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US$4.8 million in tax revenue. The scale of such visits also illustrates the evolution of
California's beaches as a playground (Löfgren 2002), popularised in popular culture in
the 1950s by the diffusion of surfing from Waikiki beach in Hawaii. In the 1960s, the
evolution of a Californian beach music culture (e.g. the Beach Boys, named after the
Waikiki beach surfers) generated a newstimulus to beach use, especially with the rise of
the beach party. The 1970s and 1980s have seen additional stimuli which have continued
the beach culture, particularly the television series
Baywatch
(Löfgren 2002). As Braun
and Soskin (2002) show in relation to Daytona Beach, Florida, day trippers to coastal
areas can help stabilise seasonal fluctuations in demand. Yet conversely, they can also
increase resource degradation due to volume of use, generate image problems and
additional policing and maintenance costs.
Table 8.1:
California state beaches
Beach name
County
Acres
Beach name
County
Acres
Alamitos Beach
Orange
0.90 New Brighton
Santa Cruz
157.39
Asilomar
Monterey
106.97 Pacifica
San Mateo
20.73
Bean Hollow
San Matro
44 Pelican
Del Norte
5.15
Big Rock Beach Los Angeles
0.43 Pescardo
San Mateo
699.75
Bolsa Chica
Orange
169.42 Pismo
San Luis Obispo
1,342.68
Cardiff
San Diego
507.12 Point Dume
Los Angeles
31.87
Carlsbad
San Diego
28.38 Point Sal
Santa Barbara
84.03
Carmel River
Monterey
296.69 Pomponio
San Mateo
2,420.64
Carpinteria
Santa Barbara/Ventura
62.29 Refugio
Santa Barbara
905.08
Caspar
Headlands
Mendocino
2.95 Robert H.Meyer
Cayucos
San Luis Ubispo
15.63 Memorial
Los Angeles
37.04
Corona Del Mar Orange
29.57 Robert W.Crown
Dockweiler
Los Angeles
91.40 Memorial
Alameda
132.22
Doheny
Orange
254.34 Salinas River
Monterey/Santa Cruz
281.84
El Capitan
Santa Barbara
133.98 San Buenaventura Ventura
110.08
Emma Wood
Ventura
111.91 San Clemente
Orange
117.54
Gray Whale
Cove
San Mateo
3.10 San Elijo
San Diego
587.62
Greenwood
Mendocino
47.22 San Gregorio
San Mateo
171.60
Half Moon Bay
San Mateo
180.93 San Onofre
San Diego
2,109.65
Huntington
Orange
121.13 Santa Monica
Los Angeles
48.48
Leucadia
San Diego
10.60 Schooner Gulch
Mendocino
53.62
Lighthouse Field Santa Cruz
37.60 Seacliff
Santa Cruz
86.49
Little River
Humboldt
111.63 Silver Strand
San Diego
267.18
McGrath
Ventura
314.45 Sonoma Coast
Sonoma
5,427.38
Malibu Lagoon
Los Angeles
157.65 South Carlsbad
San Diego
118.46
Mandalay
Ventura
92.12 Sunset
Santa Cruz
302.11
Manhattan
Los Angeles
5.37 Thornton
San Mateo
58.0
Manresa
Santa Cruz
137.87 Torrey Pines
San Diego
61.36
