Seal Beach is located at the Northern most border of Orange County California and during the 1920's was known as the "pleasure place". This beach was named for the seals that once occupied the beach but have gone away and never returned. Seal Beach featured a roller coaster, gambling ships, rum runners and wicker boardwalk carts and boasted the 2nd longest pier in the United States. There was even a bathing pavilion with 1000 dressing rooms with doors that opened to the beach. I'm sure this beach must have been the "place to be" back in the 1920's. Today Seal Beach is known for it's beachfront shopping with something for everyone.
Bodega Bay Beaches are located in Sonoma County in Northern California. The harbor was used to ship out lumber and is now become a fishing harbor. Many come to fish and crab from the shore and some fishing piers. These beaches have become a vacation mecca with the beautiful sunsets and home available for rental right on the beach. Bodega Bay is still very quaint as opposed to Seal beach. There is not much shopping but does attract tourists to visit the site where Alfred Hitchcock filmed the 1963 thriller "The Birds".
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