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Official information on Newport Beach boat rentals, jet skis, water toys, waverunners, and outdoor adventure water sport boat tours at all freshwater water ways in California.  The city was incorporated in 1906, is an affluent city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana, CA.  The city is bordered on the west by Huntington Beach at the Santa Ana River; on the north by Costa Mesa, John Wayne Airport, the City of Irvine and UC Irvine; and on the east by Crystal Cove State Park.  Several artificial islands were built, which are now covered with private homes; Newport Island, Balboa Island, Little Balboa Island, Collins Island, Bay Island, Harbor Island, Lido Isle and Linda Isle.  Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries such as boat-building, shipbuilding, and commercial fishing, but today it is used mostly for watercraft recreation.  Its shores are occupied mostly by private homes and private docks.

The Newport Harbor has approximately 9,000 boats which is one of the largest recreational boat harbors on the west coast.  It's a popular destination for all boating activities, including sailing, fishing, surfing, whale watching, rowing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding.  Commercial maritime operations today include the Catalina Flyer ferry to Catalina Island, harbor tours, sport fishing and whale watching day trips and charters, and a few small commercial fishing boats.  North of the bridge is referred to as Upper Newport Bay, or the Back Bay.  South of the bridge is commonly called Lower Newport Bay, or Newport Harbor.  However the Back Bay also has harbor facilities, especially the marina and launch ramp at The Dunes.  Boating activities are organized by five private yacht clubs, along with Orange Coast College, UC Irvine, and the Sea Scouts, all of which have sailing, rowing, and water activity bases on the harbor.  The Newport Aquatic Center allows open public participation in competitive rowing, canoeing, kayaking, and outrigger canoe racing.

Upper Newport Bay is ringed by Back Bay Drive and a network of trails and paths that attract bicyclists, rollerbladers, joggers, segway bikes, and walkers.  Bird watchers and nature lovers are drawn to the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve and Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center; and to Crystal Cove State Park, which features tide pools at the beach, and back-country hiking and mountain biking trails.  Attractions include the city beaches from the Santa Ana River to the tip of the Balboa Peninsula, Corona del Mar State Beach, and the beaches at Crystal Cove State Park.  Newport Beach is renowned for good surfing and swimming especially between Newport Pier and the Santa Ana River where you can also enjoy bodyboarding and bodysurfing.  Camping is available at Crystal Cove State Park, and at the Newport Dunes RV Park Resort and Marina. 

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Official visitor guide to Long Beach boat rentals, jet ski, waverunner, water toys, and outdoor adventure boat tours and watersports in the state of California.  Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States where many locals and tourist from around the world come to enjoy the beautiful recreational activities offered in the area.  The city is said to be the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California.  In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city within Greater Los Angeles Area, after Los Angeles, and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area. The weather is what draws many people to Long Beach, depending on the reporting location, has a Mediterranean climate, with strongly semi-arid climate characteristics.  Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, temperatures in Long Beach are moderate throughout the year.

The city well maintains many parks, reservoirs, and ocean front locations for all to enjoy jet ski rentals and water activities.  The Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine received a Gold Medal award from the National Recreation and Park Association which recognized the Department's "outstanding management practices and programs."  The Department manages over 92 parks covering over 3,100 acres throughout the city, including the 815 acres El Dorado Regional Park, which features fishing lakes, an archery range, youth campground, bike trails, and picnic areas.  The Department also operates four public swimming pools, and four launch ramps for boaters to access the Pacific Ocean.  Our company services are available at all freshwater locations and include; boating, watercraft, seadoo's, wakeboarding, water skiing, kneeboarding, wake surfing, wakeskating, stand up paddle boards, and guided boat tours.

Some more fun activities are Long Beach's singing gondolier trips through the romantic canals of Naples which is fun for families, businesses, and friend outings.  Along with gondola rides on Lake Merritt, on the Napa River, in Huntington Beach, in Newport Beach, in Redondo Beach, and at The Venetian (Las Vegas), Long Beach is only one of seven places in the Western United States where tourists may ride in a gondola.  Although California's beach surfing scene is said to have gotten its start in Long Beach when in 1911 two surfers returned from Hawaii and the city hosted the first National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships in 1938, surfing is now uncommon in Long Beach due to a 2 mile long breakwater built in 1949 to protect the United States Pacific Fleet; however surfing is still fun for beginners and intermediate surfers.