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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Life's a Beach | |
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| Welcome, Explorers | |
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| How to Use This Guide | |
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| Overview Map | |
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| The U.S.-Mexico Border to Coronado | |
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| Border Field State Park | |
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| Imperial Beach | |
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| Silver Strand State Beach | |
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| Coronado Shores Beach | |
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| Coronado City Beach | |
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| San Diego and San Diego Bay | |
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| Castles Made of Sand | |
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| Point Loma to Pacific Beach | |
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| Sunset Cliffs Park | |
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| Ocean Beach City Beach | |
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| Mission Bay Park | |
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| Mission Beach | |
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| Pacific Beach | |
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| Palisades Park | |
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| Tourmaline Surfing Park | |
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| The Pulse of the Pacific | |
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| La Jolla to Torrey Pines | |
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| Neptune Park | |
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| Windansea Beach | |
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| Marine Street Beach | |
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| Nicholson Point Park and Coast Boulevard Park | |
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| Children's Pool Beach | |
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| Boomer Beach and La Jolla Cove | |
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| La Jolla Shores Beach and Kellogg Park | |
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| Liquid Islands | |
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| Torrey Pines to San Onofre | |
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| Torrey Pines City Beach (Black's Beach) | |
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| Torrey Pines State Beach | |
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| Del Mar City Beach | |
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| Solana Beach | |
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| Cardiff State Beach | |
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| San Elijo State Beach | |
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| Swami's | |
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| Moonlight Beach | |
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| What a Rip! | |
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| Beacon's Beach and Stone Steps (Leucadia State Beach) | |
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| Carlsbad State and City Beaches | |
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| South Oceanside Beach and Buccaneer Park | |
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| Oceanside City Beach and Pier | |
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| Harbor Beach | |
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| San Onofre State Beach South (Bluff Beach) | |
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| Trestles | |
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| On a Mission | |
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| San Clemente to Dana Point | |
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| San Clemente State Beach | |
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| Califia Beach | |
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| San Clemente City Beach and T-Street Beach | |
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| Ole Hanson Beach (North Beach) | |
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| Capistrano Beach and Poche Beach | |
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| Doheny State Beach (Hole in the Fence) | |
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| Birding | |
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| South Laguna Beach to Newport Beach | |
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| Salt Creek Beach Park | |
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| 1,000 Steps Beach | |
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| Aliso Creek County Beach | |
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| Victoria Beach | |
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| Laguna Main Beach | |
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| The Cove Beaches (Diver's, Fisherman's, and Shaw's Cove) | |
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| Crescent Bay | |
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| Crystal Cove State Park | |
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| Corona del Mar State Beach | |
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| Newport Beach and Balboa Beach | |
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| Sailing | |
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| Huntington Beach to Seal Beach | |
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| Huntington State Beach | |
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| Huntington City Beach | |
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| Bolsa Chica State Beach | |
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| Sunset Beach (Surfside Beach) | |
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| Seal Beach | |
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| Thar She Blows! | |
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| Santa Catalina Island | |
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| Fishin' in the Deep | |
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| Long Beach to Palos Verdes | |
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| Alamitos Bay Beach | |
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| Belmont Shore | |
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| Long Beach City Beach | |
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| Cabrillo Beach | |
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| Royal Palms State Beach | |
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| Abalone Cove Beach | |
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| Point Vicente Fishing Access | |
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| Malaga Cove | |
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| Ode to a Lighthouse | |
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| Torrance to Playa del Rey | |
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| Torrance County Beach | |
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| Redondo Beach | |
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| Hermosa Beach | |
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| Manhattan Beach and El Porto Beach | |
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| Dockweiler State Beach and El Segundo Beach | |
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| Playa del Rey | |
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| Fishin' the Coast | |
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| Marina del Rey to Pacific Palisades | |
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| Mother's Beach | |
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| Venice Beach | |
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| Santa Monica State Beach | |
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| Will Rogers State Beach | |
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| He'e nalu (Hay-ay NA-lu) = "Wave Sliding" in Hawaiian | |
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| Malibu | |
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| Topanga State Beach | |
