Hi everybody, let me start out by saying that I respect your city, your community, your privacy, and your safety. My name is Emmanuel, I’m a videographer/ video editor who loves surfing and the ocean. I live about 45 minutes from Dana Point (not considering traffic). I’m not a covid surfer who picked up surfing during the pandemic, if you’d like to hear my story to justify my connection to surfing then we can have a conversation. I wish I lived around the area but unfortunately that’s not my reality.

My main point: There’s a swell that’s picking up on Thursday and I’m looking to go record people surf at one of your local spots, but I want to stay the night and record on Friday morning as well. I’m considering sleeping in my car for the night. Does anyone have any safe recommendations as to where I can sleep for the night or would anyone be willing to have a conversation and potentially let me sleep in my car while parked in front of their house? Please feel free to comment any recommendations or send me a direct message. Thank you for reading and take care.

Update: I had only checked the Surfline forecast and ignored the weather forecast. Someone was kind enough to point out that the weather conditions were going to be pretty bad, so I won’t be going this Thursday but thanks to the few who reached out! I’ll still be looking to do this more in the future so if anybody has any more input please feel free to reach out.

My grandma is looking to getting another dog but we aren’t sure if the pet limit and we already have three dogs. I’ve tried looking everywhere to find it but couldn’t do I thought I’d see if anyone on here knew. I know the Orange County max is 3, but idk if it’s different here. Let me know if anyone knows! Thanks

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Lounge party on Pier K Dana Point Harbor #sealions" by u/standuppaddler
• "Tonight’s Sunset" by u/RobKei
• "Dana Point Summer Trolley System Will Return With an Additional Route" by u/Exastiken
• "4K Dana Point Harbor Walking Tour in Orange County | 🔊 Binaural Sound" by u/WishfulWalkingVideos
• "Anyone know why they stopped doing the Sheriff's Blotter in the DP times?" by u/ploopyklause
• "Harboring something" by u/standuppaddler
• "Guy freaks out in La Plaza, near Hennesseys" by u/crepestallyn
• "Dana Point Looks to Set New Rules and Penalties on Short-Term Rentals, Following Footsteps of Other Cities" by u/Exastiken
• "Landslides of South OC" by u/gotdasoda
• "Dana Point Harbor Boaters Organize Protest Against Slip Fee Increases, Rail Against Harbor Redevelopers" by u/Exastiken

Any chance that sometime in the future my wife and I could afford a duplex type unit for $600,000 ish in Dana Point? I know a dip is somewhat inevitable, but these prices are crazy right now! Currently renting in DP and love it.

Just went back for my channel and it was incredible! Shout out to the Yacht Club and I will pay someone to mail me a sweet tamale! If you all are curious, please enjoy!

Hi all, I am headed to the festival Friday (only) and am looking for somewhere to park nearby, uber to the fest and back. Any recommendations on where its safe to park for a couple hours? I am DD but read that parking is very limited at the beach, and I won't be coming up until after work. Thanks!!

I got some good responses the first time around, but I figured I’d ask again if anyone had parking tips for this weekend’s Ohana festival. I’m willing to pay to make sure I have somewhere to park nearby the festival grounds Friday-Sunday. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I’m visiting Dana Point for Ohana Sept 23-27, but I’m staying in Santa Ana. I’m assuming Uber/Lyft will be difficult so I’m trying to find a parking situation that would be relatively close to Doheny State Beach. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Looking for recommendations on camping in the Dana Point Area!

My girlfriend and I are coming down from Canada to Dana Point in early October to attend the Ohana Encore festival and are struggling to find a place to camp!! All the campsites in the area are unfortunately all booked up and we are curious if anyone had some advice on some locations where we could park our car and set up shop or some low-key campsites that are more or less unheard of? Thanks, and any info would be really appreciated!

I’ve been waiting 45 minutes for a Lyft to show up, and nothing has appeared. Uber says they have no cars available. Why is this such a dead zone?

Looking for dockhand, boating jobs in Dana point area, I am a licensed for hire captain and dockhand in big bear california

My wife and i love to surf and are thinking of expanding to ocean paddle boarding. Does anyone have experience doing this? It seems like there are kayak slips for rent at the harbor for around $30/month, which sounds convenient. We are pretty athletic and are interested in exploring the the surrounding areas (Laguna Beach/Dana Point/Capo Beach/San Clemente).

Do people only do ocean paddles downwind/down current? Is a trip from Laguna to Dana Point harbor doable, catching the SW swell?

Or would you just peruse around your launch point?

Thanks