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Huntington Beach, sometimes called Surf City (a name also used by Santa Cruz, California), is a seaside city in Orange County, in southern California. Huntington Beach real estate is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the south, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Costa Mesa on the east, by Newport Beach on the southeast, and by Garden Grove, Westminster and Fountain Valley on the north.
Hungtington Beach real estate is known for its long 14 km (8.5 mile) beach, extremely mild climate, family-friendly environment, and excellent surfing. The waves are a unique natural effect caused by edge-diffraction of ocean swells by the island of Catalina, and waves from distant hurricanes. Huntington Beach has some of the most sought after real estate in California. Huntington Beach real estate sits above a large natural salt dome containing oil. Though the oil is mostly depleted, extraction continues at a slow rate. Huntington Beach continues to be an important oil terminus for the tankers that support the Alaska Pipeline. This is the second largest oil storage facility on the West Coast of the U.S., exceeded only by the U.S. Navy's strategic oil reserve in Vallejo, California.*