Beach Guide

What’s On

This week on the beach

Something
every night

10 AM

International Surfing Museum

411 Olive Ave · Family

Boards, photos and Surf City history a block off Main St — open most days.

6:34 PM

sun-timed

Sunset on the Pier

Huntington Beach Pier · Sunset

Walk to the end of the pier as the sun drops into the Pacific with surfers in the lineup below.

Big Days

annual
Late July – Aug

US Open of Surfing

World-tour surf contest at the pier with skate, BMX and a beach festival drawing huge crowds.

July 4

4th of July Parade

One of the largest Independence Day parades west of the Mississippi, down Main St, then fireworks off the pier.

Early Oct

Pacific Airshow

Three days of jets and the Blue Angels (or Thunderbirds) roaring over the beach and pier.

see you out there

Real recurring local happenings — schedules can change, so check the venue. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.