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Southern
California Beaches 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
ranks 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.
For more beach vacation ideas, check
out these resources:
Beach
Vacations /
California Beach Vacation
Holidays
/
Beach Swings & Playgrounds /
Surfing Vacation /
Kids Vacation /
Sunset Fishing /
California Family Vacations /
Beaches /
California Beach Resorts /
California Beach Christmas
/ California
Beaches List /
California Beach Front Hotels /
California Family Vacations
Geographic:
Southern California Vacation
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Southern California Family Vacations
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Huntington Beach Vacation
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