If you only go out once: Surf City Nights on Tuesday. Visitors: Plum Festival at Old World. Water: Surfin’ Sundays plus the 5pm pier concert.

Dog-friendly

Huntington Dog Beach is the off-leash stretch (PCH, 21st to Seapede). Leash on the rest of the city beach. Tuesday market: leash, skip the 7pm crush. Old World patio: often yes; ask. Full list on Dogs.

Surf

Late August pattern: often 2–4 ft, cleaner early. Confirm a live report Thursday morning. How we source it.

Kite · 1–6pm · north of the pier

Watch Windfinder / iKitesurf for the thermal. If it is still single digits at 2pm, skip it. Gusts often 3–5pm. Not a launch clearance. Kite desk.

Fishing

Fish the afternoon low into the evening high. Perch, croaker, maybe mackerel. No license on the public pier. License on the sand (Bolsa too). Tides: this week’s table (NOAA proxy station).

Food & drink

Tuesday stalls on Main. Plum cake at Old World. Patio = dog note in the same sentence.

Stays

Quiet week for rooms. Airshow is Oct 2–4 — that is the next stay paragraph that matters.

The rest

Old World 90s night Friday is not for strollers. Civic: nothing you must attend.

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