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They say it never rains in California, though yesterday it did rain a little.\u00a0In my city they cancelled street sweeping service because it could rain. Nearby a few streets without working drains collected pools & puddles providing kids an afternoon of excitement.\u00a0 They put on their boots to slosh, splash and jump in the puddles. Oh what fun!\u00a0 If you’re heading in the water, just remember the 24-72 hour rule about going in oceans and lakes. You are supposed to wait that long because it takes a few days for the urban run-off and pollution to subside and be absorbed. Don’t be fooled by surfers who surf in any weather<\/a>! They simply take their chances.<\/p>\n OCEAN WATER QUALITY 7 beach closures in Dana Point and Carlsbad Lagoon<\/strong><\/p>\n 22 “F” grades at California Beaches Reported on Friday, October 12, 2012: Alamitos Bay – 56th Place – on bayside, Los Angeles County Heal the Bay Summer 2012 –\u00a0 Some\u00a0 “Hot Spots” in California<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0 The negative trend has continued at Avalon Beach this summer, as all five monitoring locations exhibited extremely poor water quality by scoring all F grades. They say it never rains in California, though yesterday it did rain a little.\u00a0In my city they cancelled street sweeping service because it could rain. Nearby a few streets without working drains collected pools & puddles providing kids an afternoon of excitement.\u00a0 They put on their boots to slosh, splash and jump in the puddles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAlamitos Bay, 2nd St. Bridge & Bayshore: Los Angeles County
\nAvalon Beach- btw. Pier & Busy Bee (1\/3 distance): Los Angeles County
\nAvalon Beach- btwn. Busy Bee & Tuna Club: Los Angeles County
\nAvila Beach, projection of San Juan Street: San Luis Obispo County
\nCandlestick Point, Windsurfer Circle: San Francisco County
\nCowell Beach Lifeguard Tower 1: Santa Cruz County
\nCowell Beach, west of the wharf: Santa Cruz County
\nDana Point – Capistrano County Beach: Orange County
\nDana Point – South Capistrano Bay Community Beach: Orange County
\nDoheny Beach – 2000′ south of outfall: Orange County
\nDoheny State Beach – End of the Park: Orange County
\nGaviota State Beach at Canada de las Cruces
\nSanta Barbara County
\nHuntington State Beach- power plant, projection of Newland St.: Orange County
\nLong Beach City Beach- projection of Granada Ave.: Los Angeles County
\nMalibu Pier – 50 yards east: Los Angeles County
\nMarina del Rey, Mothers’ Beach – playground area: Los Angeles County
\nMother’s Beach – Long Beach – north end: Los Angeles County
\nPoche Beach: Orange County
\nRedondo Municipal Pier – south side: Los Angeles County
\nStillwater Cove, at Beach and Tennis Club: Monterey County
\nWill Rogers State Beach at Bel Air Bay Club drain near fence: Los Angeles County<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0 This is the third consecutive summer that the Malibu Pier (50 yards east) has displayed poor water quality, earning an F grade. A pollution source has yet to be identified.
\n– Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro harborside at the restrooms earned an F grade this summer despite extensive water quality improvement projects throughout the past few years with more than $15 million invested in improving water quality.
\n– There was one known sewage spill in San Luis Obispo County that resulted in a day-long beach closure. An estimated 600 gallons of sewage was released into a storm drain upstream of Shell Beach.
\n– The chronically poor water quality at Cowell Beach continues to persist. Santa Cruz Environmental Health Service has been tracking the problem the past four summers and is fairly certain that quantities of decaying kelp on the beach are a major source of high bacteria in the area.
\n– San Mateo County’s Aquatic Park and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve at San Vicente Creek had lower quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"