Camarillo - the best privacy Zuma - best rays, great surf, great air Santa Monica - cool peeps Venice - great shopping Playa - pleasant Dockweiler - pleasant Manhattan - great sand, great waves, cool people, great shops, good bars, good food Hermosa - good sand, good waves, extremely cool people, the best bars, the worse police Redondo - the best views, great rays, the most romantic at dusk, the most relaxing