The unusually high surf pounding the Southern California coast will peak Thursday, prompting warnings of possible coastal flooding and treacherous swimming conditions at the beach.
The National Weather Service has issued a high-surf advisory through 5 p.m. Friday, warning of up to 11-foot waves on south- and southwest-facing beaches.
Newport Beach officials said waves there reached 10 feet to 13 feet at the beaches and 20 feet at the Wedge. Flooding had subsided from the streets, but water breached at least one parking lot along the Balboa Peninsula.
The surf is expected to generate strong and dangerous rip currents.
In Laguna Beach, lifeguards closed the parking lot at Aliso Beach on Wednesday afternoon after a high tide brought heavy deposits of sand and debris ashore, an Orange County parks spokeswoman said.
Capistrano Beach had its parking lot closed Thursday after the waves washed up sand and debris and damaged a wooden boardwalk.
The U.S. called off its search Thursday for swimmer Jowayne Binford, 26, of Long Beach, who was last seen about 6 p.m. Wednesday about 200 yards offshore of Seal Beach.
Lifeguards warned beachgoers to avoid the heavy surf, or at the very least use caution.
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