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The recent megaswell to hit California’s coast not only stirred up bombing waves, but a literal piece of unexploded ordnance. At Pajaro Dunes, located between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey, a rather large unexploded bomb washed up on shore, prompting a response from the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s office bomb squad.
On New Year’s Eve, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a piece of unexploded ordnance that had been washed onto the beach at Pajaro Dunes. The office’s bomb team responded to the call around 2:20 p.m, sheriff’s spokesperson Ashley Keehn told USA Today. After the team visually inspected and x-rayed the device, they determined it was a World War II-era Navy practice bomb that was inert and free of explosives.
“Every few years we will see military ordnances wash up. We occasionally see sea flares uncovered,” added Keehn. “This ordnance washing up on shore goes to show the intensity of the high surf we saw in Santa Cruz County this past week.”
