Hurricane Polo is not expected to make landfall in California, but coastal cities there are still working to shore up a seawall and berms battered by an earlier storm.

Polo is expected to bring higher than normal surf to Southern California through the weekend, according to weather.com meteorologist Jennifer Gray. The threat could linger into early next week.

That's of particular concern in Long Beach, California, which is still trying to rebuild after the damage caused by Hurricane Marie.

Powerful waves churned up by Marie damaged parts of the city's boardwalk and seawall, destroyed sand berms and flooded homes. At one point, 19 homes had to be evacuated.

(WATCH: Tropical storm waves flood Long Beach homes, force evacuations)

On Wednesday, the City Council declared a local emergency because of the Marie damage and threats from the El Niño weather pattern and winter storm season.

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This week, work has continued to shore up tall sand berms and repair the seawall and boardwalk. Workers also were getting huge sandbags in place along the beach.

Marie did so much damage between 62nd and 69th places, however, “we can’t even get trucks down there to build out the berm,” City Manager Tom Modica told the Long Beach Post.

Homeowners who received sandbags during Hurricane Marie are being encouraged to put them back in place.

(WATCH: Hurricane Polo's waves shred beach hut)

As Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall along Baja California, the moisture from the storm will pull into the southwestern U.S., Gray said. This could mean additional rainfall from California to Texas and even as far north as Nebraska.

Southern California could see showers and storms from Polo's moisture — mainly across interior portions.

For coastal areas, it's still too early to know just how bad the surf could get.