The National Weather Service has issued a high surf alert for Los Angeles and Ventura county beaches for Sunday, but the conditions won’t be as bad as those that struck a Northern California surf event Saturday.
Surf is forecast to build to 7 to 9 feet, with some swells as high as 10 feet.
Riptide conditions are also forecast, "making swimming hazardous for even the most experienced swimmers," according to the Weather Service.
The alert is scheduled to end at 9 p.m., with the height of the surf subsiding gradually through the day.
The Southern California waves are significantly smaller than those that hit Northern California on Saturday.
At the Mavericks Surf tournament near Half Moon Bay, waves of up to 20 feet injured about a dozen spectators, some of whom were treated for broken bones.
Waves knocked out barricades and a spectator platform.
— Shelby Grad
Photo: Bystanders scramble as a wave washes over the beach during the
Mavericks Surf Contest on Saturday in Pillar Point,
Calif. Credit: Chad Ziemendorf / Associated Press