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Old 12-21-2007, 09:00 PM
 
Location: SoFlo to SoCal (Hacienda Heights)
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I think California's beach side is beautiful (La Jolla, etc) but the water is freezing, it goes too deep, and theres too much seaweed. So if I want to go swimming (which is rare), I do prefer South Florida. But for scenery, California.
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:58 AM
 
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Default Cali Vs Florida

The beaches in both states are great but it all depends on what you are looking for. Weather in my opinion is a huge deal when comparing the two. 8 Months out of the year, Florida weather is great. 4 months out of the year, you want to be anywhere else to escape the humid weather. With California, you never really have to worry about heat too much because it will always cool off at night. In Florida he Humidity is the only down side, because the beaches are much better in my opinion. In south Florida you get a crystal green look to the water and most of the time it is nice and smooth where I am. (Sarasota) It feels nice to take a dip in some warmer water after a long hard day of work. California has cold water, but nothing that a wet-suit would not take care of. Surfing is also better in California. If that is what you are looking for than there is no question to ask. California is way better for surfing. If it is a nice private relaxing time you want at the beach Florida's white sand beaches are right there whenever you want to go with no parking troubles at all in most cities. Beaches are a very therapeutic part to life when you are a beach person like me. Swimming in cold waters does not really make me too happy, but when it comes to waves, you will not get that in Florida too often.
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Old 11-25-2008, 03:56 PM
 
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FLORIDA IS closer to the caribean so thats it baby cant compare FLA beaches to ca brown sand and dark cold water and less days on the year to go to.Floridais tropical ,ca semitropical no coconut trees less fruits.anyways HAWAII and PUERTO RICO WINs
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Old 11-25-2008, 05:25 PM
 
Location: East Side SD
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California slams Florida beaches.
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Old 12-05-2008, 09:13 PM
 
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florida beaches are turquoise, warm and calm and have white sounds. They are more tropical lookingcalifornia beaches are uglier (brown sound dark blue water with rocks) but the bluffs and mansions are nicer surroundings than floridas high rises. cali has more piers, colder, wavier and dark blue water
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Old 10-06-2009, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Brazil
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:00 PM
 
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Apples and oranges ...

Both are good.

I can appreciate the coral environment as well as the kelp environment.

Check 'em both out under water and you'll see what I mean.
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Old 10-06-2009, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Both beaches are beautiful for being near the ocean, but I've noticed that CA's beaches are a lot less humid, a lot colder, and a bit more scenic somehow.

I will say about Florida's beaches (speaking primarily of Fernandina Beach, FL) that they are a goldmine for shells, sharks teeth, everything. You're lucky if you find part of a broken shell on CA's beaches. You could especially score on a FL beach if you were beachcoming after a major storm (particularly hurricane) and when the tide recedes.

I like CA's beaches in the regard that they aren't filled with exotic and freaky wildlife-it seems like every body of water (even the ponds in the medians) have a shark or alligator in them in FL. I definately wasn't used to that in CA, where bodies of water are safe like Folsom Lake.

Overall, it evens out, I guess it's just what you prefer.
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Old 10-06-2009, 07:40 PM
 
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I like CA's beaches in the regard that they aren't filled with exotic and freaky wildlife-it seems like every body of water (even the ponds in the medians) have a shark or alligator in them in FL. I definately wasn't used to that in CA, where bodies of water are safe like Folsom Lake.
We have Caiman here too along with Python issues and Iguanas that crap all over the place and now 7' Nile Monitor Lizards Exotic reptiles are a big problem, they thrive in the tropical environment. A few months ago, a Comcast worker was bit by a Green Mamba in an apartment complex and they still have not found the snake. All it takes is a breeding pair and that's it.

Yeah you don't want to go for a dip in a pond or canal here unless you want to be finger licking good.

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Old 10-06-2009, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Key West, Florida
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The appeal of a beach to me, and I'm not a big beach person, lies a lot in the surroundings and the air. Florida water is generally warm, but the air is waaaay too humid in my opinion. A Florida beach can get to smelling like seaweed funk pretty quickly too - must have something to do with the almost stagnant water sometimes. I haven't even ventured into the ocean waters though, in all the time I've lived in FL because of the reputed fecal content. I live in South Florida, but the first time I had gone swimming in the ocean in over twenty years, was in Oceanside CA last July! That says something.

California waters are much cooler, and getting used to the cooler temps is part of the thrill when going for a swim. The waves are a hoot, and I like the darker sand. How can you really go wrong with that much coastline anyway??

California beaches for sure!
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