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Orange County Surfing
S outhern California is home to more surf- north, your biggest obstacle to a perfect (Surf City USA) and the Lower Trestles in
ers per capita than possibly anywhere day of surfing in SoCal might be traffic on Orange County offer up a paradise of waves
else on the planet, with miles of world-class the inland freeways, so use the coastal so perfect and great place to work on your
beachbreaks from Santa Barbara County highways whenever possible, which are less skills is San Onofre State Beach, which has
to the Mexico border. A huge expanse of congested. Despite the crowds, secluded long, gentle rolling waves, lots of sand, and
coastline, it takes about five hours to drive. areas can still be found. Renowned Orange zero attitude.
Less sharky with warmer waters than up County beaches include Huntington Beach