SEAL BEACH, Calif. — The first big summer swell of the season brought surprise flooding to Seal Beach late Wednesday night, with workers pumping out water from the beach lot and boardwalk the following morning and building up a berm to keep the ocean from running up the sand again Thursday night.
Typically, Seal Beach worries about flooding during winter swells, but this summer south swell sent ocean water rushing over the beach and into the lot as high tide hit around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17.
“Normally, we wouldn’t see a south come up and over the beach, but that’s what happened,” Lifeguard Chief Joe Bailey said. “I guess it was pretty powerful.”
