Coastal Travel · Beach Destinations
The shore organized by calendar: sea temperature curves, prevailing winds and storm windows, jellyfish and algal bloom periods, crowd and price peaks, festival dates and the shoulder weeks delivering warm water without a queue. For travelers with flexible dates deciding which month to take.
The coastal calendar month by month: water temperature curves, storm windows, jellyfish and algae periods, crowds and the shoulder weeks worth taking.
Roughly 10,000 miles round trip between the Arctic and Baja California, the gray whale's winter passage puts spouts within sight of West Coast headlands from December through January — and mothers with calves again in spring.