Orange County Beaches

Woods Cove beach is one of my fairly new finds in Laguna. During fall break my friend and I were just beaching hopping and happened to stumble across this very intimate beach. The beach itself is small and the people who go their are mostly locals. Its not very fair from the main beach. So if you want a more real experience of Laguna and to avoid the tourists I would highly suggest walking a bit further to Woods Cove. This beach doest not disappoint in tide pools. None of the other beaches I go to in Laguna are particularly known for the tide pools but this one provides. The water is crystal clear and you’re able to see all the little creatures hiding in the nooks and crannies of the rocks. Just like any other beach in Laguna the parking is a nightmare. There is no parking lot but it has quit a lot of neighborhood parking. So during off hours it would not be a pain to find parking. This is also an ideal place to watch the sunset. Before you get to the beach you h

Todays beach is actually going to be an island! Its not located in Orange County but the closest port to get there is located in Long Beach. You may have heard of Catalina Island from the famous movie Step Brothers . Otherwise Catalina island is famous for its casino (with no gambling), the mysterious buffalo, garibaldi fish, the abundant amount of golf carts, and its amazing snorkeling. I often forget about Catalina because its a hour long boat ride away . The boat tickets are not cheap but I have frequently found them on Groupon for half the price. The couple times I’ve gone (of course with Groupon Tickets) its been completely worth the trip.   I’ve been to Catalina Island a total of three times. First trip was with my seven grade class and it was a part of our outdoor education program. The two other times were during my senior year of high school for leisure. During these trips I went snorkeling at Lover’s Cove, ate at the Catalina Cantina, and laid out at the beach. If yo

This week I will be talking about Balboa Peninsula . You might recall earlier in the blog I talked about Balboa Island, which might be a little confusing so I will explain. Balboa Peninsula is attached to the main land while the island is attached with a bridge. The part that confuses me though is every time I go to Balboa Peninsula I take a ferry. So I mix up the names of Balboa Peninsula and Island. The reason I always take a ferry is because it takes a long time to drive through the peninsula to get to the main part of Balboa Peninsula. I’ve attached a picture below to help understand. I always have a great time at   Balboa Peninsula because it has everything. Theres restaurants, shops, carnival rides, ice cream shops, and of course the beach. Theres places you can rent bikes and stand up paddle boards. Theres a section called ‘The Fun Zone’ and it has a waterfront Ferris Wheel, an arcade, and a nautical museum. Everything’s walking distance from each other. Its like

Going off of last weeks blog I’m going to talk about another beach that is located in Crystal Cove , called Reef Point . I’ve been to Reef Point a few times, never really knowing the name of it until this last time when I visited. This is the perfect beach to go hiking at then go and cool off at in the ocean and explore the tide pools. Reef Point, just like any other Crystal Cove beach requires you to pay $15 to enter the beach. One of the major cons. On the good side though, just like I said in the last blog, you can go into any of the three other beaches. So if you do go into one of the Crystal Cove beaches it would be a really smart idea to spend the day beach hopping and experiencing them all. One other con of Reef Point is the amount of stairs leading down to it. The stairs are all different types of sizes and materials making it extremely hard to walk down. Once your down onto the beach your good to go though.   A major pro for Reef Point is that its the perfec