California Beaches

...As "Californians" we are lucky that living on the pacific coast gives us many options in the world of surfing.

Southern California:

*Santa Barbara
-Refugio
-Carpinteria Beach
-El Capitan

*Ventura
-Pistas Point

*North LA
-Zuma Beach
-Malibu Beach

*South LA
-Manhattan Beach
-Hermosa
-Redondo
-Venice Beach
-Santa Monica

*North Orange County
-Seal Beach
-Surfside
-Bolsa Chica
-Huntington Beach (Pier: North & Southside, 17th Sreet)
-Newport Beach (Pier, 54th, 56th, 40th, 36th Streets, The Wedge)

*South Orange County
-San Clemente (T-Streets)
-San Clemente Trestles (Upper & Lower)
-San Onofre

*North San Diego
-Oceanside(Pier: Northside, North Jetty)
-Del Mar
-Cardiff Reef
-Tamarack

*South San Diego
-Imperial Beach (Pier: North & Southside)
-Blacks Beach
-La Jolla


Central California:

*San Francisco-San Mateo County
-North & South Ocean Beach
-Mavericks
-Half Moon Bay
-Pescadero

*Santa Cruz
-Steamer Lane
-Pleasure Point
-Cowells
-Capitola (38th street)

*Monterey
-Marina State Beach
-Carmel Beach
-Moss Landing
-Ghost Tree
-Big Sur Rivermouth
-Sand Dollar Beach

*San Luis Obispo
-San Simeon
-Morro Bay
-Moonstone
-Pismo Beach (Pier)


Northern California:

*Humboldt
-South Beach
-Patricks Point
-North Jetty, West Haven, Shelter cove

*Mendocino
-Westport
-Medocino Township

*Sonoma County
-Black Point Beach
-Russian Rivermouth
-Doran Beach
-Salmon Creek

*Marin County
-Point Reyes (North)
-Stinson Beach
-Bolinas Jetty


Hotspots: The Wedge, Southside HB Pier, Mavericks, Blacks, Trestles

Videos: Here's some videos I found on youtube.com, a lot of the videos you'll find are just surfers from all over recording and making mini amateur movies, clips, documentaries--anything really, and i think they're pretty cool and give you a good representation and idea of the surfing life and what waves are best at what beaches and it shows you some average people doing rad tricks and big wave surfing (so this is just 3 videos of major surf places that are popular in cali: Newport Beach, Mavericks, Huntington Beach) enjoy!

-->Here's a video someone made on youtube.com of surfers and boogie boarders tearin up The Wedge at Newport Beach

--> One popular place for big wave surfing in CA is in Central California, Half Moon Bay in Mavericks-every year they hold a surfing contest and these are highlights of the massive waves surfed by the contestants in 2008

-->And here's another clip of a popular beach Huntington Beach in Southern California, this is another clip of some kids surfing on the southside of the HB pier and I just took this video from youtube, one fun fact is that this video was taken on my birthday =) ..but unfortunately by birthday last year (2007) is when all the southern california fires started happening and thats why the sky is so orange and red in the video (i'm guessing)

-Carla Darmiento