I'd suggest Santa Cruz(born there) or San Diego. Both beautiful, great beaches, great surfing and swimming and pretty good people and bud too.

Dave
DemoCommando Reviewed by DemoCommando on . Moving to California need help with some ?'s My wife and 4 kids "11 year old and three 2 year olds. We want to find a city about 15-25 miles from a nice beach or beaches. Schools are really important and would love any ideas for nice places to live.. Thanks ahead of time Rating: 5