Editing Seal Beach, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{for|the EP by The Album Leaf|Seal Beach (EP)}}
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|name                     = Seal Beach, California
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
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|image_caption            = Historic [[Mission Revival]] Seal Beach City Hall
|image_flag               = Flag of Seal Beach, California.gif
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|map_caption              = Location of Seal Beach within [[Orange County, California]].
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[California]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Orange County, California|Orange]]
|government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council/city manager]]<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Seal Beach City Council |url=https://www.sealbeachca.gov/Government/City-Council |publisher=City of Seal Beach |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Thomas Moore<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Moore |url=https://votersedge.org/ca/en/election/2020-11-03/orange-county/city-council-city-of-seal-beach-council-district-2/thomas-moore |website=Voter's Edge |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
|leader_name1             = Schelly Sustarsic
|leader_title2            = [[City Council]]
|leader_name2             = Joe Kalmick<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Chris |title=Democrat Kalmick Defeats Republican Amundson in Seal Beach Council Run-Off |url=https://ocpolitical.com/2019/01/31/democrat-kalmick-defeats-republican-amundson-in-seal-beach-council-run-off/ |website=OC Political |date=January 31, 2019 |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref> <br>Nathan Steele<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elattar |first1=Hosam |title=Nathan Steele and Lisa Landau Maintain Leads in Seal Beach Runoff Election |url=https://voiceofoc.org/2023/02/nathan-steele-and-lisa-landau-maintain-leads-in-seal-beach-runoff-election/ |website=Voice of OC |date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref><br>Lisa Landau<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elattar |first1=Hosam |title=Nathan Steele and Lisa Landau Maintain Leads in Seal Beach Runoff Election |url=https://voiceofoc.org/2023/02/nathan-steele-and-lisa-landau-maintain-leads-in-seal-beach-runoff-election/ |website=Voice of OC |date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>
|leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name3             = Jill R. Ingram
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = October 27, 1915<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |title       = California Cities by Incorporation Date
 |format      = Word
 |publisher   = California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
 |access-date  = August 25, 2014
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |archive-date = November 3, 2014
}}</ref>
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| area_total_sq_mi        = 11.80
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| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.53
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| area_water_km2          = 1.38
| area_water_percent      = 13.45
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|elevation_footnotes      = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1661416|Seal Beach|accessdate=December 29, 2014}}</ref>
|elevation_ft             = 13
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|coordinates              = {{coord|33|45|33|N|118|4|57|W|display=inline,title}}
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=quif>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sealbeachcitycalifornia|title=Seal Beach (city) QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
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|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
|utc_offset               = -8
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|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 90740
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 562|562]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|06|70686}}
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
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|website                  = {{URL|http://www.sealbeachca.gov/}}
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'''Seal Beach''' is a coastal city in [[Orange County, California]], United States. It was originally known as Bay City before it was incorporated into Orange County under its current on October 24, 1911.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Armor |first1=Samuel |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoforangec00armo/page/n14/mode/1up?q=brea |title=History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present |last2=Pleasants |first2=J. E. |date=1921 |publisher=Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 25,242, up from 24,168 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].

Seal Beach is located in the westernmost corner of Orange County. To the northwest, just across the border with [[Los Angeles County]], lies the city of [[Long Beach]] and the adjacent [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]]. To the southeast are [[Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Harbour]], a neighborhood of [[Huntington Beach]], and [[Sunset Beach, California|Sunset Beach]], also part of Huntington Beach. To the east lie the city of [[Westminster, California|Westminster]] and the neighborhood of [[West Garden Grove]], part of the city of [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]]. To the north lie the unincorporated community of [[Rossmoor, California|Rossmoor]] and the city of [[Los Alamitos, California|Los Alamitos]]. A majority of the city's acreage is devoted to the [[Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach]] military base.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=seal+beach,+ca&hl=en&ll=33.743184,-118.070927&spn=0.120617,0.224705&sll=33.746895,-118.069038&sspn=0.120612,0.224705&hnear=Seal+Beach,+Orange,+California&t=m&z=13 | title=Google Maps }}</ref>

