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Introduction

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History

 * Native Americans (1)
 * The original landowners were the Acjachemen (Juaneno) tribe
 * inhabited that land for at least 9,000 years
 * first recorded contact with Europeans was in 1769 when Gaspar de Portola led Spanish soldiers and Franciscan missionaries into Orange County
 * these missionaries constructed Mission San Juan Capistrano in the middle of the Acjachemen village in 1776
 * subject to labor, disease, and confinement
 * Edward L. Doheny (1)
 * 1893 he borrowed money to dig city's first oil well and struck oil 200 feet deep
 * created an oil empire off of that initial investment
 * when he died, he donated 41 acres to the State
 * In late 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built campgrounds, picnic areas, and custodian lodges at Doho, have since been destroyed
 * a "New Deal" program created under Franklin Roosevelt (2)

Surf

 * The Surf Legacy - Killer Dana (3)
 * People gravivitated towards the town of Doheny, Dana Point (2)
 * surf epicenter of socal
 * Had a right hander wave at the headland named "Killer Dana"
 * it is said that "of all the surf spots silenced in the name of “progress”, none was as significant and thoroughly rippable as Southern California’s late Killer Dana"
 * rider included legends such as Lorrin “Whitey” Harrison, Bruce Brown, Hobie Alter, Billy Hamilton and Corky Carroll
 * wave was killed on August 29, 1966 along with it, Dana Point's vibrant surf culture
 * on this day, locals such as George "Peanuts” Larson and Ron Drummond rode it one last time
 * longtime local and noted surf scribe Chris Ahrens said "It was like a sudden death that you couldn't even talk about... It was a whole world, a whole history erased. I knew I'd never feel at home in Southern California again"
 * first talks of it in 1964 when it was said the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce was seeking gov and military assistance for the installation of a harbor
 * Permanently altered the surf swell in the area, including to Doheny
 * Modern Surf Culture
 * while surf culture is dimmed, there is still a vibrant surf lifestyle that occurs on Doheny's beaches
 * beginner spot while neighbor break Strands is significantly better
 * consistent break
 * reef-rocky break
 * rights and lefts
 * can get up to 300m long ride
 * good swell direction: SW, S, SE
 * good wind direction: NE
 * Best tide position: low and mid tide
 * best tide movement: falling tide
 * Longboard spot
 * Crowds can get very large during summer weekend due to many surf schools such as Girl in the Curl practicing there
 * Takeoff spots in Doheny (4)
 * "Boneyard": long ride, rights and lefts
 * "Doheny Rivermouth": occasionally forms up but can get polluted after rain, breaks right in front of the creek, long right
 * "Second Spot": best on low tide
 * "The Hammer"
 * Famous people (1)
 * Hobie Alter
 * Bruce Brown - creator of Endless Summer who also captured the first ever surfer to ride Banzai Pipeline, another local named Phil Edwards aka the "Guayule Kid"

Ecology

 * Mild weather (1)
 * average summer temperature range in high 70s while winters only dip reach mid 60s