@jeepsterhemi Hello, This famous place had fallen into a “hidden” gem of a surf spot during our Northern coastal journeys. In order to get to the spot near a breakwater, one had to drive through the community that lined the shoreline beach. In the really old days, it was open season to buy property and or a house on the sand. Oxnard, CA was a barren place with no one around for miles. By the time we drove our surf cars up there, there were some homes lining the last street on the sandy beach and oceanfront. But, it was still relatively barren. As one got closer to the breakwater jetty, the wave peaks were pretty good and the rides were similar to other jetties we used to surf in Orange County, Newport Beach Jetties, Seal Beach and Santa Ana River jetties. Only, this one was a long drive, about 90 miles North along the PCH Coast Highway. If it was good, we surfed and then camped out locally. If it was not as good as we thought, the Santa Barbara area was just up the coast a few miles to continue our Northern So Cal coastal surfing road trips. Jnaki Luckily, for us, once we got the surfboards out of the sedan delivery and put the rear window back in place, it looked like a “local” just parked his hot rod surf wagon on the side street area. For us, it was in “disguise,” for the worry free surf session in some pristine peaks and good waves. Other cars with racks or station wagons got the “rough up” treatment as most local vandals do to visitors. Today, the beach is still there, but so are a ton of houses in this exclusive beach front community. The place got too crowded for us and the “localism” idiots did not always agree with traveling surfers making them look bad in the water. YRMV
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