==History==

=== Indigenous ===
The [[Tongva]] village of [[Motuucheyngna]] was located in what is now Seal Beach in the area of the [[Los Cerritos Wetlands]]. It was part of the greater area of [[Puvungna]], which was a major ceremonial and regional trading center for the Tongva and [[Acjachemen]]. Villagers used ''[[te'aat]]s'' to travel out to villages on Pimu ([[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]]) and other islands off the coast, now referred to as the [[Channel Islands (California)|Channel Islands]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewinnek |first=Elaine |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1226813397 |title=A people's guide to Orange County |date=2022 |others=Gustavo Arellano, Thuy Vo Dang |isbn=978-0-520-97155-4 |location=Oakland, California |pages=190 |oclc=1226813397}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |date=May 2020 |title=Tribal Cultural Landscape |url=https://intoloscerritoswetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Section-3.15-Tribal-Cultural-Resources.pdf |journal=Tribal Cultural Resources |pages=7}}</ref> In 2003, a burial site of the village was disturbed in a {{convert|196|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}} Seal Beach residential development, Hellman Ranch, that was met with opposition from the Tongva.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=David |date=January 19, 2003 |title=Developer, Native Americans Are at Odds Over Burial Site |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-19-me-hellman19-story.html |access-date=December 28, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Anaheim Landing ===
Beginning in the mid-1860s, the eastern area of what is now Old Town Seal Beach became known as '''Anaheim Landing'''. A warehouse and wharf had been built on a small bay where Anaheim Creek emptied into the Pacific Ocean. It was established by farmers and merchants in the newly settled town of [[Anaheim]] who wanted a closer, more convenient port to ship the wine they were growing and also to receive items they needed to help build homes and buildings in their new town.<ref name=":0" />

For a few years Anaheim Landing came close to rivaling San Pedro for its volume of shipping, but the arrival of the railroad in Anaheim in 1875 made it easier to ship product via the rails than by hauling a wagon overland across {{convert|12 |miles}} of soft soil to the Landing. The beaches and surrounding rolling Anaheim Landing had by this time become popular as a getaway from hot summer days. Los Angeles newspapers talk of a permanent summer population of as many as 400 and even more on special days.<ref name=":0" />

The landing was also home to a number of fishing boats that plied the local fishing areas. This activity was written about by Nobel-prize winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz in a short essay, "The Cranes."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Seal Beach: A Brief History|last=Strawther|first=Larry|publisher=History Press|year=2014|location=Charleston, SC|pages=20–25}}</ref> The site of Anaheim Landing is now registered as a [[California Historical Landmark]].<ref name="CHL">{{cite ohp|219|Anaheim Landing|2012-10-11}}</ref>

In 1903 Los Angeles realtor Philip A. Stanton, very familiar with the area from his time selling land in Anaheim, and Huntington Beach and also from representing the local real estate interests of banker (and Pacific Electric Railroad co-owner) [[Isaias W. Hellman]], put together a syndicate to lay out the town of Bayside on the land between Anaheim Landing and [[Anaheim Bay]] and the eastern edge of [[Alamitos Bay]].<ref name="roots" />

=== Real estate development ===
The new town would be situated along the still not-announced [[Balboa Line]] of the Pacific Electric, which would run from Long Beach to Newport Beach.  As there was already a town called Bayside in Northern California (by Eureka), Stanton's group instead called their new town Bay City. Due to many factors—including competition from other beach resort areas (Long Beach, Redondo Beach and Venice/Ocean Park/Santa Monica), some national financial crises, and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, which sent most investment dollars to the more lucrative rebuilding of San Francisco—Bay City failed miserably as a real estate investment.<ref name="roots" />

In 1913, Stanton optioned the land to real estate promoter Guy M. Rush, who invested in building a renovated pier with pavilions on either side. Rush also re-branded the town as Seal Beach and marketed it via postcards and advertisements around the country.  This too failed and by early 1915, Rush had let his options lapse.  In 1915 Stanton tried again, arranging to obtain some amusements from the closing San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition and rebuild them as part of new amusement area which would be called The Joy Zone.<ref name="roots" />

As part of this plan, the Bayside Land Company led a campaign to incorporate the town (October 27, 1915) and then had the new city council approve legal drinking in the town.  This made it different from [[the Pike]] at Long Beach, which was a "dry city."  The Joy Zone, a beach-side amusement park built in 1916, was the first in Orange County.<ref name="roots">{{cite news|title=From sin city roots to quiet enclave, Seal Beach considers its future at 100 years|date=October 17, 2015|first=Greg|last=Mellen|work=[[Orange County Register]]|url= http://www.ocregister.com/articles/beach-688015-seal-city.html}}</ref>  It achieved some brief popularity, but the US entry into [[World War I]] and the resulting restrictions on rubber and metal dramatically impacted the amusement area.

