Before the storms of 1982-1983 flattened the sand bars, Huntington Beach had a second, larger set of waves farther out which were very much worth paddling out for. Big waves that broke well over nice soft sand.
Used to body surf there in the 60s. It was odd, you’d walk out into the water and it would get deeper and deeper and then it got more shallow to where the ‘fun’ waves were. Thanks for reawakening a memory for me.