Enjoying the default heat-beating mode in California, families frolic in the sand. These folks took Manhattan (Beach). They said they were out enjoying the beach while “the men were home getting the barbecue ready.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A bit of nature in the raw on a warm day: Beachgoers frolic in a tidepool at Crystal Cove State Park in South Orange County. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A more adventuresome water pursuit: Evelyn Weimenn pilots a kayak with fellow tourist Vivian Villanueva in back as they are launched on a guided wildlife tour from Descanso Beach at Santa Catalina Island. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Extreme relief: Pro kite boarder Adam Koch of Manhattan Beach busts an air at Sunset Beach in Orange County. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A freshening wind: With colorful spinnakers unfurled, members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club finish a race with the city’s signature coast range mountains as a backdrop. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A cool dive: A Garibaldi, the official marine fish of California, swims past a diver off Anacapa Island in Channel Islands National Park. (the Garibaldi’s freshwater brother in officialdom is the golden trout, by the way.) (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Water, water, everywhere: A young visitor to Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine cavorts beneath a waterfall. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Everybody in: Margaret Hadad, 5, jumps into the arms of her aunt Samar Hadad as families cool off at the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool in Sherman Oaks. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Drinks by the drink: Customers enjoy the ambience of the Moonshadows restaurant terrace in Malibu. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
Refreshment at his feet: the swimmng hole at Hermit Falls in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Arcadia. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Sun’s down in Palm Springs: Nighttime traffic plies South Palm Canyon Drive. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
A cool view: The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway gives riders a 2 1/2-mile ride into the mountains above the Low Desert city. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
High elevation, lower temperature: University of Toronto student Tracey Gray watches the sunset from the summit of Barcroft Mountain, near a University of California research station. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
