Southern California
Beach Videos

This website presents Southern California beach videos for you to browse and enjoy, covering various beach spots and beach activities.

These videos are short clips (generally under 2 minutes), giving you a flavor of what it's like to be at San Diego, Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and other places covered in this vacation guide. The text on these pages will supplement the videos with more information to enhance your vacation planning.

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Below, you'll find links to each video clip on this site...

Here's a quick little video/slideshow tour of many of the beaches featured on this site:

This one shows many of the most popular beach vacation spots along the Southern California coast, including Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Ventura, Malibu, Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Catalina Island, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Newport Harbor, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Oceanside Harbor, Del Mar, Encinitas, La Jolla, Coronado and San Diego.

The San Elijo Lagoon
This is a great place to stop on your way to or from San Diego for a walk on a nature trail or a bit of birdwatching...

Manhattan Beach
This beach in L.A. County is known for it's small town community and has a fun, playground-at-the-beach atmosphere.

South Carlsbad State Beach
See the peaceful, gorgeous view from the campground at the top of the bluff at sunset.

The Wedge Newport Beach
Surfing and body surfing shots at the dangerous and infamous Wedge of Newport Beach California.

Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla
See paragliding at the Torrey Pines Gliderport. Situated on a bluff above the beach, it is a beautiful location to stop for a bit and dream...or dare...