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San Onofre State Beach
Coordinates: 33°22′45″N 117°34′21″W / 33.37917°N tables Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison, Don Okey, Al Dowden,
117.5725°W / 33.37917; -117.5725 Tom Wilson, and Bob Simmons.[5]
File:Sanonofre-crop.jpg San Onofre has several surf breaks on its 3.5 miles
A view from San Onofre State Beach. (5.6 km) of coast, ranging from the beginner’s gentle
breaking waves to one of the premiere surf breaks in the
San Onofre State Beach is a 3,000-acre (12 km2) state United States, Trestles.
park located in San Diego County, California, USA.[1] The • Trestles - Trestles is inaccessible by vehicle; a long
beach is 3 miles (5 km) south of the city of San Clemente walk from either the north or south end is necessary
on Interstate 5 at Basilone Road. Governor Ronald Reagan for access. This world-famous surfing area is known
established San Onofre State Beach in 1971. With over 2.5 for its consistent waves.
million visitors per year,[2] it is one of the five most-visit- • Church - Located near Camp Pendleton’s beach
ed state parks in California, hosting swimmers, campers, resort, Church provides sunbathing and duck
kayakers, birders, fishermen, off-duty Marines, bicyclists, watching. The name refers to the long-gone chapel
sunbathers, surfers, and the sacred Native American site which was located not far from the site.
of Panhe. • Surf Beach - The "surf beach" area has ’flush’ pit
Since 2007, the Orange County-based corporation toilets and cold showers, but no camping. It is
Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) has been lobbying divided by the locality into three breaks spots known
to construct a six lane toll highway through the state as The Point, Old Man’s, and Dogpatch (named from
park and a habitat reserve in Orange County, despite lo- north to south). All perform best on a south swell,
cal and national objections.[3] though the beach takes any surf and slows it down to
Located between San Onofre Bluffs and San Onofre a very slow pace. The entire area is covered by a rock
Surf Beach is the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station reef, often making walking into or out of the water
(SONGS), which generates enough energy to power 1.5 difficult.
million homes in Southern California.[4] • Trails - Trails is the most southern of surf spots in
this region and includes both rock bottom and sandy
breaks. Trails is also the last point to camp at San
Park attractions Onofre. Camping is on the bluffs with cold showers
The San Onofre Bluffs portion of San Onofre State Beach and ’flush’ pit toilets nearby.
features 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of sandy beaches with six ac-
cess trails cut into the bluff above. The campground is Panhe
along the old U.S. Route 101 adjacent to the sandstone Panhe is an ancient Acjachemen village that is over 8,000
bluffs. The beach is popular with swimmers and surfers. years old and a current sacred, ceremonial, cultural, and
San Onofre includes San Onofre Bluffs and Beach areas; burial site for the Acjachemen people. Many Acjachemen
San Onofre Surf Beach, a day use facility; San Mateo people trace their lineage back to Panhe. It is the site of
campgrounds and day use facility; and Trestles, accessi- the first baptism in California, and in 1769 saw the first
ble via a nature trail from San Mateo Campgrounds. Alco- close contact between Spanish explorers, Catholic mis-
hol is banned from all beaches within the State Park. [1] sionaries, and the Acjachemen people. The United Coali-
The park includes a marshy area where San Mateo tion to Protect Panhe and The City Project advocate for
Creek meets the shoreline and Trestles, a well-known the preservation of the site.[6]
California surfing site. Whales, dolphins and sea lions can
be seen offshore from time to time. The park’s coastal
terrace is chaparral-covered.[citation needed] Toll road controversy
The Transportation Corridor Agency seeks to construct a
Surfing six lane toll highway (graded for eight lanes) through San
A surfing and fishing camp had been there since the Onofre State Beach/Park and a habitat reserve in Orange
1920s, before the land was taken by the U.S. government County, joining the San Diego Freeway at the Trestles
to establish Camp Pendleton, a U.S. Marine training camp surf break.[3] The Toll Road is supported by business
during World War II. Surfers using redwood boards have groups and some public officials in Orange County as
visited San Onofre since at least the 1940s, including no- both a commercial enterprise and a way to ease future
traffic congestion. The toll road is opposed by more than
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two dozen of California’s congressional delegation in nificantly, DNA analysis has shown that San Mateo Creek
Washington, D.C.,[7] thirty-eight California legislators[8] steelhead are genetically native southern steelhead, and
including California’s United States Senator Barbara Box- not hatchery stocked fish. In February 2010, San Onofre
er,[7] the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Coun- State Park officers discovered a Golden Beaver (Castor
cil,[9] Defenders of Wildlife, Surfrider Foundation,[9][10] canadensis subauratus) at the river mouth of the San Ma-
Save Trestles,[11] the California State Parks Foundation, teo Creek.[28] According to State Parks officials, the
the California State Park and Recreation Commission,[12] species was once native to the San Mateo Creek area.