After the war, [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] impacted the town's value as an amusement resort. After 1920, the town's location on two bays, with many inlets to offload bootleg liquor, its small police department, and its location on the county line, allowed it to become a popular place for rumrunners, then gamblers. From 1928 to 1939, the town had as many as six gambling establishments on Main Street.  In addition, most of Southern California's famous gambling ships (''Johanna Smith, Rose Isle, Johanna Smith II, SS Caliente, SS Tango, Showboat, Mt. Baker'') operated off the Seal Beach, just over the line from Long Beach.<ref name=":1" />

With gambling being a misdemeanor, the trials were held in the town's municipal court and a Seal Beach jury never returned a guilty verdict, to the dismay of Orange County and Long Beach officials. But ''circa'' 1941, with significant pressure being put on the gamblers by State Attorney General [[Earl Warren]], most of the Seal Beach gambling and ships ended. Their absence was soon filled by a former Los Angeles police detective named William L. Robertson.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Seal Beach: A Brief History|last=Strawther|first=Larry|publisher=History Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-62619-489-2|location=Charleston, SC|pages=95–99, 106–112}}</ref>

=== World War II ===
In early 1944. during [[World War II]], the Navy purchased most of the land around Anaheim Landing to construct the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach]] for loading, unloading, and storing of ammunition for the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], and especially those US Navy warships home-ported in [[Long Beach]] and [[San Diego]]. With closure of the [[Concord Naval Weapons Station]] in Northern California, it has become the primary source of munitions for a majority of the [[United States Pacific Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/WPNSTA-Seal-Beach/ |title=Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach |website=www.cnic.navy.mil |access-date=October 15, 2008}}</ref>  The arrival of the Navy catalyzed a growth in population which eventually succeeded in shutting down Robertson's gambling operations.

Surfing has always had a presence in Seal Beach. Newspaper advertisements showing surfers were part of Guy M. Rush's "Seal Beach" campaign of 1913. The town hosted the mainland's first surfing competition—it was at a private gathering of the annual Minnesota Picnic. But its popularity really took off after the war with the arrival of legendary surfer Blackie August, who taught many of the local kids how to surf. August's son, Robert, was one of the pair of surfers featured in the classic surf film, ''Endless Summer''. Local legends Jack Haley and Mike Haley were the winners of the first two national surfing championships.

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Image:SealBeach-1920.jpg|Seal Beach amusement park, 1920.
File:Anaheim Landing aerial photo, Seal Beach, circa 1930s.jpg|Anaheim Landing aerial photo, circa 1930s
File:Anaheim Landing (P5470).jpg|Anaheim Landing 1891
</gallery>

===Mid to Late 20th century===
In 1962, Seal Beach opened [[Leisure World, Seal Beach, California|Leisure World]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leisure World |url=https://apeoplesguide.org/sites/leisure-world/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=A People's Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> one of the first age segregated communities in the U.S. that caters to people over 55. 

===21st century===
In 2002, a construction crew discovered the remnants of a large Tongva village and burial site while working on a project to construct a new gated community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=From City of Long Beach Staff |date= |title=Comments on the Coastal Commission Staff Report |url=https://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2018/8/W15a/w15a-8-2018-correspondence.pdf#page=210 |access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lewinnek |first1=Elaine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2j6xf5f |title=A People's Guide to Orange County |last2=Arellano |first2=Gustavo |last3=Vo Dang |first3=Thuy |date=2022 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-29995-5 |edition=1 |volume=4|jstor=j.ctv2j6xf5f }}</ref> The Heron Pointe project was picketed by members of the Tongva tribe who successfully mitigated development in the area. The tribal community, alongside the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust, has continued to work to preserve the coastal environment. 

