California Beaches Blog

Grunion, the slippery silversides fish that you are only allowed to catch with your bare hands will have their first “run” in March starting March 15 (2010) around 10:05 p.m. You can find them spawning (flopping into the sand and laying eggs)  during the summer, but there are seven specified days in March to catch [...]

With travelers booking only days and weeks before a vacation, the big attractions this spring seem to be trips to Catalina Island, visits to California’s favorite beaches in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and the Central Coast, and vacations at Disneyland.
Surprises? While predictions by travel researchers conclude that the the travel business will strengthen [...]

Where did Marilyn Monroe get her start? Some say that her stint as beauty queen at the Artichoke Festival in the Artichoke Capital, Castroville, was the beginning of big and beautiful things for the blond bombshell who became one of Hollywood’s famous actresses ever.
Each and every year a festival celebrates the crop that puts the [...]

The Central Coast Scottish Society holds its monthly meetings on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the Creekside Mobile Home Park Clubhouse, 3960 S.Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA. Time: 5:00 PM. Anyone interested in Scottish activities is welcome. call (805) 239-8733 for more info.

FAIRFIELD, CA – A hint of spring in the air means it is time to Brunch with the Bunnies at Jelly Belly. Bring your children to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield on Saturday, April 3 between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. for a special brunch with Wendell & Wendy Bunnies and Mr. Jelly [...]

Hawaii, USA — At approximately 1:40 p.m., the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancelled the tsunami warning in Hawaii. There was no reported damage to the state as a result of the tsunami generated by the earthquake off the coast of Chile. Hotels and other visitor-related facilities are open and operating normally.
Most flights to [...]

Photo: Ocean Beach is closed to humans for Western snowy plover nesting season that runs seven months, but one predator, the coyote can be seen on Ocean Beach during this time.
Central Coast California–It’s amazing that one tiny little bird can shut down Ocean Beach in Lompoc, and portions of Surf Beach nearby. But the Western [...]

Huntington Beach, California doesn’t own a single paintball park. Yet once a year the city hosts paintball competitors to its beaches for three days of sold-out paintball play on the sand. In one of former mayor Pam Houchen’s largest accomplishments during her service on HB’s City Council, she pushed to get a paintball event accepted. [...]

The following list gives estimated times of arrival for locations along the North American Pacific coast from a tsunami generated at the given source location. The list is ordered by arrival time starting with the earliest. Since tsunami speed is directly related to water depth, tsunami ETAs can be computed independent of tsunami amplitude. [...]

The Monterey Bay city of Pacific Grove, California recently advertised that it needed to brand itself. It was going to spend thousands of dollars in surveying its strengths, weaknesses and assets, then come back with a new solution to tourists finding out about this California beach gem, right next door to Monterey Bay Aquarium. It [...]