Beaches

Best Tidepooling and Beaches for Minus Tides (with Tide Table Highlights)

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If you follow our page on Facebook, then you know we went tidepooling on Saturday. There’s a whole science to figuring out the best times to tidepool. What is the tidal range (difference between high and low tides)? Is it a minus tide (super-duper low in comparison to the rest of the year)? Is it [...]

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Road Trip: Malibu Legacy Park for a True Coastal Treat

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Malibu Legacy Park is one of my favorite new parks in Southern California. My parents live in Ventura County, so I make the drive between Orange County and Ventura often.  I love to take the coast route along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). For years, that meant viewing a big vacant lot smack in the center [...]

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West Newport Park in Newport Beach

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West Newport Park in Newport Beach is the one  you can see when you’re heading south on Pacific Coast Highway from Huntington Beach into Newport Beach. Restaurants and shops are on your left and there’s a long and skinny park on your right, just a block away from the beach. Location:  The street that parallels [...]

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Balboa Pier and Peninsula Park in Newport Beach

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Balboa Pier and Peninsula Park  in Newport Beach make me think of the good ‘ole days at the beach.  There are always families wandering around the shops and restaurants, kids riding bikes, and tourists visiting from out of town.  On the summer day we visited, Junior Lifeguards were there, in force. Location: There are two [...]

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Dave and His Kite Connection on the Huntington Beach Pier

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It is my duty as your local play expert to introduce you to, possibly, the most playful guy in our community! Dave Shenkman is the Founder and CEO of Kite Connection located on Huntington Beach Pier. That all sounds very stiff and boring, but you have got to see this guy in action! My first [...]

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