the Native American United Coalition to Protect Panhe, They say that the animal surely came from one of the
The City Project, the Save San Onofre Coalition,[13] and streams that flows into the San Mateo Creek. A report on
others. Opponents that construction and operation of the the fauna of San Diego County by Dr. David Hoffman in
toll road would cause irreversible environmental dam- 1866 stated "Of the animal kingdom we have a fair va-
age, the loss of park camping and recreational areas, and riety: the grizzly bear, the antelope, the deer, the pole-
the loss of a site sacred to Native Americans (Panhe), cit- cat, the beaver, the wildcat, the otter, the fox, the badger,
ing studies that show that traffic congestion would ac- the hare, the squirrel, and coyotes innumerable."[29] En-
tually increase on the San Diego Freeway if the toll road vironmentalists make the point that the beaver is part of
were built through San Onofre Beach.[14][15][16][17][18] A a thriving watershed ecosystem that deserves the high-
2007 survey of Orange County voters revealed that while est level of protection.[25]
52% favored some kind of toll road, 66% opposed a route
that would cut through San Onofre State Park.[19][20] As
part of the effort, at least four groups filed lawsuits with
Former Nude Beach Area: "Trail
the goal of preventing the toll road from passing through 6"
San Onofre State Beach.[21]
Nudity is prohibited at all parts of San Onofre State
On February 6, 2008 the California Coastal Commis-
Beach,[30] A traditional "clothing optional area"[31] was
sion denied a Coastal Permit for the route proposed by
formerly located at the extreme south end of San Onofre
the TCA that would cut through San Onofre and the re-
Bluffs beach, accessed via Trail number 6.[32] Since March
serve, saying that of the eight proposals considered, the
2010, park rangers have been citing park visitors for nu-
San Onofre route was the most environmentally dam-
dity, following the 2009 defeat of a long-running legal
aging.[3] Had a permit been granted, the 241 Toll Road
challenge by a nudist group.[30][33][34]
would have been the first to run through a California
state park.[22] The TCA appealed the Coastal Commis-
sion’s decision to the U.S. Department of Commerce References
(DOC), calling the highway a matter of national security.
[1] ^ San Onofre State Beach - State of California
On December 18, 2008, the George W. Bush Administra-
[2] Anton, Mike (2008-07-05). "San Onofre’s new bare
tion denied TCA’s appeal, noting that construction
necessity: a suit". Los Angeles Times.
through San Onofre was inconsistent with the California
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Coastal Act.[23] In a release, the DOC stated that at least
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one reasonable alternative to the project existed, and
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that the project was not necessary in the interest of na-
[3] ^ Weikel, Dan; Reyes, David (2008-02-07). "Panel
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rejects beach toll road". Los Angeles Times: pp. A-1.
The steelhead trout in San Mateo Creek (the last free-
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flowing stream in the area), its tributaries, and in the wa-
me-tollroad7. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
ters off Trestles and San Onofre have been identified by
[4] Southern California Edison website
environmentalists as one of several species that would
[5] San Onofre Surfing Club: History of the San Onofre
suffer irreparable harm if the toll road were built along
Surfing Club (1974).
the proposed route though San Onofre State Beach, and
[6] Save San Onofre and Native American Sacred Site
in particular, the San Mateo campground and San Mateo
Panhe
Creek areas.[25] In February, 1999 Southern Steelhead
[7] ^ Reyes, David (2008-04-17). "Toll road foes apply
Trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss) were discovered in the creek
pressure". Los Angeles Times: pp. B-3.
by Toby Shackelford, making San Mateo Creek the only
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watercourse south of Malibu Creek in Los Angeles County
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to host this endanged species.[26] Steelhead have histor-
[8] Volzke, Jonathan (2008-08-07). "More Politicians
ically spawned in the creek, whose upper reaches also
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support a population of rainbow trout, the form taken by
http://www.sanclementetimes.com/
Oncorhyncus mykiss when it remains land-locked. There
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that provide suitable habitat for steelhead trout.[27] Sig-
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news/top_stories/1_06_0910_2_07.txt. Retrieved • official San Onofre State Beach website
2008-08-07. • [1]
[20] Calif. toll road hearing focuses on security • San Onofre Beach News and Recreation
[21] Volzke, Jonathan (2008-08-20). "Another Toll Road
Lawsuit". San Clemente Times.
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[22] Rodgers, Terry (2008-02-07). "Toll road proposal
voted down". San Diego Union-Tribune.
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northcounty/20080207-9999-7n7toll1.html.
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[23] Rosenblatt, Susannah (2008-12-19). "O.C. toll road
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[24] "Decision and Findings". US Secretary of
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