WELCOME TO SUNSET BEACH

This narrow, unincorporated seaside strip features a highly concentrated and historic real estate market consisting almost entirely of multi-story, sand-front custom homes with virtually zero yard space. Homes here hold premium value due to rare oceanfront placement and a total lack of corporate development or high-density condo complexes. The lifestyle is decidedly low-key, eccentric, and deeply local compared to its busier neighbors, allowing residents to step directly from their patios onto wide, uncrowded sands while enjoying local surf shops and casual, long-standing seafood spots along Pacific Coast Highway.

SUNSET BEACH

This relaxed, quirky strip offers a decidedly low-key, anti-corporate entertainment and dining scene that feels worlds away from the rest of Southern California. Pacific Coast Highway is lined with long-standing local bars, historic pubs, casual breakfast joints, and classic seafood shacks where you can grab a bite straight off the sand. There are no massive shopping malls here; instead, you’ll find eclectic local surf shops, vintage clothing boutiques, and kayak rental stands. The primary thing to do is enjoy the wide, uncrowded beach, where locals spend their time kiteboarding, paddleboarding through the adjacent Huntington Harbour channels, or catching magnificent sunsets away from the tourist crowds.

SCHOOLS

• Elementary: Harbour View Elementary School, J. H. McGaugh Elementary School, Smith Elementary School

• Middle: Marine View Middle School, McAuliffe Middle School

• High: Huntington Beach High School, Marina High School, Los Alamitos High School

• Private: Grace Lutheran School (K–8), St. Bonaventure Catholic School (K–8)