===2011 shooting===
{{Main|2011 Seal Beach shooting}}
The deadliest mass killing in Orange County history occurred in Seal Beach. On October 12, 2011, a [[mass shooting]] took place at the local Salon Meritage hair [[Beauty salon|salon]]. Eight people inside the salon and one person in the parking lot were shot, and only one victim survived.<ref>{{cite news|title=8 Slain in O.C.'S Deadliest Mass Killing (video)|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/business-321651-medical-beach.html?videos|access-date=October 13, 2011|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> The suspect in the shooting, 41-year-old Scott Evans Dekraai, was arrested without incident<ref name = "lat">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111013221125/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1013-seal-beach-shooting-20111013,0,5703976,full.story Gunman kills 8 at Seal Beach salon]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 12, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15284053 California shooting: Eight killed at Seal Beach salon] [[BBC News]], October 13, 2011.</ref> and charged with eight counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 14, 2011|title=Seal Beach shootings: Death penalty sought|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/salon-321997-killing-beach.html|access-date=October 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923092452/https://www.ocregister.com/2011/10/16/seal-beach-shootings-death-penalty-sought/|archive-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref> Prior to the shooting, there had been only one murder in Seal Beach during the previous four years.<ref>{{cite news|title=8 Dead in O.C.'S Deadliest Mass Killing|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/business-321651-medical-beach.html|access-date=October 12, 2011|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

==Geography==
Seal Beach is located at {{Coord|33|45|33|N|118|4|57|W|type:city}} (33.759283, -118.082396).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.0|sqmi|km2}}.  {{convert|11.3|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}} of it (13.45%) is water.

Seal Beach is bounded by the [[Census-designated place|CDP]] of [[Rossmoor, California|Rossmoor]] and the city of [[Los Alamitos, California|Los Alamitos]] to the north, the [[West Garden Grove]] neighborhood and city of [[Westminster, California|Westminster]] to the east, [[Huntington Beach]] to the east and south, and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Boundaries |url=https://data-ocpw.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/32c59c9efe3f4745a8625e1afb225d07?fullScreen=true |website=Orange County GIS |access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref>

=== Biogeography ===
The most common native species: Hairy Sand Verbena, Red Sand Verbena, and Pink Sand Verbena.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calscape |title=Calscape {{!}} California's Native Plant Gardening Destination |url=https://calscape.org/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=calscape.org |language=en}}</ref>

===Climate===
Seal Beach has a [[semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BSh'') with [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] characteristics.{{climate chart|Seal Beach|58|83|1.00|58|83|1.00|60|72|1.32|61|84|0.72|63|75|0.10|71|95|0.00|71|91|0.00|70|94|0.00|76|109|0.00|64|87|0.00|57|78|0.00|57|82|0.04|float=right|source=Weather Underground [https://www.wunderground.com/]|clear=right|units=imperial}}{{Weather box
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 669
|1930= 1156
|1940= 1553
|1950= 3553
|1960= 6994
|1970= 24441
|1980= 25975
|1990= 25098
|2000= 24157
|2010= 24168
|2020= 25242
|estyear=2021
|estimate=24937
|estref= 
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706023553/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907072108/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828190324/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164053/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828162810/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918190408/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921120611/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823052400/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814213918/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204210903/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Seal Beach first appeared as a city in the [[1910 U.S. Census]] which was coterminous with the newly formed Seal Beach Township.<ref name=1910CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Seal Beach city, California – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Seal Beach city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0670686&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Seal Beach city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0670686&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Seal Beach city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0670686&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|20,372
|18,580
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,814
|84.33%
|76.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66.61%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|329
|255
|style='background: #ffffe6; |370
|1.36%
|1.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.47%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|54
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53
|0.22%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,363
|2,273
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,624
|5.64%
|9.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.36%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|37
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.15%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|21
|62
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91
|0.09%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|427
|577
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,091
|1.77%
|2.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.32%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,554
|2,331
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,153
|6.43%
|9.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''24,157'''
|'''24,168'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''25,242'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0670686|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033123/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0670686|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Seal Beach city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Seal Beach had a population of 24,168. The population density was {{convert|1,853.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Seal Beach was 20,154 (83.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (76.9% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0670686.html|title=Seal Beach (city) Quickfacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 279 (1.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 65 (0.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2,309 (9.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 58 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 453 (1.9%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 850 (3.5%) from two or more races. There were 2,331 [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents, of any race (9.6%).

The Census reported that 23,943 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 22 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 203 (0.8%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,017 households, out of which 1,866 (14.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 4,891 (37.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 788 (6.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 283 (2.2%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 383 (2.9%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 66 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. Of the households, 6,312 (48.5%) were made up of individuals, and 4,340 (33.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.84.  There were 5,962 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (45.8% of all households); the average family size was 2.65.

In Seal Beach there were 3,151 people (13.0%) under the age of 18, 1,176 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 4,076 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 6,513 people (26.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,252 people (38.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 57.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.3 males.

There were 14,558 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,116.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 9,713 (74.6%) were owner-occupied, and 3,304 (25.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%.  17,689 people (73.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,254 people (25.9%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009&ndash;2013, Seal Beach had a median household income of $51,242, with 9.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 24,157 people, 13,048 households, and 5,884 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,099.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 14,267 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,240.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.91% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.74% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.18% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.28% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2.16% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 6.43% of the population.

There were 13,048 households, out of which 13.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.9% were non-families. Of all households, 48.8% were made up of individuals, and 34.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size was 2.65.

In the city, 13.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 4.0% was from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 37.5% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,079, and the median income for a family was $72,071. Males had a median income of $61,654 versus $41,615 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $34,589. About 3.2% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[File:San Pedro Bay Outer Continental Shelf Operations Map, 2012 - producing platforms as of 2012 are Edith, Elly, Ellen, Eureka (federal leases) and Ester, Emmy, Eva (state leases) (cropped).png|thumb|San Pedro Bay [[Outer Continental Shelf]] Operations Map with [[oil platform]]s as of 2012- Edith, Elly, Ellen, Eureka (federal leases) and Ester, Emmy, Eva (state leases). An [[2021 Orange County oil spill|oil spill occurred]] near here in 2021.]]
The major employer in Seal Beach is [[Boeing]], employing roughly 1,000 people. Its facility was originally built to manufacture the [[S-II|second stage]] of the [[Saturn V]] rocket for [[NASA]]'s [[Apollo program|Apollo]] crewed space flight missions to the [[Moon]] and for the [[Skylab]] program. Boeing Homeland Security & Services (airport security, etc.) is based in Seal Beach and Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems ([[satellite]] systems and classified programs) is headquartered in Seal Beach.

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2009">[http://www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us/pdf/SealBeachCAFR63009.pdf City of Seal Beach CAFR]</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Boeing]]
|1,000
|-
| 2
|[[MagTek]]
|250
|-
| 3
|[[Siemens Medical Solutions]]
|200
|-
| 4
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|200
|-
| 5
|First Team Real Estate
|150
|-
| 6
|Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach
|150
|-
| 7
|[[Bixby land companies|Bixby Ranch Company]]
|135
|-
| 8
|[[Kohl's]]
|121
|-
| 9
|Spaghettini Grill and Lounge
|105
|-
| 10
|[[Albertsons]]
|100
|-
| 11
|[[Custom Building Products]]
|96
|-
| 12
|Autism Partnership
|95
|-
| 13
|P2F Holdings
|85
|-
| 14
|[[Health Net]]
|75
|-
| 15
|Original Parts Group
|75
|-
| 16
|BakerCorp
|71
|-
|}

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:SantaMonica-portadvert-1875.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Anaheim Landing" on an 1875 map.]]

===Annual cultural events===
The [[Lions Club]] Pancake Breakfast in April and its Fish Fry (started in 1943) in July are two of the biggest events in Seal Beach. There has been a Rough Water Swim the same weekend as the Fish Fry since the 1960s. The Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce sponsors many events, including: a Classic Car Show in April, a Summer Concert series once every week in July and August, the [[Christmas]] [[Parade]] in December along with Santa and the Reindeer. Also in the fall is the [[Kite]] Festival in September. The Taste for Los Al, which since 2001 has been benefitting activities at Los Alamitos High School (home high school for Seal Beach students), takes place every October and has one of the largest silent auctions in the nation, often having over 100 tables.

