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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
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