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Old 06-14-2016, 02:37 PM
 
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Santa Monica and Venice are two ends of the same beach. That is by far the most popular LA County Beach. The Venice side usually seems more crowded than Santa Monica end. At least it did when I lived there.
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Old 06-14-2016, 02:39 PM
 
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RAT beach, (Redondo At Torrance) snugged right up against the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Walk south until you are right under the cliff. You don't feel like you are that close to 10 million people any more. Lovely.
I'm always surprised at how few people are on that stretch of beach. It really does feel removed from LA.
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Old 06-14-2016, 02:54 PM
 
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Santa Monica and Venice are two ends of the same beach. That is by far the most popular LA County Beach. The Venice side usually seems more crowded than Santa Monica end. At least it did when I lived there.
It is, but the Venice side is very compact. The part of Santa Monica beach from the pier south to the boardwalk is also extremely crowd. Washington Blvd to the Pier is by far the busiest beach in LA county. North of the pier it is not so crowded, except during weekend days.
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Old 06-14-2016, 03:22 PM
 
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You don't feel like you are that close to 10 million people any more.
L.A. county is so big..........


or has so much space.
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Old 06-14-2016, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles>Little Rock>Houston>Little Rock
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My mom used to take me to explore the tide pools somewhere near Palos Verdes, but I don't recall where. The ocean was way too rough for swimming, but I loved exploring the tide pools. I never picked anything up or disturbed any of the wildlife.
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Old 06-14-2016, 04:19 PM
 
Location: NY/LA
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My mom used to take me to explore the tide pools somewhere near Palos Verdes, but I don't recall where. The ocean was way too rough for swimming, but I loved exploring the tide pools. I never picked anything up or disturbed any of the wildlife.
Abalone Cove? Lots of tide pools there.
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Old 06-15-2016, 07:30 AM
 
Location: ATL by way of Los Angeles
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Santa Monica and Venice are the most popular. As far as preference, I have always preferred to go to Manhattan, Hermosa, or Redondo. Santa Monica and Venice are good for hanging out and people-watching. The South Bay beaches are better if you actually want to go in the water, play in the sand, and so on.


Venice was one of our weekly hangouts back when I was in my late-teens and early-20's. We were always fully-clothed with no intentions of going in the sand or the water *lol*. Back then, it was the Saturday daytime hangout before hitting the strip and/or the club at night. On the other hand, a true "beach day" was going to be at a South Bay beach.
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Old 06-15-2016, 11:13 AM
 
Location: 78745
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I heard Galveston TX is an up & coming beach city. It's the Santa Monica of Houston.
Whoever told you that Galveston is the Santa Monica of Houston either told you a flat out lie or they didn't have a clue what they were talking about. Whatever their reason, they proved their self not to be a reliable source. For one thing, Galveston is about 50 miles from dt Houston and has been its own town rather than a suburb of Houston for its entire existence. Galveston is no more a suburb of Houston than Ft Worth is a suburb of Dallas.

Another thing to know, Galveston is not an "up & coming beach city". Its older town than Houston and has been a beach city for over a century. Galveston was thriving before the suburb of Santa Monica was ever born.
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Old 06-15-2016, 11:48 AM
 
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I know life isn't always a day at the beach, the first was which famous LA-area beach is most popular then I started thinking what if I'm there and want to go to one which isn't as busy. I hope others can learn also from all the answers
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Old 06-15-2016, 04:58 PM
 
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Whoever told you that Galveston is the Santa Monica of Houston either told you a flat out lie or they didn't have a clue what they were talking about. Whatever their reason, they proved their self not to be a reliable source. For one thing, Galveston is about 50 miles from dt Houston and has been its own town rather than a suburb of Houston for its entire existence. Galveston is no more a suburb of Houston than Ft Worth is a suburb of Dallas.

Another thing to know, Galveston is not an "up & coming beach city". Its older town than Houston and has been a beach city for over a century. Galveston was thriving before the suburb of Santa Monica was ever born.
As I said earlier. It's nasty. You can't swim in that water,or any water on the Gulf Coast. And the City is no santa Monica, thats for damn sure.
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