I drove up to Newport beach from Tucson to stay with a friend’s roommate. My friend forgot his mobile phone, though, so when we got to Newport beach we had no way to contact our room for the night. So, we slept on the beach. Aparently this is illegal, but no one said anything. It was lovely. Very soft sand. The next morning we were woken up by a huge group of people cheering- there was a surfing contest going on!