Beaches in L.A. are very different than New England beaches. Most noticibly the sand. There is a loooooooong stretch of sand before you get to the water. And I hear these beaches get crowded. I find that to be very hard, considering how crowded Cape Cod or Maine beaches get. The water was cool, but not freezing, but cold enough that all I did was dip my feet.
My friend and I did a beach clean-up one afternoon with her school. A student organized the whole event, which I think is fantastic. While we were picking up plastic tops, a needle, a liquer bottle (really this was the cleanest beach of trash that I have seen) I noticed there was a lot of black stuff blended in the sand. I was told it was tar, and at the shoreline there were large clumps of smelly tar. I find this more concerning than trash. But the tar comes from the ocean, gets blended in the sand and sticks to your feet. I would love to see a cleanup of the tar. It is such a beautiful beach otherwise.
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| This beach is tar-free. Miles of lovely soft sand. |
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| That black stuff? Tar blended in the sand. It get in your feet, everywhere really. |
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| Long stretches of tar in the sand |
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| clumps of tar were as big as my foot |
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| Santa Monica beach at night. Just beautiful. |
