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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
111 PM PDT MON AUG 3 2026
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1230 AM COASTAL FLOOD 1 WSW MALIBU 34.01N 118.82W
08/01/2026 LOS ANGELES CA COUNTY OFFICIAL
HURRICANE GENEVIEVE PRODUCED A SOUTHERLY
SWELL THAT IMPACTED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM
TUESDAY, JULY 28 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND.
ADDITIONALLY, HIGH TIDES OVER 6 FEET
OCCURRED EACH EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LARGE TIDES AND
GENEVIEVES SOUTHERLY SWELL CONTRIBUTED TO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EROSION ALONG THE MALIBU
COAST IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
PER LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEACHES
AND HARBORS, “WESTWARD BEACH ROAD, WHICH
PROVIDES VEHICLE ACCESS TO POINT DUME BEACH,
IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO SEVERE
EROSION CAUSED BY RECENT HIGH TIDES AND SURF.
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO ESTIMATED REOPENING
DATE...THE BLUFF EDGE IS UNSTABLE, WITH
EROSION CREATING DROP-OFFS OF UP TO 8 FEET IN
SOME LOCATIONS. ENTERING CLOSED AREAS COULD
RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY…IN ADDITION,
RESTROOMS 1, 2, AND 3 REMAIN CLOSED AFTER
EROSION DAMAGED THE WATER LINE AND WATER
METER SERVING THE FACILITIES. TEMPORARY
CHEMICAL TOILETS AND HAND-WASHING STATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE NEARBY.” ACCORDING TO A LOS
ANGELES COUNTY LIFEGUARD AT ZUMA BEACH, THE
CLOSURES WENT INTO EFFECT SOMETIME LATE
FRIDAY (JULY 31) OR EARLY SATURDAY (AUGUST
1). HIGH TIDE PEAKED AT 6.15 FEET AROUND 11
PM PDT AT THE SANTA MONICA TIDE GAUGE. TIME
OF CLOSURE IS APPROXIMATE.
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