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Pretty good but there are NOT more activities on Atlantic coast beaches than Pacfic coast beaches.
That being said south Florida beaches for lounging. Pacfic coast beaches for everything else.
There is more to recreational activities than just surfing.
That being said the Atlantic side is not always given enough credit for surfing either. Technically, you do have to have more skills to surf in a place like New Jersey than California. The waves do a lot of the work for you in the Pacific side.
Btw, does this include Hawaii for the Pacific? Because you do kind of have to talk about the Caribbean for the Atlantic in that case, not part of the US or not.
There is more to recreational activities than just surfing.
That being said the Atlantic side is not always given enough credit for surfing either. Technically, you do have to have more skills to surf in a place like New Jersey than California. The waves do a lot of the work for you in the Pacific side.
Btw, does this include Hawaii for the Pacific? Because you do kind of have to talk about the Caribbean for the Atlantic in that case, not part of the US or not.
Your right, like snorkling, Boogie boarding, Boating, Jet-skiing....The main difference I see is a place like Venice also has Volleyball, skate park, Muscle Beach, Basketball Courts etc.
So my thinking is activities both in and outside the water.
I think OP meant continental US no Hawaii (I think).
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That being said the Atlantic side is not always given enough credit for surfing either. Technically, you do have to have more skills to surf in a place like New Jersey than California. The waves do a lot of the work for you in the Pacific side.
I'll give credit to the Atlantic having better surfing than advertised. Although saying that it takes more skill to surf the Atlantic, when some of the best surfers of all time are from Southern CA does not make sense to me.
Most Pacific beaches are not aesthetically pleasing either - you do get those areas like La Jolla, Dana Point, Malibu and my favorite: Santa Barbara, that can be truly said to be beautiful.
Here in Southern Florida, just about every beach is 'classicaly' beautiful - white/powdry sands, nice colored water.
But beauty aside, when it comes to actually sunbathing and swimming (two of the most common activities people partake on the beach), Florida is just so much better than California. It's not much of a competition in that regard.
Your right, like snorkling, Boogie boarding, Boating, Jet-skiing....The main difference I see is a place like Venice also has Volleyball, skate park, Muscle Beach, Basketball Courts etc.
So my thinking is activities both in and outside the water.
You don't think places along the Atlantic Coast don't have a lot of that stuff too? Then what about places like the Jersey Shore with all the boardwalks/amusement parks? That stuff is comparatively lacking along the Pacific Coast.
For the most part I think the Atlantic Coast is more user friendly and has more going on along its coastline than the Pacific. Outside of Southern CA the Pacific Coast is sparsely populated with few cities or much going on, mostly just small tourist towns.
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I'll give credit to the Atlantic having better surfing than advertised. Although saying that it takes more skill to surf the Atlantic, when some of the best surfers of all time are from Southern CA does not make sense to me.
Yeah that doesn't really make any sense, you need more skill to handle the bigger waves of the west coast.
Yeah that doesn't really make any sense, you need more skill to handle the bigger waves of the west coast.
Yes and no.
Smaller waves, means smaller momentum. Novices won't be able to catch them, they will stand up, fall back down.
Now bigger waves means more danger. Novices will have an easier time catching waves (if they have the balls to stand up - a lot of novices get very scared when the waves peak over 10' ) but also have an easier time being hurt.
Yeah that doesn't really make any sense, you need more skill to handle the bigger waves of the west coast.
It reminds me of someone that said East Coast skiers are better because they have to deal with ice and generally not as nice powdery snow. Yeah, that may be true but West Coast mountains are much bigger.
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You don't think places along the Atlantic Coast don't have a lot of that stuff too? Then what about places like the Jersey Shore with all the boardwalks/amusement parks? That stuff is comparatively lacking along the Pacific Coast.
For the most part I think the Atlantic Coast is more user friendly and has more going on along its coastline than the Pacific. Outside of Southern CA the Pacific Coast is sparsely populated with few cities or much going on, mostly just small tourist towns.
The Pacific Coast is a lot more beautiful and stunning overall but outside of Southern Ca it's also rather chilly/cool and sparsely populated all the way up to Canada. I think Atlantic coast is more user friendly overall and offers more to do with more cities and beach towns. I'd probably take the Southern CA coast over pretty much the entire Atlantic coast but most of the Pacific Coast while nice to visit and take in the scenery I don't really have an interest living. Maybe Monterey/Santa Cruz area to live too but still too cool for my tastes.
Ooooo! This is a tough one. Pacific beaches are more scenic to me wheras Florida beaches are better for swimming. There are tons of on shore activities on both sides.
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