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Orange County Beaches
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Best Beaches in Orange County
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Huntington
Beach |
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Main Street and Pacific
Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
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This beach is the favorite
amongst the locals and the tourists visiting the place. With
plenty of eating joints fitting everybody's budget.
Some of the venues along Main include Studio Café,
Huntington Beach Beer Company, Hurricanes, The Longboard and
many more.
Cool beach boutiques also line the street, like Jack's Surf
Shop, Sakal and HB Surf.
If you are interested in watching the film just head towards
Pierside 6. summer brings along an arts and crafts fair at
Pier Plaza, and evenings enjoy the summer concerts. There
is alos an option of renting rollerblades, play volleyball,
or just choose to walk along the sand. The beach offers something
for everyone.
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Huntington
Beach Pier |
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1 Main St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
714-536-5511
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Originally built in 1914 it
was reduced to ruins in the 1980's because of the angry storms.
Rebuilt recently there are excellent places to dine here.
starting from Duke's Barefoot Bar and Restaurant to Chimayo's
to Ruby's a 50's style hamburger joint. There is plenty of
action during summer with numerous festivals, fairs and events,
and live music.
Featuring sporting events like the US Surfing Open and the
Pro-Am Beach Volleyball Championships there is lot of action
here every year.
People who do not want to involve in action can just go in
for people watching both on the boardwalk as well as in the
waters below. There are also number of numerous boutiques,
surf shops, bars and restaurants.
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Doheney
Beach |
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25300 Dana Point Drive,
Dana Point, CA
Tel: (949) 496-6171
Directions-From PCH turn left at Del Obispo and you will come
to Doheney State Beach.
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Favorites of the campers, the
Doheny Beach offers plenty of activities right from fishing,
swimming, surfing, diving, to riding, camping and barbecuing.
Named after Edward L. Doheny who discovered oil in Southern
California, the beach has showers, barbecues and picnic tables
as well as beachfront campsites for both RV's and tents.
This is one of the Beaches immortalized by the Beach Boys
song "Surfing USA". The Doheny State Marine Life
Refuge-an underwater park for divers, nearby is an interpretive
center that showcases variety of wildlife. Doheny also has
a five mile San Juan Creek Bike Trail and an equestrian trail
that heads to San Juan Capistrano.
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Salt
Creek Beach - Dana Point |
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The long, sandy beach is a
popular surfing spot. Both upland and beach facilities can
be reached from Ritz Carlton Dr. off Pacific Coast Highway.
Parking and wheelchair-accessible restrooms are available
at a large metered parking lot, open 6 AM-midnight, on Ritz
Carlton Drive.
From the west side of the lot, a paved path leads to the beach
and to the grassy seven-acre Bluff Park, which has benches,
barbecue grills, picnic tables, and wheelchair-accessible
restrooms.
Just south of Ritz Carlton Dr., a pedestrian gate, open 24
hours, leads through the Ritz Carlton Hotel grounds to a paved
path along the bluff above Salt Creek Beach; the path, which
skirts the southern perimeter of the grounds, has numerous
benches and overlooks providing views of gray whale migration
routes, Catalina Island, and the coastline.
At its northern end, the path joins a paved multi-use trail
leading north along the shoreline past Bluff Park. Several
stairways and paths lead from the multi-use trail to the beach,
changing rooms, outdoor showers, restrooms, snack bar, firepits,
and a path along the seawall. Paths and trails lead north
and east through a golf course and along Salt Creek, a scenic
corridor featuring small parks and several miles of trails.
The southern entrance to Salt Creek Beach Park is off Selva
Rd. and features picnic fables, barbecue grills, restores,
and path and stairs to the beach. The parking lot is open
6 AM-midnight.
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EASTON'S
BEACH |
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Newport Beach
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(also known as First Beach)
faces south with the northern starting point of Cliff Walk
as one of its ends. There are special events on Tuesday evenings
including Family Nights, with concerts beginning at 6:30 PM.
Thursday evenings feature a children's show. There are a couple
of surf shops just over the line in Middletown and there are
also several restaurants and bars that cater to the beach
crowds. The season runs from Memorial Day weekend and ends
on Labor Day weekend. Lifeguards are on duty from 9 AM to
6 PM. Admission: Seasonal parking stickers for residents $10,
non-residents $20. Daily parking $7 weekdays and $10 weekends.
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Crescent
Bay Point Park, Laguna Beach |
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Laguna Beach |
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Vista park has beautiful 180
degree ocean and coastal views Cresent Bay is located in North
Laguna off the bluffs of Cliff Drive. This marine refuge area
offers fantastic areas for scuba and snorkeling. Big Hollow
waves offer some of the best body surfing.
Locations : On the north side of Laguna Beach, at the
end of Crescent Bay Drive. Crescent Bay: West end of Barranco
and Fairview Sts, Laguna Beach CA
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