Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA

Huntington Beach - Playground in the Sun! Huntington Beach is a playground for outdoor recreation and sports, featuring one of the largest recreational piers in the world, beautiful parks, a 25-acre public equestrian center and riding trails, a marina, a wildlife preserve, and an eight-mile biking, inline skating, jogging and walking trail along the ocean. Find a beach for a volleyball game among the 20 courts around Huntington Beach Pier or play the disc Frisbee golf course, Bicycling enthusiasts enjoy the scenic 8.5 mile paved path that spans the length of the beach with a clear view of the Pacific.

With miles of glistening coastline and navigable channels in Huntington Harbor, boating options range from kayaking to sport fishing tours to private charters. Kayakers flock to the harbor for its serenity, calm waters and abundant wildlife, or brave the waves and launch straight into the ocean from the beach. Ride the shore waves on a boogie board or cast your fishing lines for bass, halibut, mackerel, perch, sardines, shark or yellow fin croaker. Experience a Huntington Beach sunset, and see the colors of the sky reflect on the ocean in magical patterns.

Huntington City Beach & Huntington Beach State Park. Huntington City Beach is where Duke Kahanamoku, “The Father of Surfing,” was cheered and revered. One the West Coast’s top beaches, HB offers bigger waves for experienced surfers and body boarders, and the water is excellent for swimming. Situated at the northern end of Huntington Beach, Huntington Cliffs or “Dog Beach” is a haven for dogs and their owners who frolic in the surf and tandem surf across the rolling waves. There’s a unique energy and excitement that is infectious at HB. Extending two miles from Beach Boulevard, Huntington State Beach is popular for surfing, surf fishing and skating. The California state park features a bicycle trail and fire rings.. The beach is the nesting sanctuary for the endangered California tern and threatened snowy plover.  [Top]

Bolsa Chica Beach - Huntington Beach. The rolling surf at Bolsa Chica Beach is mellow with ride-able waves, making it a perfect place to test your surfing skills. Because the bottom shelf here is shallower, it produces smaller waves and several surf schools teach here. Bolsa Chica Beach is known for its Grunion Runs, when the small silvery grunion fish rush towards the shore in schools of thousands, jump out of the water right after high tide and lay their eggs on land. It’s an amazing sight! Surf fishing for Perch, Corbina, Croaker, Cabezon and Sand Shark is also excellent at Bolsa Chica Beach.

Huntington Beach - Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Across from Bolsa Chica Beach, the 350-acre Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is a top US birding spot, attracting flocks migrating the Pacific Flyway between North and South America. Nearly 200 bird species are documented in Bolsa Chica each year, including rare and endangered species. Sightings of great blue herons, snowy egrets and brown pelicans are common, and lucky visitors can spot a rare white pelican at the right time of the year. Snowy plovers and 150 pairs of endangered Belding's savannah sparrows nest here. Observe wildlife from the footbridge and trail off PCH. Amigos de Bolsa Chica and the Bolsa Chica Land Trust tours follow a loop trail through the wetlands and are hosted by guides who discuss bird identification, endangered species, ecology, and the wetlands.  [Top]