SoCal Surf Towns Ranked

Here is a list of the top surf towns in Southern California. The list is computed by taking the number of web searches for the area name plus “surf shop” and dividing by the population of the area. All percentages are expressed relative to the top result. The area names come from Zillow.com, and are the named areas that are on the coast or adjacent to an area on the coast. We only considered areas between Tijuana and Santa Barbara.

Del Mar	100.00%
Malibu	97.73%
Ocean Beach	53.04%
Mission Beach	34.70%
Venice	25.91%
Laguna Beach	22.73%
Dana Point	20.39%
Solana Beach	18.25%
Pacific Beach	18.21%
Hermosa Beach	18.15%
Santa Monica	18.09%
La Jolla	17.61%
Encinitas	16.01%
San Clemente	15.97%
Manhattan Beach	12.97%
Santa Barbara	12.36%
Ventura	11.81%
Huntington Beach	11.09%
Newport Beach	9.45%
Coronado	8.64%
Carpinteria	8.04%
Seal Beach	7.54%
Long Beach	5.07%
Oceanside	4.83%
Carlsbad	4.55%
Imperial Beach	4.46%
San Diego	3.72%
Redondo Beach	3.43%
Orange	2.34%
San Pedro	1.95%
Vista	1.54%
Costa Mesa	0.62%
Oxnard	0.31%