<p>hey, where is the best beach to go to while at UCLA.
also, where is the best beach to surf?</p>
<p>i will not have a car next year, so will probably have to take the bus</p>
<p>is it convenient to keep a surfboard in the dorms next year or should i leave it at home.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>some bigtime beaches in the area are manhattan beach, laguna beach, newport beach, malibu, santa barbara a little farther north, and santa monica is also a really fun city as well.</p>
<p>can't answer the surfboard Q, but the rooms aren't really intended for big equipment, unless you want to store it under your bed or something.</p>
<p>Dockweiler beach is cool too.</p>
<p>A bus ride to Laguna Beach or Newport or Santa Barbara? Better get out a map and see exactly how far these beaches are from UCLA.</p>
<p>are you kidding me...just go to santa monica beach..it's right there plus it's a great view of the pier</p>
<p>adult: i was naming beaches in reasonable distance to ucla. obviously most people w/o a car aren't going to bus themselves over to santa barbara when santa monica is right next door.</p>
<p>Dockweiler is cool for bonfires, but you'll do well to find a friend with a car for that one. (down by LAX)</p>
<p>surf in malibu or south bay, not santa monica. santa monica is fine for anything else</p>
<p>vc08, the op wants to be able to take a bus and possibly carry a surfboard to the beach. Do you seriously think that this is reasonable, or even possible, with these particular beaches? It would be quite a drive with a CAR. Which beach in Laguna are you recommending for surfing? Are you suggesting the wedge in Newport? Where in Santa Barbara? Ventura has a great spot for surfing and is closer, but by bus? Throwing out generic city names doesn't really work. Nice beaches in these cities, but far from UCLA, and many are not for surfing. With a CAR I suppose that one can drive anywhere, if given enough time. The bus is the key. Public transportation is pretty pathetic in the "L.A." area.</p>
<p>seriously adultparentmom! you can't blame on the public transportation in the LA area, everyone have a car and the public transportation isn't really useful in most cases... face it when have you chose to take a bus over driving your own car when it is faster and easier to drive yourself... without mass people using the public transportation system i doubt they'll have the funds and incentives to improve... don't blame on public transportation being pathetic, blame all the people in LA that doesn't take the bus</p>
<p>It's not the factor that not enough people are using public transportation to receive money for projects.</p>
<p>That would never provide enough money to startup a new system since these projects are an investment over time.</p>
<p>The problem is receiving the money to start the project, in which funding comes from the government and not through the consumers directly. This causes all sorts of problems because it is expensive and budget cuts are always in discussion.</p>
<p>Even if approved though, the transportation system would not be effective. The population is too high.
It would only work if this was Sim City 2000 and we started from scratch. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>adult: yeah, the wedge in newport. After that he should hit jaws and then pipeline</p>
<p>Newport, Laguna, and SB all have excellent surf spots, depending on the level of surfing, which the OP didn't specify. I really don't see what you're too concerned about. In fact, Newport high schools consistently win national surfing championships. Wonder why....?</p>
<p>Do you even surf?</p>
<p>thanks everybody</p>
<p>how long does it take to get to santa monica or newport. is huntington nearby?</p>
<p>i'm from norcal and i've only surfed in so cal a few times. so i've heard of most of the spots, but i'm not sure where everything is relative to UCLA.</p>
<p>The point is . . . student at UCLA wants to take a bus for a little local surfing and you direct him/her to the ends of the earth. Yes, public transportation in SoCal is terrible. Anything else?</p>
<p>stop trolling woman</p>
<p>Newport and Laguna aren't really close to UCLA. They're really, really far.</p>
<p>Just remember this name:</p>
<p>Surf Rider. It's in Malibu, a bit far but MUCH closer than Laguna and Newport. Santa Monica is filthy, you don't want to go in that water. The waves also break really close to shore.</p>
<p>Surf Rider has loooong waves (given the name, clearly it's popular). If you're better than the average surfer and if you are tired of waiting in line to catch a wave, go up a bit farther north (not Santa Barbara, it's crazy far) to Leo Carrillo beach. If you're already going to go out to Surf Rider, it's really just a 15 - 30 minute drive north (on Pacific Hwy 1) and you'll see it. I suggest you make a day trip out of it.</p>
<p>this thread makes me pumped to go to UCLA</p>
<p>btw, Leo Carrillo has a painful rocky shore, which is why I suggest you be a little on the advanced side before hopping in those waters. I've seen some bad accidents there. However there aren't many surfers there.</p>
<p>I honestly have no idea if there is a bus system to take you there. I suggest you join the UCLA Surf Club, I'm sure they have group trips to choice beaches.</p>
<p>If you use the Blue Bus, I'm pretty sure you can take a surf board on there, just cling onto it for dear life. I hope you ride short board! lol.</p>
<p>thanks xleper
surf rider sounds awesome.</p>
<p>i can't wait to get out there</p>