Swells reach 15 feet in Southern California

By Associated Press

POSTED: 11:49 a.m. HST, Jan 07, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 12:13 p.m. HST, Jan 07, 2012

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Two body boarders south of the Seal Beach pier get a little close while they ride one of the big waves Friday.

A man surfs a wave at sunset Thursday, in San Diego, as larger surf begins to arrive. Large waves began to arrive late Thursday.

A surfer is cheered on as he rides inside a closing wave just south of the Seal Beach Pier Friday in Huntington Beach, Calif.

AP Photo/ Los Angeles Times, Don Bartletti

A surfer races with the curl of a glistening wave at Carlsbad State Beach on Friday. Surfers said that by mid-day the rideable surf was 10+ feet high.

AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire

A surfer bails off his board while riding a large wave just south of the Huntington Beach Pier, Friday in Huntington Beach, Calif. High surf will pound Southern California and the Central Coast into the weekend with breakers topping a dozen feet in some places.

AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire

A large wave breaks behind a surfer just south of the Huntington Beach Pier Friday in Huntington Beach, Calif. High surf will pound Southern California and the Central Coast into the weekend with breakers topping a dozen feet in some places.

AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire

A large wave begins to close over a surfer just south of the Seal Beach Pier, Friday Jan. 6, 2012 in Huntington Beach, Calif. High surf will pound Southern California and the Central Coast into the weekend with breakers topping a dozen feet in some places.

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Surfers ride tall waves during the opening ceremony of the Mavericks Surf Contest, Friday in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The surf contest attracts the world's best big wave riders who are waiting for ultimate conditions that can bring up to 50 foot waves to the Half Moon Bay location off Pillar Point Harbor.

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

A surfer rides a tall wave during the opening ceremony of the Mavericks Surf Contest, Friday in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The surf contest attracts the world's best big wave riders who are waiting for ultimate conditions that can bring up to 50 foot waves to the Half Moon Bay location off Pillar Point Harbor.

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SAN DIEGO >> Hardy surfers took advantage of big swells that reached as high as 15 feet in some parts of San Diego and other spots along the California coast.

San Diego lifeguard Lt. Nick Lerma told City News Service that as many as 25 swimmers, body-boarders and surfers needed to be rescued Friday. The high surf also led to the daylong closure of Ocean Beach.?

The towering surf was expected to last through Saturday morning in Southern California and the Central Coast. The National Weather Service says swells caused by strong storm system in the central Pacific was expected to produce surf of up to 12 feet along the coast with sets up to 17 feet along some Central Coast areas.?

The service cautioned that the conditions could create dangerous rip currents, which can pull swimmers out to sea.?

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