High Surf!

Dangerously high waves likely caused a smuggling boat to crash on a Southern California beach in Ventura where more than 500 pounds of marijuana washed ashore, authorities said.

Lindsey Templeton, a California State Parks superintendent, said rangers found the abandoned boat split in half Thursday near Point
Mugu.


Templeton says the surf was 6 to 9 feet at the beach.

Authorities are warning swimmers and surfers to be careful because of high waves and strong rip currents that hit Central and Southern California through the day.

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a body-boarder who vanished off the Surfside area of Huntington Beach.

There was a rip current in the area where Jowayne Binford disappeared Wednesday.