1.   Although the group had food and water, he said, they nearly lost their composure by the third day of screaming winds and high surf pounding the wall.

2.   Besides sending big breakers crashing on the shore, high surf and riptides kept lifeguards on alert.

3.   A high surf advisory was in effect through Thursday night at all Southland beaches, but the National Weather Service predicted waves would be calmer today.

4.   Even as the emergency preparations continued, surfers and vacationers all along the coast enjoyed another day of good beach weather and high surf.

5.   Folks there have to deal with losses about as often as they have to deal with high surf.

6.   Gusty onshore winds will cause high surf on the east coast of Florida.

7.   High surf will continue along east-facing beaches.

8.   High surf was a result of giant swells generated by an expansive low pressure system over the northern Pacific Ocean a few days earlier.

9.   High surf will reach the coastline from Florida to New England.

10.   High surf is pounding the Los Angeles County coast, drawing hundreds of surfers and damaging homes in Malibu.