Giant 10-foot waves churn menancingly at Redondo Beach on February 9, 1960, racing through the wooden piling supports as gale force winds of 50 miles an hour hammer the Southern California coast. One wave breaks as high as the pier (arrow). Giant waves also lashed other beaches.
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