page_title: San Onofre State Beach
section_title: Surfing
hierarchical_section_title: San Onofre State Beach / Park attractions / Surfing
caption_attribution_description: English: San Onofre, June 2, 2016, after sunset surf session, looking at the breaking waves through the frame of a palm hut, softly illuminated by flames.
context_page_description: San Onofre State Beach is a 3,000-acre state park in San Diego County, California. The beach is 3 miles south of San Clemente on Interstate 5 at Basilone Road. The state park is leased to the state of California by the United States Marine Corps. Governor Ronald Reagan established San Onofre State Beach in 1971. With over 2.5 million visitors per year, it is one of the five most-visited state parks in California, hosting swimmers, campers, kayakers, birders, fishermen, bicyclists, sunbathers, surfers, and the sacred Native American site of Panhe. It is named after the fourth-century saint Onuphrius.
context_section_description: A surfing and fishing camp had been there since the 1920s, before the U.S. government established Camp Pendleton, a U.S. Marine training camp during World War II. Surfers using redwood boards have visited San Onofre since at least the 1940s, including Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison, Don Okey, Al Dowden, Tom Wilson, and Bob Simmons.
  San Onofre has several surf breaks on its 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of coast:
  Trestles, a world-famous surfing area known for its consistent waves
  Church, near Camp Pendleton’s beach resort, provides sunbathing and duck watching
  Surf Beach, divided into three breaks spots known as The Point, Old Man’s, and Dogpatch
  Trails, the southernmost surf spot in this region, includes both rock bottom and sandy breaks
caption: After Sunset
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