The National Hurricane Center raised Fausto to an estimated 80 MPH at 0300 UTC July 22 and still assessed 80 MPH at 2100 UTC, when the hurricane remained about 875 miles west-southwest of Baja California's southern tip with no coastal watches or warnings. [1] [2]

That advances the paper's July 21 hurricane account, which ended at advisory 12 with Fausto offshore, no coastal warning and Baja surf still forecast rather than observed.

Advisory 13 said swells were affecting western Baja, and advisory 16 said they were spreading toward Southern California, changing regional swell reach from forecast to operational observation while retaining life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions as hazard language rather than measured harm. [1] [2]

The archive does not establish landfall, a major-hurricane classification, coastal cyclone warning, beach closure, rescue, injury or damage, and advisory 17 is excluded because its controlling summary time was 0300 UTC July 23, after cutoff.

The July 23 Fausto-specific X search timed out without a verified status, leaving platform reaction unobserved rather than silent, while the practical story remains remote exposure: a category-one hurricane sent swells toward populated coasts without striking them, and local offices still owed the beach-level measurements and actions, including warnings, closures, rescues and observed surf conditions that could convert regional hazard language into local consequence for swimmers, boats, lifeguards, harbors and other essential shoreline services along the exposed coast today.

-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing