Editing Long Beach, California (section)

===Surfing===
[[File:Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906 (CHS-2803).jpg|thumb|Waves at Long Beach and the Bixby Hotel under construction,<ref>{{cite web |title=PCAD – Bixby Hotel, Waterfront, Long Beach, CA |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/11145/ |website=pcad.lib.washington.edu}}</ref> {{Circa|1906}}]]
Although California's 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 {{convert|2.2|mi|km|adj=on}} long [[San Pedro Bay (California)#Breakwaters|breakwater built in 1949]] to protect the [[United States Pacific Fleet]]. The breakwater reduces "mighty waves to mere lake-like lapping along the city's beaches". The fleet [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard#Closure|left in the 1990s]], and now some residents are calling for it to be lowered or eliminated and the city has commissioned a $100,000 study for this purpose.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schoch |first=Deborah |title=Long Beach at sea over breakwater removal plan |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 30, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-breakwater30-2008jun30,0,3801152.story |access-date=July 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701155434/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-breakwater30-2008jun30,0,3801152.story |archive-date=July 1, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2019, the study concluded that any changes to the breakwater would be far too costly and could have potential impacts on the port of Long Beach, the port of Los Angeles, the oil islands, U.S. Naval Operations, Shoreline Marina, and the [[Peninsula, Long Beach, California|Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=After years of study, Army Corps determines the breakwater must stay • Long Beach Post News|url=https://lbpost.com/news/army-corps-breakwater-study|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=lbpost.com|date=November 26, 2019 }}</ref>