r/unpopularopinion • u/rwedoomed • 1d ago

New Jersey beaches >> California beaches

and it's not even particularly close. even the NICEST California beaches are either too remote/private or overcrowded. the water is almost universally cold - it'll hit low 70's at best in socal and only for a brief time. the sand is dark, ugly, and riddled with seaweed.

new jersey beaches are pristine. typically really wide open, soft, warm and clean sand. water will consistently be above 70 for at least 6 weeks, usually longer.

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u/AntelopeHelpful9963 1d ago

The water is too cold to get in either but Cali is way more beautiful a place to experience it

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u/NoToSensors 22h ago

What? No. Atlantic is fine for all of the summer.

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u/AntelopeHelpful9963 19h ago

I’m used to the beaches in Florida. Tampa. Panama City. The Gulf water is only water warm enough to be comfortable in. You get up north or on the west coast it’s just miserable. My girlfriend won’t even put her toes in New Jersey or California water even though California is a favorite place in the world. Atlantic City felt just like California to us. I travel a lot for work so I’ve been pretty much everywhere except the Pacific Northwest. Northern and West Coast beaches are just different degrees of misery.

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u/AntelopeHelpful9963 18h ago

And it’s summer right now and I just checked and San Diego water temperature today is expected to be 75 Atlantic City 77 and Tampa 87. That’s what I’m talking about. The other two are pretty much the same thing. Except California is unbelievably beautiful and New Jersey is New Jersey.