Closest Beach to Disneyland

[garettdoyle]

What is the closest beach to Disneyland? I am looking for a family friendly place to visit for the day.

 

[lcasa]

Well I'm a bit prejudiced because I live there, but I'd recommend Huntington Beach. It's a nice wide sandy beach and you can watch surfing nearly any day. Easy to reach even on surface streets from DL - although it's probably easiest to go down Harbor to the 22 west to Beach and then straight down Beach Blvd. I go to DL all the time and it takes about 25 min in light traffic.

Newport ( straight down Harbor -- with a few changes near the end ) has a nice "Mother's Beach" area -- more protected, fewer waves for very little ones.

 

[phred84044]

We usually do Huntington Beach when we are visiting DL.

 

[Potterswife]

We LOVE Huntington beach!! Huge stretches of sand, easy parking and clean warm water.

 

[ymchavez]

There are a couple of beaches, but Huntington Beach is the best.

 

[debdreamsofdis]

How's the water in mid-October? Is it too cold to swim?

 

[ryalluvdiz]

When we go to Disneyland we go to Huntington Beach also. It was really nice and no crowds.

 

[stampinshauna]

Another vote for Huntington Beach.

 

[GrandBob]

How's the water in mid-October? Is it too cold to swim?

http://www.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us/visitors/beach_info/

The current water temperature is 60. And that's in August!

You wouldn't catch me going into the water in October!

 

[Bill Brown]

Sorry. The system hung up, then posted my message twice.

 

[Bill Brown]

Now I find all beach waters off the coast of Califronia way too cold for swimming anytime of year as far south as San Diego, unless you're a polar bear. However, I remember being completely comfortable swimming at beaches in Monterey and Santa Cruz as a kid. I suspect kids are just more durable than adults.