===Music===
The record label Mash Down Babylon Records is based in Seal Beach, operated out of a garage known as The Elizabethan. The label was founded by [[Matt Embree]], lead vocalist and guitarist in the Seal Beach-based progressive rock/post-hardcore band [[RX Bandits]].
===Other points of interest===
[[Image:AnaheimLanding-SealBeach-1890.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Anaheim Landing (now Seal Beach), 1891.]]
On Electric Avenue where the railroad tracks used to run, there is the [[Red Car Museum]] which features a restored [[Pacific Electric Railway]] Red Car.<ref name=roots/><ref>{{cite web|title=Red Car Museum - Seal Beach - Red Car Artifacts - Old Photos|url=http://www.beachcalifornia.com/redcar-museum-seal-beach.html|publisher=BeachCalifornia.com|access-date= March 26, 2014}}</ref>  The [[Balboa Line]] once passed through Seal Beach going south to the [[Balboa Peninsula]] in [[Newport Beach]]. Going north into Long Beach a rider could then take the Red Cars through much of Los Angeles County.<ref name="trains">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-oc-rail-20150512-story.html|title=A look at the trains that built the O.C. coast|author=Staff|date= May 12, 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref> [[Anderson Street Water Tower]] is a restored 1892 water tower that is being rented for overnight stays. 
[[File:Pacific Electric Railcar Sideview.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Pacific Electric Rail Car]]
Seal Beach is also home to the [[Bay Theatre, Seal Beach|Bay Theatre]], which was a popular venue for independent film and revival screenings. It was closed in 2012 but was purchased in 2017 by Paul Dunlap who is currently restoring it.

The [[Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge]] is located on part of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. Much of the [[National Wildlife Refuge|refuge]]'s {{convert|911|acre|km2}} is the remnant of the [[salt marsh|saltwater marsh]] in the Anaheim Bay [[estuary]] (the rest of the marsh became the bayside community of Huntington Harbour<!--don't spell check--this is the correct spelling-->, which is part of Huntington Beach). Three endangered species, the [[Ridgway's rail|Ridgway's light-footed rail]], the [[California least tern]], and the Belding's [[Savannah sparrow]], can be found nesting in the refuge. With the loss and degradation of coastal wetlands in California, the remaining habitat, including the [[Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve]] in Huntington Beach and Upper Newport Bay in [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]], has become much more important for migrating and wintering shorebirds, waterfowl, and seabirds. Although the refuge is a great place for birdwatching, because it is part of the weapons station, access is limited and usually restricted to once-a-month tours.

==Recreation==
[[Image:Sealbeachcrowd.JPG|thumb|right|Seal Beach on a crowded summer afternoon]]
[[File:Seal-beach-01s.jpg|thumb|Seal Beach Pier]]
The second longest wooden [[pier]] in California (the longest is in [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]])<ref name=roots/><ref>{{cite book  | title =California Coastal Resource Guide  | publisher =California Coastal Commission | pages =352 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=84M96URkILgC&q=%22longest+pier%22+california+%22coastal+commission%22&pg=PA335 | isbn = 9780520061866| year = 1987}}
</ref> is located in Seal Beach and is used for [[fishing]] and [[sightseeing]]. The pier has periodically suffered severe damage due to storms and other mishaps, requiring extensive reconstruction. A plaque at the pier's entrance memorializes Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, 1938, Project No. Calif. 1723-F, a rebuilding necessitated by storms in 1935. Another plaque honors the individuals, businesses, and groups who helped rebuild the pier after a storm on March 2, 1983, tore away several sections. A "Save the Pier" group formed in response to an initial vote by the City Council not to repair the pier. The ensuing outcry of dismay among residents caused the City Council to reverse its stance while claiming the city lacked the necessary funds. Residents mobilized and eventually raised $2.3 million from private and public donors to rebuild the pier.

[[Surfing]] locations in Seal Beach include the Seal Beach pier and the river-"Stingray Bay" (or Ray Bay&mdash;the surfer's nickname for the mouth of the [[San Gabriel River (California)|San Gabriel River]]&mdash;the stingrays are attracted by the heated water from several upstream [[powerplants]]). Classic longboard builders in the area include Harbour Surfboards, established in 1959, in Seal Beach.

==Government and politics==
The city is administered under a council-manager form of government, and is governed by a five-member city council serving four-year alternating terms.  The mayor and mayor pro tempore are chosen by and from the council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sealbeachca.gov/Government/council|title=Government|publisher=City of Seal Beach|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>

Seal Beach's municipal jail offers a [[pay for stay]] program in which offenders who would normally go to county jails could stay at Seal Beach's jail for a price.<ref>{{cite news|author=Santo, Alysia|author2=Victoria Kim|author3=Anna Flagg|url=http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pay-to-stay-seal-beach/|title=This is like paradise': Seal Beach's pay-to-stay program actively markets its jail, attracting deep-pocketed offenders|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>

===State, federal, and county representation===
In the [[California State Senate]], Seal Beach is in {{Representative|casd|36|fmt=sdistrict}}. in the [[California State Assembly]], Seal Beach is split between {{Representative|caad|70|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|72|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | title = California Districts
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = January 5, 2023
}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Seal Beach is in {{Representative|cacd|47|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|47}}</ref>

In the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]], Seal Beach is in the first district represented by [[Janet Nguyen]] since 2024. 

=== Crime ===
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected annually by the FBI, compiles police statistics from local and state law enforcement agencies across the nation. The UCR records Part I and Part II crimes. Part I crimes become known to law enforcement and are considered the most serious crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Part II crimes only include arrest data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offense Definitions |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/offense-definitions |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=FBI |language=en-us}}</ref> The 2023 UCR Data for Seal Beach is listed below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 UCR Data<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |url=https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250512145102/https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/ |archive-date=2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=cde.ucr.cjis.gov |language=en}}</ref>
!
!Aggravated Assault
!Homicide
!Rape
!Robbery
!Burglary
!Larceny Theft
!Motor Vehicle Theft
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==Education==
Seal Beach is almost entirely in the [[Los Alamitos Unified School District]]<!--UNI 22590-->, and a small portion outside of that district<!--ELM 28140/SEC 18060--> is on the reservation of [[Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06059_orange/DC20SD_C06059.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, CA|page=1 (PDF p. 2/5)|access-date=2024-11-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06059_orange/DC20SD_C06059_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Seal Beach once had its own elementary school district and sent its older children to Huntington Beach or Marina High School in the [[Huntington Beach Union High School District]]. Since the early 1980s it has been part of the Los Alamitos Unified School District.

Younger students (K-5) go to McGaugh Elementary School, Hopkinson Elementary School, Rossmoor Elementary, Lee Elementary, Los Alamitos Elementary or Weaver Elementary. Students in grades 6–8 attend either Oak Middle School or McAuliffe Middle School.  High school students go to [[Los Alamitos High School]], which is a Gold Ribbon School. Until 2000, the [[Orange County High School of the Arts]] was part of Los Alamitos High School. In 2000, the school district suffered a major blow when the community lost the Orange County High School of the Arts to Santa Ana, where it is now located.<ref>{{cite news| last =Alexander| first =Karen|author2=Meier, James  | title =Arts High School Now Considering a Santa Ana Site  | work =[[Los Angeles Times]]| date =August 25, 1999| url =https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-25-me-3597-story.html | access-date =March 25, 2009 }}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
[[Orange County Transportation Authority]] operates bus transportation throughout Seal Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Seal Beach Fact Sheet |url=https://octa.net/pdf/fact-sheet/Seal-Beach-Fact-Sheet.pdf |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=www.octa.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Routes and Schedules |url=https://www.octa.net/getting-around/bus/oc-bus/routes-and-schedules/routes-and-schedules/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Orange County Transportation Authority |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Andrija Artuković]], Nazi collaborator convicted of war crimes.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tko je tko u NDH |last1=Dizdar |first1=Zdenko |last2=Grčić |first2=Marko |last3=Ravlić |first3=Slaven |last4=Stuparić |first4=Darko |publisher=Minerva |year=1997 }}</ref>
* [[Robert August]], one of the two surfers in [[Bruce Brown (director)|Bruce Brown]]'s classic [[surf film]] ''[[The Endless Summer]]'', grew up in Seal Beach.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007140/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721071621/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007140/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |title=Chairman Of The Longboard |author=Cannell, Michael |date=September 18, 1995 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |publisher=Time Warner |access-date=August 12, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Bennett]], Actor, born in Seal Beach. Portrayed Captain Kirk (during his childhood) in Star Trek.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/?ref_=nm_knf_i4 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Sean Collins (surf forecaster)|Sean Collins]], founder of [[Surfline]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Laylan|title=Surfline founder Sean Collins dies|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/collins-333098-world-waves.html|access-date=December 26, 2011|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=December 26, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Susan Egan]], actress/singer, starred in broadway productions including the role of Belle from Beauty and the Beast also does voice work most notably Meg from Disney's Hercules, born in Seal Beach.
* [[Matt Embree]], vocalist/guitarist of the band [[RX Bandits]] and founder of the Mash Down Babylon Records record label, both of which are also based in Seal Beach.
