Top Adventures in Costa Mesa

From action sports to eclectic shopping, the arts, and culinary gems

Costa Mesa, California has a bit of it all. Just a mile from top-rated beaches

In this Southern California destination, you can combine cuisine and fun. Here are just a few ways to experience Costa Mesa

Take a skateboard lesson with Joey Lopez of Shreddy. Academy. So it seems like a very California O-C thing to do, right

It's definitely more prevalent here than anywhere else. It's because, like, I mean, it never rains here

It's always sunny Southern California and there's skate parks everywhere. I mean, it's definitely like the birthplace of skateboarding

Learn the basics in a private lesson or with a group. Next, head to Wahoo's Fish Taco, a Costa Mesa institution started by Wing Lamb and his brother

Southern California is the mecca for action sports, so basically all the parts. brands are started or originated or headquarters in Southern California. It's all here, and we

happen to be the food for the entire industry Wahoo supplies the X and top surf competitions and is beloved by locals My next stop is Gunwale Ailes which brings to market easy drinking carbonated pale

ales, unfiltered hoppy beers, and more. Tropo Roma that comes from the dry hop of the hops

Yeah, this is great. Good. Get eco-friendly at the camp, where top retail stores and restaurants all promote environmentalism

and the local community. Yeah, very important for us to stay away from

chain stores. You know, we call it localization, personalization, customization, as opposed to

homogenization. Finally, dine at Baco restaurant where celebrity chef Amar Santana brings the Spanish

Claire to Costa Mesa. When you walk into the restaurant, you get to pick the steak that you want

to eat, and then we get to cook it over wood. I mean, what doesn't get better than that

Enjoy dessert at the straw for retro award-winning boozy milkshakes. Make for a very sweet end to your time in Costa Mesa

Donkey Kong. This one is prepared with bananas, cookie butter, chocolate chips

topped off of the canoli shell, as well as chocolate wafer. Mmm

Mm. That's very good