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Originally Posted by Pete
So the question is really "Does the area need a dozen folks paid up to $200,000 per year to keep the towers painted in the off season?"
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There is no "off season" around Newport Beach.
Just down coast is Crystal Cove which is awesome with a mean walk up and down the bluff to reduce the crowd. (A few years ago there were single-wides right on the beach you could rent, but the Rec Dept closed that down.) Decent surfing for most of the day. But dangerous for about an hour as the tide is coming in. It hits a shelf and if it catches you wrong it will slam you straight down and the undertow will grab you and you might pop up 100 m out.
A lot of the LifeGuards are organized like "Ski Patrol" there -- volunteers.
(Not as easy a draw as NSP . . . don't need a free lift ticket.)