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Surf Zone

Sandy bottom with breaking waves and open shoreline habitat.

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A full essay on the surf zone — how it forms, what lives in it, and how conditions behave here — is on the way.

Marine Life

Listed here are many of the aquatic species that you can find in this biome.

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Spearfishing
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Diving

Beaches with surf zone habitat

Every tracked beach whose detail page carries the surf zone tag.

100 beaches · ordered north → south
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Avila Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Cayucos State Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Corallina Cove
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Hazard Canyon Reef
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Moonstone Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Morro Rock Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Morro Strand State Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Olde Port Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Pirate's Cove
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Pismo Beach Pier
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Pismo State Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Quarry Cove
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Ragged Point Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
San Simeon Cove
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Shell Beach
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone0–10FT
Spooner's Cove
San Luis Obispo
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Butterfly Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Campus Point Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Carpinteria Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Devereux Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
El Capitan State Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Gaviota State Park Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–13FT
Goleta Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone15–21FT
Hendry's Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Hollister Ranch
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Jalama Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Leadbetter Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Loon Point Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Mesa Lane Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
More Mesa Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Ocean Beach Park
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Point Sal Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone14–20FT
Refugio State Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Rincon Point
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Surf Beach
Santa Barbara
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Rincon Point
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Mussel Shoals Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Oil Piers Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Hobson Beach Park
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Rincon Parkway Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Faria Beach Park
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Solimar Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Mondos Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Emma Wood State Beach North Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Surfers Point at Seaside Park
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
San Buenaventura State Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–7FT
McGrath State Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Hollywood Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Silver Strand Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
La Jenelle Park
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Port Hueneme Beach Park
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Ormond Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone15–21FT
Point Mugu Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Thornhill Broome Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Sycamore Cove Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Deer Creek Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone4–8FT
County Line Beach
Ventura
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Surf Zone38FT
Yellow Banks + Smugglers Cove
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone38FT
Prisoners Harbor
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone30FT
Johnsons Lee
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone24FT
Tyler Bight
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone26FT
Cuyler Harbor
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone31FT
The Rookery
Channel Islands
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Malibu Lagoon State Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–7FT
El Matador State Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Zuma Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone13FT
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone10–16FT
Point Dume State Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone13FT
Venice Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–13FT
Manhattan Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–13FT
Hermosa Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–13FT
Redondo Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Long Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–8FT
Leo Carrillo State Beach
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Malaga Cove
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4–7FT
Bluff Cove
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone20–26FT
Lunada Bay
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone5–11FT
White Point
Los Angeles
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Surf Zone4FT
Little Harbor
Catalina Island
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Surf Zone4FT
Ben Weston Beach
Catalina Island
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Surf Zone6FT
Seal Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone9FT
Huntington Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Newport Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone19FT
Corona del Mar State Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Laguna — Main Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Salt Creek Beach Park
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Strands Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Doheny State Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone4FT
San Clemente Pier City Beach
Orange County
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Surf Zone6FT
Oceanside Harbor Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone5FT
Carlsbad State Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone6FT
Fletcher Cove Beach Park
San Diego
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Surf Zone6FT
Del Mar City Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone6FT
Torrey Pines State Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone9FT
La Jolla Shores
San Diego
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Surf Zone6FT
Pacific Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone6FT
Mission Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone5FT
Ocean Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone5FT
Coronado Central Beach
San Diego
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Surf Zone4FT
Imperial Beach
San Diego
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