* [[Steve Goodman]], singer-songwriter and author of [[City of New Orleans (song)|"City of New Orleans"]], "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" and "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" made Seal Beach his home from 1980 until his death in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kinchen, David M. |title=BOOK REVIEW: Clay Eals Crafts Ultimate Biography of Immensely Influential Songwriter/Performer Steve Goodman |publisher=Huntington News.Net |date=May 27, 2007
|url=http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/070527-kinchen-columnsstevegoodman.html |access-date=February 1, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Bill Green (hammer thrower)|Bill Green]], former U.S. and NCAA record holder in Track and Field, 5th place in the hammer throw at the 1984 Olympic Games lived in Seal Beach from 1988 to 1993
*[[Jack Haley (basketball)|Jack Haley]], Jr. - former [[NBA]] player<ref>{{cite news|last1=Djanseziang|first1=Kevork|title=Seal Beach's Jack Haley, who played for UCLA, Chicago Bulls, Lakers, dead at 51|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/haley-654533-nba-died.html|access-date=March 18, 2015|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|date=March 17, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Chris Kluwe]], punter for the [[Minnesota Vikings]] of the [[NFL]]
* [[Greg Knapp]], [[New York Jets]] pass game specialist.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.milehighreport.com/2013/1/18/3892620/broncos-hire-greg-knapp-as-quarterbacks-coach | title=Broncos Hire Former Raider Coach | date=January 18, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Pat McCormick (diver)|Pat McCormick]], a two-time Olympic [[Diving platforms|platform]] and [[springboard]] [[gold medal]] [[Diving (sport)|diver]] ([[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] & [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]).<ref>{{cite news |author=Carpenter, Eric |title=Memories as good as gold |work=[[The Orange County Register]] |pages=News 6 |date=August 3, 2008
|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/olympics-mccormick-team-2110074-abbott-olympic  }}</ref>
* [[Jack Snow (American football)|Jack Snow]], Notre Dame and [[Los Angeles Rams]] football player<ref>{{cite news|last=Eubanks|first=Lon|title=Stopping the Snow Melt : Ram Broadcaster Trying to Get Acclimated to New Life With the Team in a Hot, Steamy Town|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-31-sp-40743-story.html|access-date=July 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 31, 1995}}</ref>
* [[Clayton Snyder]], actor who played [[Ethan Craft]] in the [[Lizzie McGuire]] TV show and film.
* [[Michelle Steel]], U.S. Congresswoman from California's 48th district since 2021 (resident of Surfside Colony), former Chair of the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]].
* [[Randy Stonehill]], Grammy nominated singer/songwriter resides in Seal Beach with wife Sandi
* [[Chad Wackerman]], [[Rock music|rock]] and [[jazz]] drummer who has worked with [[Frank Zappa]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[James Taylor]] and many others
* [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]], drummer, solo artist, and occasional lead vocalist of [[hard rock]]/[[heavy metal band]], [[Black Sabbath]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Boehm, Mike |title=A Black Day Dawning |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |pages=F–2 |date=August 19, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-19-ca-14367-story.html |access-date=August 12, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Bob Welch (baseball)|Bob Welch]], professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Bob Welch, Pitching Ace and Rangy Prototype for Today's Power Arms, Is Dead at 57|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/sports/bob-welch-pitching-ace-and-rangy-prototype-for-todays-power-arms-is-dead-at-57.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw&_r=0|access-date=June 11, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 11, 2014|page=B11}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of beaches in California]]
*[[Southern California]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage|Seal Beach}}
*{{Official website|http://www.sealbeachca.gov/}}
*[http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=81683 Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge]
*[https://archive.today/20121212231312/http://www.navy.mil/local/sealbeach/ Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Seal Beach 
 | North = [[Rossmoor, California|Rossmoor]] & [[Los Alamitos Army Airfield]] - [[Los Alamitos, California|Los Alamitos]]
 | Northeast = [[Westminster, California|Westminster]]
 | East = [[Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach]] & [[Huntington Beach]] - 
 | Southeast = Anaheim Bay National Wildlife Refuge - [[Bolsa Chica State Beach]] [[Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Harbour]] -  
 | Northwest = [[Long Beach]]
 | South = [[Pacific Ocean]]
 | Southwest = [[Pacific Ocean]]
 | West = [[Naples, Long Beach]] & Peninsula Long Beach - [[Belmont Shore]]
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{{Greater Los Angeles Area}}
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