Beaches in Los Angeles and Southern California

About

• About California Beaches. Excerpts from California Coastal Commission's California Coastal Resource Guide.

Beaches

• Cabrillo Beach
• El Segundo
• Laguna Beach
• Redondo Beach
• Santa Catalina Island
• Santa Monica
• Venice Beach

Lifeguards

• County of Los Angeles Lifeguard Division. "...the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Service employs 132 year-round lifeguards (chiefs, captains and ocean lifeguard specialists) and over 650 hundred seasonal lifeguards (recurrents). Responsible for providing ocean lifesaving protection for over 72 miles of Southern California coastline, the Los Angeles County Lifeguards perform over 10,000 ocean rescues a year. The service is also entrusted with protecting and serving an estimated fifty-five million beachgoers a year. In addition, County lifeguards provide around the clock paramedic services to the residents of Catalina Island."