Los Angeles beaches may almost be as much of an icon as Disneyland or the Hollywood sign. With twenty-plus beaches in Los Angeles County to choose from, you may have a hard time picking one or two to visit during you vacation.
With 42 miles of white sandy beaches overlooking the Pacific Ocean, you'll have no problem finding a nice spot to work on your tan, swim, play volleyball, or just relax and read a book. There's also plenty of boardwalk where you can rollerblade, take a bike ride, or get in a good jog down to the pier.
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Actually this beachfront community which is famous for its warm, sandy beaches is more than one beach, the most popular being Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, and Leo Carillo Beach. Malibu Beach has always been a popular spot for Hollywood movies and television shows, among the most famous ofcourse is Baywatch, featuring Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff.
When it comes to surfing, Surfrider Beach next to Malibu Pier is the place for serious surfers and is considered one of the worlds premiere surfing beaches. When done surfing you will find that Malibu Pier is a great spot for saltwater fishing.
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Maybe best known for its canals and beaches, Venice and Venice Beach is what many people expect LA to be, free-wheeling, laid-back, creative and crazy. Venice Beach is located in the Santa Monica Bay between Marina del Rey and Santa Monica. It was founded on July 4th 1905 by real estate entrepreneur Abbot Kinney. Along the Ocean Front Walk, you will find well known Muscle Beach, where people come to lift weights and promenade and lots of street performers include instrumental musicians, singers, jugglers, acrobats, mimes, comics, magicians and other entertainers. Have fun at Venice Beach!
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Beautiful, relaxing and incredibly entertaining are just a few of the delightful qualities that make Huntington Beach the ideal vacation destination. You will be stunned by the miles and miles of pristine white beaches, near-perfect weather and a friendly, laid back attitude coupled with the sophistication of one of the world's largest urban centers.
The beaches' spacious size and consistent, wide-ranging surf break are just some of the qualities that have earned Hunington Beach the well-deserved nickname "Surf City."
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Laguna Beach includes 7 miles of coastline with some of Southern California most scenic beaches and coves you'll find along the Southern California coast.
The best tide pools, diving opportunities, and best sunsets on this region of California coast are right in Laguna Beach.
Home to mansions and quaint cottages that line bluffs above the sandy coves, for over 100 years, tourists have flocked to a little piece of paradise to scuba dive, to paint the colors of nature which seem more vibrant there and to enjoy natural beauty not seen elsewhere. Laguna Beach enjoys healthy tourism with over 3 million visitors each year.
Note: These numbers do not factor in local day visitors within a close radius to Laguna Beach.
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Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana. The current OMB metropolitan designation for Newport Beach and the Orange County Area is Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA. As of 2007, the population was 84,218.
The area code for Newport Beach is 949. The city is home to several well known communities and recent annexations including Balboa Island, Corona del Mar, San Joaquin Hills, Santa Ana Heights, and Newport Coast.
Attractions include beaches on the Balboa Peninsula (featuring body-boarding hot-spot The Wedge) and in Corona del Mar.
Crystal Cove State Park is located at the southern end of the coast.
The Catalina Flyer, a giant 500 passenger catamaran, provides daily transportation from the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach to Avalon, California located on Santa Catalina Island.
The historic Balboa Pavilion, established in 1906, is Newport Beach's most famous landmark. There are a variety of options that include fishing, arcade games, and nice restaurants.
The Balboa Fun Zone, located on the Balboa Peninsula near the Balboa Island Ferry, features a ferris wheel, an old-time Merry-Go-Round and several quaint shops and restaurants.
The Orange County Museum of Art is a museum that exhibits art from a variety of modern artists.
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Tucked in the South Bay area of Los Angeles is Manhattan Beach with the Manhattan Beach Pier. At the tip of the pier you can find the Roundhouse, home to Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium. The pier is a hot spot for surfing, body surfing, and boogie boarding and offers some fantastic surfing. And the place is full of history, this is where The Beach Boys lived.
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Hermosa Beach City (which means Beautiful Beach) is located in the South Bay region of the Los Angeles County with a population of around 20,000. This used to be a sleepy beach community close to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), but is now nicely developed beach town, with hotels, bars, restaurants and ofcourse the beach. The beach is a great place to surf, play volleyball at the courts or just relax.
Next to Hermosa Beach Municipal Pier you will find the lifeguard headquarters and the pier is a popular spot for fishing.
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Only minutes south of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) you will find Redondo Beach and The Redondo Beach Pier. By some called the "seafood capital" of Southern California. Here you will find the Redondo Beach Dog Park, an off-leash access for dogs, excursion boats, fishing.
The pier is shaped like a horse shoe, starting at one point of the beach and wrapping around to another, contains numerous shops and restaurants and an open fresh fish markets.
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San Clemente is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of 2005, the city population was 65,338. Located six miles south of San Juan Capistrano at the southern tip of the county, it is roughly equidistant from San Diego and Los Angeles. The north entrance to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (known as the "Christianitos Gate") is located in San Clemente.
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by what came to be known as the Juaneño Indians.
After the founding of Mission San Juan Capistrano, the local natives were conscripted to work for the mission.
The city of San Clemente was founded in 1925 by real estate developer (and former mayor of Seattle) Ole Hanson who named it San Clemente after a town in Spain.
As it were, San Clemente Island was named after the city later since it is directly west of the coast. Hanson envisioned it as a Spanish-style coastal resort town, a "Spanish Village by the Sea."
In an unprecedented move, he had a clause added to the deeds requiring all building plans to be submitted to an architectural review board in an effort to ensure that future development would retain some Spanish-style influence (for example, for many years it was required that all new buildings in the downtown area have red tile roofs). It was incorporated in 1928 with a council-manager government.
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Welcome to world famous Santa Monica Beach, in the City Of Angels, Los Angeles. Here you will find Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica Mountains and be close to Disneyland, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Universal Studios Hollywood and Los Angles International Airport (LAX).
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Marina del Rey is home to over 6,000 pleasure boats and yachts and has boat launching ramps that provide access to over 100,000 trailer-class boats annually.
The marina is surrounded by many hotels and restaurants and offers Whale-watching excursions, fishing, shops, view piers and the Fisherman's Village.
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