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Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Coordinates: 37°45′34″N 122°30′39″W. Cliff House from Ocean Beach. Aerial view of the Ocean Beach neighborhood at Taraval Street. Ocean Beach is a beach on the west coast of San Francisco, California, United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent to Golden Gate Park, the Richmond District, and ...
Sneaker waves appear suddenly on a coastline and without warning; [6] generally, it is not obvious that they are larger than other waves until they break and suddenly surge up a beach. A sneaker wave can occur following a period of 10 to 20 minutes of gentle, lapping waves. [6] Upon arriving, a sneaker wave can surge more than 150 feet (50 m ...
Sutro Baths interior, c.1896. 1897 film of the baths by Thomas Edison. The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Built in 1894, the Sutro Baths was located north of Ocean Beach, the Cliff House, Seal ...
1940s. September 8–12 1941 – A hurricane struck Cabo San Lucas, but its remnants dropped light rainfall in southern California, reaching about 0.5 in (13 mm). [4] August 18, 1945 – The remnants of a hurricane produced thunderstorms in southern California, producing floodwaters 18 in (460 mm) deep in Mecca.
The ocean temperature varies from place to place. Temperatures are higher near the equator and lower at the poles. As a result, changes in total ocean heat content best illustrate ocean warming. When compared to 1969–1993, heat uptake has increased between 1993 and 2017. [5]: 457
On 10 August 2010, satellite observations showed a surface temperature of −92 °C (−134 °F; 181 K) at , along a ridge between Dome Argus and Dome Fuji, at 3,900 m (12,800 ft) elevation The result was reported at the 46th annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco in December 2013; it is a provisional figure, and may ...
Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay.The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, administered by California State Parks. [2] The island, a California Historical Landmark, [1] has been used by humans for a variety of purposes, including seasonal hunting and gathering by indigenous peoples, water and timber supply for European ships, ranching by Mexicans, United ...
Katrina struck land in late August as a Category 1 and made landfall on Keating Beach just two miles from the airport (near the border of Broward and Miami–Dade counties) with 80 mph (130 km/h) winds but caused only minor damage; however, the airport was closed for about a 48-hour period. However, when Hurricane Wilma made landfall in October ...