Southern California Beach
Games - offer fantastic fun all year long.
Surfboards, sand, sunshine and swimming are the
ingredients for a wonderful vacation at the sunniest
beaches and best weather on the California Coast.
Beach cities considered in the southern region include
Oxnard, Ventura, Malibu, Santa Monica, Catalina Island
beaches, Venice Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach,
Redondo Beach, Torrance Beach, San Pedro, Palos Verdes,
Long Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, Oceanside,
Encinitas, Carlsbad, Del Mar, Solano Beach, La
Jolla, San Diego's Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Ocean
Beach, Imperial Beach and Coronado Island.
What you'll find at these
beaches on the Pacific Ocean are usually medium to pale
tan-colored sand, some coves, some cliffs and lots of
waves. The summer water temperatures seldom peak above
70 degrees and winter temperatures usually do not drop
below 57 degrees. Air temperatures at the Southern
California beaches and beach
cities are around 76 daytime and 68 nights during
the summer months of July through October. Winter
temperatures are around 69 degrees during the day and 56
at night (these numbers are averages and don't reflect
the rare but occasional extremes of over 100 degrees or
below freezing.)
The beach scene is a mix
of ages, sizes and backgrounds but teens and students
are the most noticeable in the summer time when they
have time on their hands to go socialize and enjoy the
lifestyle Southern California has gained a reputation
for—California cool. The beaches gain that reputation as
folks from Nevada and Arizona escape the heat. You'll
also find people from around the globe visiting the
Southern California beaches. California anks as the top destination in the U.S.
and Los Angeles is the top city to visit. It features
Universal Studios Hollywood and many theme parks, movies
stars and attractions, and it also features beaches.
The top theme park in
California, Disneyland, is 15 miles from the Orange
County beaches that are part of the Southern California
Beach experience. By county, Southern California
Beaches include Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San
Diego Counties. The photos on this section attempt to
provide a flavor of the beaches at their peak. For
an ordinary beach experience, be sure to check out each
featured city where beach photos are included that tend
to be more scenic and represent the overall look you'll
see most of the year. Believe it or not, Southern
California's population exceeds 15 million but on the
majority of days, you can walk to the beach and find the
scene serene, un-crowded and simply pleasant.
