Freak 8-Foot Waves Slam Lake Tahoe, Boaters Killed (Video)
Terror descended upon Lake Tahoe, over the weekend, as a freak storm hit the water, creating winds over 30 miles per hour and generating waves six-to-eight-foot high. There were many boats on the water, enjoying the early summer season, when the surprise change in weather occurred.
As a result, six people died, multiple were injured, and two remain missing.
The chaos commenced around 3:00pm on Saturday, and footage from the extreme weather event shows boats being knocked around, some sinking, and panicked people on the water and land. Check out the local news report from the rare storm, and subsequent tragedies, below.
A man on the scene, a rapper who goes by the name Bugbee, recounted the bedlam:
'A pontoon boat had come up. You could tell there were no life vests on any people on the boat. I don't know what they were thinking. They didn't know how to operate it. It was their first time actually driving the boat. They kind of beached the boat sideways. Then we had to come up. I just ran up there, and started helping people get off. You could tell they were all terrified. Then, the storm just kept getting worse and worse. Like seven or eight boats got piled up on the beach. It was crazy. Never seen anything like it.'
Like a lot of lakes with enough mass to whip up some wind swell, Lake Tahoe is, in fact, surfable. Dylan Graves, Mr. Weird Waves himself, surfed it back in 2021. As expect with this particular variety of unconventional surf spot, it doesn't necessarily get good; it's more about the novelty factor. More often, folks wake surf on Lake Tahoe – like Mark Zuckerberg, for example.Regarding the tragedy on Saturday, however, these weren't conditions anyone would want to surf in, let alone find themselves sinking on a boat. In response to the missing individuals and the casualties from the storm, Coast Guard Commander David Herndon issued this statement:
'Suspending a search is always a difficult decision to make and weighs heavily on each Coast Guard member involved. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those involved in the boat capsize.'Freak 8-Foot Waves Slam Lake Tahoe, Boaters Killed (Video) first appeared on Surfer on Jun 23, 2025
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