The sand in Santa Monica (?) was dirty (sort of regular sand color mixed with an black, it reminded me of an ashtray) and once you got in the ocean, it was rocky, like wading in a river.
Nags Head has lovely, clean, fine, sand that's hard packed as you go out in the water, nothing to hurt your feet on and no rocks.
The waves in California were bigger, good for surfing, not so good for playing in. Nags Head is much more conducive for splashing around in. I'm only 5 ft. tall and I can walk way out into the ocean at Nags Head and it never get over chest high (unless there's a wave). In California, the waves were huge all the time.
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Date: 2008-06-06 12:45 am (UTC)Nags Head has lovely, clean, fine, sand that's hard packed as you go out in the water, nothing to hurt your feet on and no rocks.
The waves in California were bigger, good for surfing, not so good for playing in. Nags Head is much more conducive for splashing around in. I'm only 5 ft. tall and I can walk way out into the ocean at Nags Head and it never get over chest high (unless there's a wave). In California, the waves were huge all the time.