This scene is one of the favorite surf spots on the California coast. Trestles is noted for a consistent good surf either at uppers (north side) or lowers (south side) because of the sweeping curve to the coast. Depending on which way the tide is coming from. There is an old section of pacific coast highway that you take that is along the top of the hills overlooking the shoreline at San Onofre. Way in the background, you can see the San Onofre nuclear power plant.