Cleanest Southern California Beaches: NRDC Report

PHOTOS: The Cleanest Beaches In Southern California

On the heels of our 10 Most Polluted California Beaches list based on NRDC's 2010 Testing The Waters report, we've rounded up all the 5 and 4-star rated beaches in Southern California.

The cleanest beaches are picked from a list of the 200 most popular U.S. beaches, and NRDC awarded one star each for:

1) Meeting water quality standards in 2009.
2) Meeting water quality standards in 2008.
3) Testing frequency (more than once a week).
4) Promptly issuing a closing or advisory warning when a water sample exceeded state standards.
5) Promptly posting closing or advisory signs (online and at the beach) when necessary.

The following Southern California beaches received four or five stars.

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