Beaches Close To DLR- Is Huntington Any Good?

[Max Fischer]

It seems close to DLR, do you guys have any thoughts on it? Things to do or see? My brother has never been to CA, and has never been to the beach, so I thought we would check it out.

Thanks!!

[frecky]

Re: Beaches Close To DLR- Is Huntington Any Good?

It seems close to DLR, do you guys have any thoughts on it? Things to do or see? My brother has never been to CA, and has never been to the beach, so I thought we would check it out.

Thanks!!

Lots of shops. Places to eat...I love going there.

[stinkerbell]

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No.























Being my usual helpful self, Max.
Seriously though, I like Huntington Beach.

For purely touristy old times sake, though, I really love Newport Beach and the bay/Balboa Island area.

[Max Fischer]

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No.























Being my usual helpful self, Max.
Seriously though, I like Huntington Beach.

For purely touristy old times sake, though, I really love Newport Beach and the bay/Balboa Island area.

Stinks, until I scrolled down, you were going to face my wrath. Luckily for you, your post was more than just 'No' Whew. Glad that worked out.

[OogieBoogie]

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It's also good for surfing and bodyboarding. I used to go bodyboarding there all the time when I was in LA, but not at the park.

[UncleTom]

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Huntington Beach is fantastic. There is plenty of stuff to do at the pier and good food too.

[kelly]

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I love huntingtone beach.. used to go there alot when I lived in fullerton, I think you will love it

[CA_Man_In_HI]

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All I have to say is that whenever I go to a beach, I find myself using Huntington as the standard. Maybe that's why the beaches in virgnia were SO underwhelming.

So in other words, Huntington is a fantastic beach.

[symbolic]

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If you want to see a beautiful beach go to Aliso creek beach just south of newport, the best beach by far, if you go make sure to walk around the left side it is awesome.

[brad chowen]

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Most consistent Waves in South California.
Hot babes!
2 good restaurants --right at the pier and movie theater at the Beach---
Lots of shops
Huntington is great---only problem is sometimes parking --unless you want to feed the meters

[Nimbus]

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Huntington Beach is very fun . My relatives live there and every time that we make a trip down to California, we go there to rest and then go to DLR, so it is sort of lucky for us. (That's what we're doing this weekend ). Anyways, the beaches are nice, very pretty, and they have nice sea side homes there too

[nemofinder22]

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For purely touristy old times sake, though, I really love Newport Beach and the bay/Balboa Island area.

Balboa Island is my favorite espically getting a frozen banana and taking the ferry over to see the ferris wheel even though if Im at DCA I can just ride that with my admission already paid lol

[symbolic]

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Newport is fun, I like it better than H.B. H.B. is dirty IMO, but it is fun, and if you dont feel like driving all over its fine, but there are lots of fun beaches. heck why dont you check out mission on your way back? Thats a fun beach!

[kelly]

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Newport is fun, I like it better than H.B. H.B. is dirty IMO, but it is fun, and if you dont feel like driving all over its fine, but there are lots of fun beaches. heck why dont you check out mission on your way back? Thats a fun beach!

I forgot about new port.. a great beach as well

[symbolic]

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I forgot about new port.. a great beach as well

They have cool bars right on the beach as well,it is a fun place to go and heck if you dont like its right next to H.B.

[Dr. Shrinker]

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From North to South:

Bolsa Chica/Huntington State Beach: Huge expanses of sand, not a whole lot else to do.

Huntington (Main): Touristy around the pier, but fun. Good waves, party atmosphere (can be a little intimidating)

Newport (Balboa): Parking can be a *#[email protected]&, but great beaches. Good drinks & food by the piers. Awesome people-watching. (Say hi to the Bird Man for me!)

Corona Del Mar: Kinda hard for tourists to get to, but a lot of fun. Tidepools, shelves, even caves in the rocks along shore.

Laguna Beach: Used to be art colony, now enclave for the super-rich. Beach is a nice combination of sand and rocky cliffs, making for some of the most scenic coastline in the entire state. The action is at Main Beach.

South Laguna/Aliso Beach: yuck. A heavily polluted stream runs right across the sand here. Small beach, they tore down the pier years ago after a bad storm, leaving a filthy bathroom and very questionable snack bar.

And that's as far south as I ever go.

[SCUBAbe]

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We used to go to huntington all thr time. i plan to go again soon, because they have a dog beach...(uummm for my dog...not me...LOL)....If you got to santat monica I wouldn't go in the water. it's bery polluted and the two times i did I git very sick.

[symbolic]

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From North to South:
South Laguna/Aliso Beach: yuck. A heavily polluted stream runs right across the sand here. Small beach, they tore down the pier years ago after a bad storm, leaving a filthy bathroom and very questionable snack bar.

And that's as far south as I ever go.

Man your a little hard on Aliso, that is one beautiful beach, especialy if you go out to the left, its like Maui over there, And its not heavily polluted at all, unless there is a huge storm.

[Druggas]

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Corona Del Mar if you want to see cool marine stuff.

I watched a herd of dolphins or was it a flock of them this summer.

[duckiedianne]

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Corona Del Mar has my vote!