The National Weather Service on Saturday morning issued a Tsunami Advisory for the Pacific Coast, including Bay Area shorelines, following a large underwater volcanic eruption near the Tonga Islands.
The first tsunami waves arrived in California around 7:30 a.m. followed by peak waves a few hours later. Forecasters said it appeared that tsunami waves reached San Francisco around 9 a.m., coinciding with the high-tide.
"You still need to take precautions because there are going to be powerful and dangerous currents out there and that is something we are definitely going to see," Orozco said. Cal Fire's CZU unit posted video to Twitter of strong and dangerous waves clashing at beaches in Half Moon Bay."The arriving tsunami will come in pulses of surging water levels onto and off of the coast, similar to ‘high tide.' Do not expect to identify these arriving pulses by large cresting waves/surf. These water level surges can overwhelm and overtake people and pull them out to sea," the National Weather Service said.
New Zealand's military said it was monitoring the situation and remained on standby, ready to assist if asked. As night fell, there were no reports of any damage and the Hawaii-based tsunami center canceled the alert.
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