A massive storm surge has pounded the California coastline and has sparked evacuations in the Bay Area and broke through a seawall in Ventura. 

Evacuations have been ordered across Northern California, specifically in the Bay Area, as dangerously high surf and storm surges pound the coastlines with waves expected to reach a height of 33ft. 

Residents have been urged to ‘leave immediately’ as massive waves also rocked the area of Stinson Beach, located in Marin County on Thursday.

Calles Pinos, Pradero, Sierra, Onda Resaca, Ribera, sections of Calle Del Arroyo,  Embarcadero and the Seadrift community have all been issued evacuation warnings. 

Santa Cruz county has also been advised to evacuate and avoid the coast. Pajaro Dunes has been issued a warning and has been told to prepare to vacate the area as high tides and large breaking waves have started to consume the area. 

Coast flooding engulfed the shore in Santa Cruz on Thursday a massive storm surge pounded the coastline 

Construction vehicles are seen moving debris out of the way as a black Audi attempts to make its way through flooded streets in Pacifica

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning that is in effect until 3am Friday. Waves are predicted to reach 28 to 33ft high on west facing beaches.

They also advised residents that these conditions are life-threatening and that they should ‘stay out of and away from the water’, along with jetties and rocks. 

The surge is expected to be caused from two separate storm systems. One if directed at North California, while the other is set to hit the entire Golden State with massive rainfall. 

All Los Angles beaches have also been put under a high surf and coastal flooding advisory. The NWS reported that waves in Southern California could reach seven to 12ft, along with dangerous rip currents. 

Catalina Island, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Palos Verdes Beach are all under strict advisory as well. 

Coastal flooding and high surf advisories are expected to stay in place in Orange County until 2am on Monday. 

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Monstrous waves nearly reached homes in Malibu as the powerful surf rolled up on shore 

Excess water that is almost soap-like has built up on the land as roads have closed and residents try to navigate the harsh conditions. 

‘I thought the water was going to come get me,’ Brooklyn De Los Reyes, 14, told the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Southern California is expected to be showered with light rain over the weekend, The National Weather Service reported. 

Just last week parts of SoCal were hit with unusually heavy rain, thunderstorms and the chance of a small tornado. 

The rainfall was the heaviest that the state has seen since Hurricane Hillary hit in August. The system barreled through north-northwest at speeds of 25 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A woman mopped her floor with a broom after her business flooded from the torrential downpour last week in Southern California 

A man attempted to push his SUV out of a flooded street in Santa Barbara on December 21 

Onlookers watched as storm clouds quickly swept over the Golden Gate Bridge on December 19 as they walked their dogs 

Two people from Mexico lost their lives in the storm, as one of the victim’s vehicles was swept away near Santa Rosalía, after catastrophic flooding swallowed parts of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.

The tropical storm was initially a Category 4 Pacific Hurricane before it entered Central America on August 12.

It then dwindled down to a tropical storm once it hit the coast of Manzanillo, Colima – a city in Mexico – on August 16.

It went on to strengthen and become a hurricane again before it weakened once more as it hit California.