LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Officials are urging beachgoers to stay out of the water due to possible contamination after a wild October storm hit Southern California Tuesday , but some surfers are risking a sick stomach just to catch some "sick" waves.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges beachgoers to stay out of the water for at least 72 hours, especially near discharging storm drains, creeks and rivers due to potentially higher bacteria levels, but not everyone took the advice.

Video from AIR7 showed the rain runoff flowing into the sea.

"My roommate told us not to surf a day after the runoff," said surfer Ben Methvin. "He's like 'You don't want to get sick, a lot of people get sick' I was like 'The only thing that's going to be sick are these waves'."

Robyn Lentz,

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