California Surfers Ride Massive Waves Whipped Up By Hurricane Marie

A bogieboarder rides a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, Calif., Wednesday. Southern California beachgoers experienced much higher than normal surf, brought on by Hurricane Marie spinning off the coast of Mexico.

A surfer flies off a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, Calif., Wednesday.

Hurricane Marie is pictured drawing in the remnants of Hurricane Karina in the Pacific Ocean, 900 miles west of Baja California in this NASA handout satellite image from Tuesday.

A surfer rides a wave at the Wedge in Newport Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

A bogieboarder rides a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

Onlookers standing on a sand berm watch as big waves come into shore from Hurricane Marie in Seal Beach, Calif. on Wednesday. The National Weather Service said beaches stretching 100 miles up the Southern California coast would see large waves and rip currents. Swimmers and surfers were urged to be aware of the dangerous conditions.

A man carries his board as he walks through the flooded beachfront properties Wednesday in Seal Beach, Calif. A low-lying street in the Southern California coastal community of Seal Beach has been inundated by a surge of rising seawater brought on by Hurricane Marie spinning off Mexico's Pacific coast.

A big wave from Hurricane Marie smashes against the Seal Beach pier on Wednesday.

Orange County Firefighters watch as big waves come into shore from Hurricane Marie in Seal Beach, Calif. on Wednesday.

Onlookers gather along the beach to watch storm waves from Hurricane Marie in Seal Beach Wednesday.

A bulldozer continues to build sand berms as waves from Hurricane Marie begin to flood the beach in Seal Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

From a safe distance behind a barricade of traffic cones, beachgoers watch huge waves crash onto the shore at The Wedge in Newport Beach, Calif. Tuesday.

Surfers come close to colliding as they gather off the shore of Solana Beach, California to catch waves being generated out in the Pacific Ocean by Hurricane Marie on Wednesday.

A man walks through the flooded beachfront properties on Wednesday in Seal Beach, Calif.

Beach chairs are covered in mud in the flooded beachfront area on Wednesday in Seal Beach, Calif.

A bogieboarder rides a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

A large crowd gathers to watch surfers and body surfers ride waves at the wedge on Wednesday.