Big crowds, big surf and big tides: What to know for a Fourth of July beach day

Hundreds of thousands of people will be flocking to Southern California’s beaches on Fourth of July, setting up on the sand to kick off the holiday festivities, with plenty of fun in the sun during the day and fireworks, and increasingly this year, drone shows, in the evening.
Weather that could reach 90s, and even near 100 degrees, inland means big crowds can be expected to flock to the beach on Thursday and into the weekend, where beach weather is expected to be milder – in the upp