Wave goodbye: Long Beach breakwater won’t be removed
December 18, 2019, 1:00 pm
Three years after that contest, work began on the Long Beach breakwater. After it was completed in 1949, the waves vanished and surf-loving crowds migrated to nearby spots like Huntington Beach or Manhattan Beach. In 1996, the Long Beach chapter of the Surfrider Foundation formed and began publicly calling for removal of the breakwater.
