Larissa and Duncan are sailing around the world with their two kids to spot wildlife and collect vital ocean data.

Not much has deterred veteran surfer and fisherman Jeff Schmucker, 57 from entering the ocean along the state’s west coast for the past five decades, at least, not until about three years ago, he says ...

Singers and scribes have waxed poetic for decades about the best beaches in California—here, find our favorites.