Surfing Locations in California - Andrew Molera State Park, Black's Beach, Black Point (Sonoma County, California), Bolsa Chica State Beach, Chevron Re (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Andrew Molera State Park, Black's Beach, Black Point (Sonoma County, California), Bolsa Chica State Beach, Chevron Reef, Corona del Mar State Beach, Dana Point, California, Doheny State Beach, El Porto Beach, Emma Wood State Beach, Ghost Trees, Hermosa Beach, California, Huntington Beach, California, Imperial Beach, California, Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Mavericks (location), Newport Beach, California, Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, California, Redondo Beach, California, Red Triangle (Pacific Ocean), Rincon (surfspot), San Onofre State Beach, Scott Creek (Santa Cruz County), Seal Beach, California, Steamer Lane, Surfside, California, Swami's (surfing), T-Street, The Wedge (surfing), Torrance, California, Torrey Pines State Beach, Trestles, Windansea Beach, Zuma Beach. Excerpt: Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 189,992; making it the largest beach city in Orange County in terms of population. The estimate for 2012 shows that the population is 189,707. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Costa Mesa on the east, by Newport Beach on the southeast, by Westminster on the north, and by Fountain Valley on the northeast. Huntington Beach (aka HB) is known for its long 8.5-mile (13.7 km) stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing and beach culture. The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of open ocean swells around the island of Catalina. Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in Winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the Summer focus on Huntington Beach creating consistent surf all year long thus giving HB the title 'Surf City, USA'. The Huntington Beach PierThe area was originally occupied by the Tongva people. European settlement can be traced to a Spanish soldier, Manuel Nieto, who in 1784 received a Spanish land grant of 300,000 acres (1,200 km), Rancho Los Nietos, as a reward for his military service and to encourage settlement in Alta California. Nieto's western area was reduced in 1790 because of a dispute with the Mission San Gabriel, but he retained thousands of acres stretching from the hills north of Whittier, Fullerton and Brea, south to the Pacific Ocean, and from today's Los Angeles River on the west, to the Santa Ana River on the east. The main thoroughfare of Huntington Beach, Beach Boulevard, was originally a cattle route for the main industry of the Rancho. Since its time as a parcel of the enormous Spanish land grant, Huntington Beach has undergone many incarnations. One time it was known as Shell Beach, the town of Smeltzer, and then Gospel Swamp for the revival meetings that