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San Elijo Lagoon, Cardiff
San Elijo Lagoon is 915 acres (370 ha) of tidal wetlands formed by Escondido Creek that drains a watershed of 54,000 acres (22,000 ha) and flows generally southwest for 26 miles (42 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Cardiff, or Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a beach community in Encinitas, about 89 miles (144 km) southeast of Los Angeles and 21 miles (34 km) north-northwest of San Diego, California.
Eel River Delta, Eel River
A delta of 33,000 acres (13,355 ha) is formed by the Eel River, which starts at an elevation of 6,245 feet (1,903 m) on the southern flank of Bald Mountain in Mendocino National Forest and flows generally northwest for 196 miles (315 km) draining a watershed of 2,357,761 acres (954,152 ha) in the California Coast Ranges, about 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Eureka and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Ferndale, California.
Cluster Cone Rocks, Bear Harbor
Cluster Cone Rocks are at Bear Harbor, the site of a historical lumber wharf built over the rocky point that protects a small south-facing embayment with a sandy beach in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park on the Mendocino coast, about 21 miles (34 km) north-northwest of Westport and 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Leggett, California.
Black’s Beach, Torrey Pines
Black’s Beach is the secluded southern section of Torrey Pines State Beach, which starts at the mouth of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon to the north and extends south for about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Scripps Beach, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Encinitas and 4 miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of La Jolla, California.
Martins Beach, Half Moon Bay
Martins Beach is a public beach adjacent to a private gated community protected from erosion by a seawall, about 6 miles (10 km) south of the community of Half Moon Bay and 0.7 miles (1.1 km) southwest of Lobitos, California.
Mugu Rock, Point Mugu State Park
Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature at Point Mugu, a headland in Point Mugu State Park, situated between Thornhill Broome Beach to the east and Mugu Beach to the west in Santa Monica National Recreation Area, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Malibu, and 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Port Hueneme, California.
Tennessee Cove, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Tennessee Cove is an embayment with a sandy beach about 600 feet (180 m) long on the Pacific Ocean between Pirates Cove to the north and Rodeo Cove to the south in Golden Gate National Recreation Area about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Mill Valley, California.
King Philip, Ocean Beach
King Philip was a clipper ship that wrecked in 1878 on Ocean Beach, on the west coast of the San Francisco Peninsula in the Sunset District, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Golden Gate Park and 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of downtown San Francisco, California.
La Jenelle, Silver Strand
La Jenelle was a passenger ship that went aground and wrecked in 1970 on Silver Strand at Port Hueneme, a sandy beach created partly from dredged harbor sand about 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 450 feet(140 m) wide, about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Santa Barbara and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Oxnard, California.
SS Palo Alto, Seacliff Beach
SS Palo Alto is a shipwreck that now serves as an artificial reef for marine life at Seacliff State Beach on the northern coast of Monterey Bay, about 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east of Santa Cruz and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) southwest of Aptos, California.
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