height of the waves. It also anticipates colossal waves through Tuesday that was caused due to the eruption of a storm last week on Thursday and Friday in the southern hemisphere.

According to Los Angeles Times, a high-surf advisory was issued for the west coast. This was done as alarm bells rang over waves as tall as 15 feet banging onto Newport Beach in Orange County. “Once those waves are created, they keep traveling until they reach land. So we can thank our friends Down Under,” David Sweet, a weather service meteorologist, told the newspaper. Meanwhile, the Orange County Register said Monday morning that waves higher than 18 feet had already been spotted at a popular surf spot “The Wedge”, by Newport Beach. Giant waves made the authorities rescue at least 16 people in Newport Beach on Sunday. Besides this, the Carnival Imagination cruise ship had to speedily change course and dock in San Diego due to the inclement conditions.

Surfers are equating it to a washing machine. They say it is so strong that it can also play havoc with the bones of a human being. They are saying that the power of The Wedge is being underestimated by the people.

The magnanimous waves have been racing across the Pacific from New Zealand at a rate of around 30 miles per hour, covering upwards of 750 miles each day, according to NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert,.

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