Two Weeks till L and I hit the beach! I am really pale according to L, so I am excited to show off my paleness. Currently Laguna and Seal Beach are tied for 1st place. In a close second are Huntington Beach and Santa Monica.
Here are some interesting numbers to ponder for the people that haven’t voted. Huntington Beach is 8 miles long. Laguna is 7 miles long. And Newport is 6 miles long. Santa Monica is only 3 miles long and filled with tourists. However, Santa Monica beach is probably the busiest since there are 15M (45M for Santa Monica Bay) visitors. Huntington beach has 11M visitors, Newport 7.2M visitors, Laguna 3M, and Hermosa/Manhattan with about 3M. When I visited Santa Monica I usually parked by 3rd street promenade and then walked over PCH. This is not very easy. Further, the pier is pretty gaudy and cheesy and they have a lot of homeless people. But they do have wide beaches, a nice bike path, and eateries.
Huntington beach has the moniker “Surf City USA”. It is close and the parking is not too bad. Huntington beach has nice restaurants, such as Duke’s and Sparks, even though they are touristy as well. They also have the longest concrete municipal pier in CA. They have great surf shops and nice atmosphere with broad side-walks.
I was suprised with the amount of young people partying it up in Newport. Interesting for a snobby place like Newport. However, the pier isn’t that great, and they don’t have a cool moniker and parking is tough.
On Saturday, May 27th, we’ll be at one of SoCal best and most popular beches. But which one is the question. Stay tuned to find out!