Hueneme Beach Activities

Happening on Hueneme Beach

Surfing and Kitesurfing

Hueneme Beach is popular with the locals who enjoy the consistent beach and jetty break year-round. Offshore winds from the east help form good waves. Most consider the swells from the west northwest to create the best conditions. Rip tides and pollution are both concerns to anyone going in the water. Kitesurfers like to steady winds and the broad beach which makes setting up and launching convenient.

Port Hueneme Pier

The Port Hueneme Pier began in 1956 as a 650-foot wharf, but expansion of the beach area left the pier high and dry. In 1968 the City of Port Hueneme removed some of the original pier and added a new section, extending it to its present 1,250 foot length. Over the years storm damage has changed the configuration of the pier slightly.

The pier is most popular with anglers, but walkers and sight-seers enjoy the stroll out to the end and back. It is one of the few piers that allows cyclers to ride out their lengths.

At the end of the pier you are standing over about 20 feet of water and a sandy bottom. Fishing is good for surfperch, blackperch, halibut, queenfish, white croaker, guitarfish, and thornbacks.

The pier is open 24 hours a day. Facilities include restrooms, fish cleaning stations, lights, and benches. Bait and tackle can be purchased from the Surfside Seafood Restaurant.

Copa Cabana Beach Soccer Tournament

April 17, 2021

The annual Beach Soccer Tournament will be held at Hueneme Beach Park on April 17, 2021. The tournament is open to youths and adults and features a variety of divisions. At least three games guaranteed for each team.

Enjoy food at a Brazilian style barbeques, games and entertainment.
Copa Cabana Beach Soccer

Port Hueneme Junior Lifeguards

The Ventura Junior Lifeguards program is open to children and youth ages 8 through 16. Participants learn water safety, physical conditioning, and understanding and respect for the environment, and respect for themselves and others

Activities include open water swimming, paddle boarding, body surfing, surfboarding, skin diving, CPR, and self rescue. An optional field trip to Santa Rosa Island is included for an extra fee.

Prospective participants must pass a swimming tryout in order to qualify for the program. Tryouts are held are usually held in early June at Hueneme Beach.

In past years, two sessions were offered, one beginning in mid-June and and the other in mid-July. Each session is 4 weeks long and runs from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM, unless there is a field trip. Check their website for 2019 dates.
Port Hueneme Junior Lifeguards

Point Hueneme Lighthouse

Point Hueneme Lighthouse stands at the entrance to Port Hueneme, only a short walk for Hueneme Beach.

On the 3rd Saturday of each month (February through October), the United State Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Los Angeles and the Coast Guard Auxiliary join to open Point Hueneme Lighthouse to visitors. It is open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Admission is free. Reach the lighthouse by walking from Hueneme Beach ½ mile along the promenade to the lighthouse gate.