Manhattan County Beach is the central public beach of Los Angeles County's Manhattan Beach, stretching for two miles between the city's 1st Street and Rosecrans Avenue at El Porto Beach. The beach is an extremely popular, and often extremely crowded, Los Angeles area beachfront during the summer months, attracting swimmers, surfers, bodysurfers, windsurfers, and sunbathers to its vast shoreline. Manhattan Pier offers opportunities for coastal fishing, while the Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium offers marine life exhibits for families to peruse. Over a hundred sand volleyball courts are available on the beachfront, which is staffed by lifeguards during the summer months. Plenty of public special events are hosted throughout the summer months at the beach, which is connected to Torrance and Santa Monica via the Marvin Braude Coastal Bike Trail.
Manhattan Beach Blvd and The Strand, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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