{"id":472725,"date":"2026-09-23T05:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472725\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T05:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:22:32","slug":"category-5-hurricane-to-bring-large-waves-to-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472725\/","title":{"rendered":"Category 5 hurricane to bring large waves to Southern California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5\/KUSI) — Hurricane Polo was churning in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico as a category 5 storm<\/a> on Tuesday and is forecast to head up the coast through the weekend, bringing more large waves and dangerous ocean conditions to Southern California early next week.<\/p>\n

The latest Pacific hurricane to impact the West Coast had 180 mph winds Tuesday that were slamming parts of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hurricane Polo reaches Category 5 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The storm is forecast to reach the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula by Sunday, according to the NHC.<\/p>\n

As the weekend ends, Southern California will start to get impacts from the hurricane. The National Weather Service in San Diego<\/a> said the agency is monitoring swells from Hurricane Polo that are expected to bring large waves and high tides to the coast.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Warm waters lead to historic sea turtle nesting in SoCal\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Large swells are forecast to impact the Southern California coast starting Sunday, peaking Monday, and lasting through Tuesday, especially at south-facing beaches.<\/p>\n

High tides Monday could reach 7 feet.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Large swells destroy Tamarack State Beach sand barrier and parking lot\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The large waves and high tides could also cause more coastal erosion and brings the risk of coastal flooding early next week.<\/p>\n

The life-threatening surf and rip currents will first impact southwestern Mexico over the next few days. The hurricane is also expected to dump several inches of rain<\/a> on coastal Mexican states.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Strong El Ni\u00f1o likely to keep sharks near SoCal longer\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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(PHOTO: National Hurricane Center)<\/p>\n

The impending hurricane swell is just the latest part of an active Pacific hurricane season<\/a>. It has also been a record year for rescues<\/a> at San Diego County beaches mainly due to the warm waters and dangerous ocean conditions.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (FOX 5\/KUSI) — Hurricane Polo was churning in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[41382,7,9,8,185867,2457,18473,87361,185921,4130,1009,5937,185920],"class_list":["post-472725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-baja-california-peninsula","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-hurricane-polo","tag-mexico","tag-national-hurricane-center","tag-ocean-conditions","tag-pacific-hurricane","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-southern-california","tag-southern-california-coast","tag-southwestern-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}