South Coast (California)

For the California wine region, see South Coast AVA.

The South Coast is a region of California, making up roughly the southernmost third of the Californian coast.

South Coast
Region of California
Country	United States
State	California
Population	16.1 million in 1990[1]

A Southern California coastal bioregion is defined by California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) as including parts of six counties: the western section of Ventura, all of Orange, the majority of Los Angeles, the southwestern corner of San Bernardino, the western area of Riverside, and the majority of western San Diego. CERES calls this the South Coast Bioregion.^[1]

See also

• Central Coast (California)
• North Coast (California)
• South Coast Air Basin
• Southern California