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Event Coordinators: Pat Knowles, Chris Twining, Terry Taylor, Peter Yates, DJ O'Day, Jean Tobin, and Rick Tobin This will be our 17th annual Marina Beach Party for all class years on Saturday, July 25 in 2026 between 9 am and 7 pm. Past alumni, faculty, friends, and family are welcome each year for this FREE annual event. The opening weekend for the US Open of Surfing is usually scheduled on this same late July weekend.
Our beach party site is on the Bolsa Chica State Beach near Lifeguard Tower 26 in Huntington Beach, and right adjacent to the Sea Legs at the Beach restaurant and bar. This location is approximately several hundred yards south of Jack in the Box, which is near the corner of Warner and PCH.
NEW: For the next 2026 event, we will be offering games ('60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s trivia, Bingo on the Beach, and any other games that fellow Vikings can suggest) like you might see on a cruise ship, and awards for the best decorated tents and most attendees from an individual class year.
🏆 Trophies and numerous donated gifts will be awarded for all of these contests along with ticket raffles for prizes over several hours. For Vikings who don't have their own canopy beach ⛱️ tents with them, we will assign you to one of the numbered tents and possibly rotate you to other tents for new games if you'd like to participate. This way, you will have the opportunity to interact with more people who you don't know.
We will need volunteers to help assist with all of these contests. Good luck, Vikings!!!
The summer concert series generally takes place at SeaLegs and peaks in late July where we will likely see upwards of three live bands throughout the day, while enjoying the sunshine, longer days, and warmer ocean water.
For more details, please join our main Marina High School (HB) Annual Beach Party 2.0 group for updates and to find old Vikings friends:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/627483673626193
For friends and family who don't have access to Facebook, please forward them the Marina Beach Party website link:
http://www.marinabeachparty.com
In 2026, the Class Years of '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, '91, '96, '01, '06, '11, '16, and '21 may be scheduling either mini-reunions or more formal events. If these class years plan on holding their individual class reunions within the Beach Party as either their main reunion event or as a portion of their weekend reunion event, you are more than welcome.
PARKING INFORMATION: There is free parking north of Jack in the Box in Sunset Beach, and paid gated parking for $7.50 (disabled), $14 (senior), and $20 (general - prices subject to change) in the adjacent lot several hundreds yards south. The earlier you arrive (especially before 12 noon), the better the parking options will be on that same day.
We strongly encourage you to consider taking Uber, Lyft, or some other type of rideshare option to the Beach Party because the parking lot can fill up on busy summer weekends. One example is parking one mile away at the Huntington Harbour Mall, grabbing a drink at the Harbour Rackhouse, and calling a rideshare. Later, a fellow Viking who parked in the lot earlier may drop you back off at your car. Or, you may walk, ride your bike, or grab your skateboard.
Here is the beach parking lot link:
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24289
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sea Legs at the Beach, 17851 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
