Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach is one of the most picture perfect beach towns in Southern California. The city has so far resisted high-rise hotels and condos and looks much the same as it did in the 1960s.

Pacific Coast Highway winds down the center off town lined with art galleries, shops and restaurants. The most visited beach is Main beach right downtown. The beach has a wooden boardwak with lots of benches to sit and relax on. A short drive down PCH will give you access to some smaller beach coves and tide pools.

Head up Laguna Canyon and you pass by the world famous Festival of Arts and the summer Sawdust Festival. Much of the canyon is open space with hiking and mountain bike trails open to the public. Laguna Beach is a great place to the spend a day or an entire vacation.

Laguna Beach has a warm Mediterranean climate with abundant sunshine all year. Daytime temperature averages range from 67°F in January to 79°F in July. Mean annual precipitation is relatively low - 13.56 inches.

Water temperatures are some of the warmest on the southern California coast and range from about 60°F in February to 72°F in August; however in early to mid September water temperatures often range from 73°F-75°F.

Laguna Beach California

In the early 1920s Laguna Beach became popular with artists who laid the foundation of the art community which is still thriving to this day. Subsequently, various groups have "discovered" Laguna Beach and added incrementally to the town's diversity. Many wealthy and progressive people have made Laguna Beach their home and added to the local culture.

Each summer the Pageant of the Masters is held. This event shows recreations of artwork with people posing in a set that looks like the original art. Also held during the summer are festivals such as the Sawdust Art Festival, Festival of Arts, and Art-A-Fair. The Sawdust Art Festival began in 1965. The Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society holds an annual chamber music festival during the winter season.

In 2004, MTV created a reality television show titled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which aired on MTV for three seasons. The show follows the lives of several young Laguna Beach residents as they finish high school and begin the next chapter of their lives.

Laguna Beach location: On the Pacific Ocean coast south of Los Angeles.

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