Three Arch Bay - Laguna Beach | California Travel Tips

Veronica Hill offers a tour of Three Arch Bay in Laguna Beach in this episode of "California Travel Tips." This private access beach sits in South Laguna at the intersection of Dana Point. It gets Veronica's vote as one of the best beaches in California!

According to resident Karen Turnbull, the name Three Arch Bay came from wandering Spanish Shepherds during the 1800s, meaning "Bay of the Three Little Windows."

The 29 acres of private property on Three Arch Bay sold for just $135,000 in 1926. The first home in Three Arch Bay was built in 1927, and sites sold for $500 in 1932. I think there are roughly 500 homes today, which sit on 120 acres.

This is not the Laguna Beach you've seen on reality TV. Three Arch Bay homes feel more like New England cottages with large lawns, colorful flower beds and lots of golf carts for getting around. There are tons of families here, and they often host game nights in the community park. During the Fourth, the fireworks in Three Arch Bay light up the cove from a barge off shore. It's really impressive.

Famous residents have included costume designer Edith Head, 1940s director Edward H. Griffith — known for movies like Perilous Holiday and Bahama Passage — and Sterling Holloway, who you know better as the voice of Winnie the Pooh and the Cheshire Cat. The brick mansion in the distance was built by General Proctor in 1933. It's called Cliff Coté. Word has it that old time director Cecil B. DeMille wanted to build a castle on Whale Island!

Shell Bay is where most of the action is. There are volleyball nets, kayaks, and the snorkeling is great out here.

Three Arch Bay has also been the site of a few movies, including Erroll Flynn's 1935 film, Captain Blood., and the 1936 film "Give Us This Night." Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys mentions Three Arch Bay in his song, California Feeling. In fact, a few years ago, the Beach Boys performed a private party down here on the beach!

A few local landmarks are Bird Rock, Whale Island (which is where the arches are) and Rogers Point.

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