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| Las Tunas State Beach | |
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| Malibu Lagoon State Beach (Surfrider Beach) | |
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| Malibu Bluffs and Stairways | |
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| Dan Blocker Beach (Corral Beach and Solstice Beach) | |
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| Escondido Beach | |
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| Paradise Cove | |
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| Point Dume State Beach (Westward Beach) | |
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| Zuma Beach | |
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| Broad Beach | |
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| Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beaches (Nicholas Canyon, El Pescador, La Piedra, El Matador) | |
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| Leo Carrillo State Beach--Nicholas Canyon County Beach | |
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| Camping | |
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| Ventura County Line to Oxnard | |
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| County Line Beach (Staircase Beach) | |
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| Sycamore Cove Beach | |
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| Thornhill Broome Beach | |
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| Point Mugu Beach | |
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| Ormond Beach | |
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| Port Hueneme Beach Park | |
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| Silver Strand Beach | |
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| Hollywood Beach | |
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| Oxnard State Beach | |
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| Oxnard Shores and Mandalay Beach | |
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| McGrath State Beach | |
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| Beneath the Surface | |
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| Channel Islands National Park | |
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| Santa Barbara Island | |
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| Anacapa Island | |
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| Santa Cruz Island | |
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| Santa Rosa Island | |
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| San Miguel Island | |
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| Go Fly a Kite! | |
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| Ventura to La Conchita | |
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| Surfer's Knoll | |
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| Peninsula Beach | |
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| Marina Park | |
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| San Buenaventura State Beach | |
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| Seaside Park | |
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| Emma Wood State Beach | |
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| Solimar Beach | |
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| Faria County Park | |
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| Rincon Parkway | |
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| Hobson County Park | |
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| Oil Piers Beach and Mussel Shoals | |
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| La Conchita | |
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| Shell Collecting | |
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| Carpinteria to Santa Barbara | |
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| Rincon Beach County Park | |
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| Carpinteria State Beach | |
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| Carpinteria City Beach | |
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| Santa Claus Lane | |
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| Lookout County Park | |
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| Miramar Beach | |
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| Hammonds Beach | |
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| East Beach and Chase Palm Park | |
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| West Beach | |
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| Leadbetter Beach | |
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| Shoreline Park and La Mesa Park | |
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| Arroyo Burro Beach | |
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| Paddle to the Sea | |
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| Goleta to Point Conception | |
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| More Mesa Beach | |
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| Goleta Beach County Park | |
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| Isla Vista Beach | |
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| El Capitan State Beach | |
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| Refugio State Beach | |
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| Gaviota State Beach | |
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| Hollister and Bixby Ranches | |
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| Ride the Wind! | |
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| Point Conception to Port San Luis | |
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| Jalama Beach County Park | |
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| Surf Beach and Ocean Beach County Park | |
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| Point Sal State Beach | |
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| Guadalupe Beach | |
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| Oso Flaco Lakes | |
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| Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area | |
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| Grover Beach | |
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| Pismo Beach | |
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| Don C. Dike Fishing Point | |
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| Shell Beach (Margo Dodd and Ocean Parks) | |
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| Pirate's Cove | |
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| Avila Beach | |
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| Olde Port Beach | |
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| Pinnipeds | |
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| Montana de Oro to Ragged Point | |
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| Spooner's Cove (Montana de Oro State Park) | |
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| Morro Dunes Natural Preserve | |
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| Morro Bay State Park | |
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| Morro Bay | |
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| Coleman Park and Morro Rock Ecological Preserve | |
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| Morro Strand State Beach | |
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| Cayucos Beach | |
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| Lampton Cliffs | |
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| Moonstone Beach | |
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| San Simeon State Beach | |
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| William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach | |
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| Point Piedras Blancas | |
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| Ragged Point | |
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| Weather or Not | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Weather | |
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| Average Water Temperatures | |
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| Rules and Regulations | |
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| About the Author | |