Less than two weeks after powerful ocean swells destroyed a portion of the Santa Cruz Wharf and damaged the harbor, forecasters say another round of high surf is approaching the Santa Cruz County coast — though the incoming waves are not expected to match the destructive force of last month’s storm.
A weather system heading toward Santa Cruz County will bring light rain throughout Friday along with high surf that could last through Tuesday. But anyone still on edge from the damaging pre-Christmas waves can breathe a little easier — the National Weather Service has not issued a high surf advisory for our coastline and expects the county to be spared the most severe effects of the coming weather system.
“Santa Cruz County is more sheltered from this northwest swell,” said NWS meteorologist Roger Gass. “Last week, the big system that caused the impacts was more westerly.”…