Sunset Beach, California

Sunset Beach, California
Neighborhood of Huntington Beach
Lifeguard station #10 at Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach, California Position in California.
Coordinates: 33°43′04″N 118°04′21″W / 33.71778°N 118.07250°W / 33.71778; -118.07250
Country	United States
State	California
County	Orange
City	Huntington Beach
CDP designation	September 8, 1904
Annexed into Huntington Beach	August 2011
Area [1]
• Total	0.197 sq mi (0.511 km2)
• Land	0.192 sq mi (0.498 km2)
• Water	0.005 sq mi (0.013 km2)  2.49%
Elevation	5.3 ft (1.6 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	971
• Density	4,900/sq mi (1,900/km2)
ZIP code	90742
Area code	562
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sunset Beach, California

Sunset Beach is a Huntington Beach beachfront community in Orange County, California. It was established on September 8, 1904^[2] and developed as a result of the 1920 discovery of oil in the Huntington Beach Oil Field. The census-designated place of Sunset Beach, and its population of 971 as of the 2010 census, was annexed by Huntington Beach in 2011.^[3] The elevation is 5.3 feet (1.6 m) above sea level and the community is stretched out along Pacific Coast Highway bracketed by the ocean and Huntington Harbour.