Surfside II was built in 1973-74 by Howard T. Lane and Company. The second in a series of Surfside communities, the 1-bedroom units became a condominium association (COA) during construction and for years, was a second home for most of its owners.

 

 Port Hueneme is a small beach city in Ventura County, surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Pacific Ocean. It is believed that the Chumash Indians were the primary inhabitants of this region, which was later discovered by Cabrillo in 1542. Hueneme is a Chumash word ("wene me"), meaning "half-way" or "resting place".

 

In 1876, Thomas Bard constructed a wharf to serve as a port for shipping of foodstuffs and goods grown and produced in this rich agricultural area known as the Gold Coast. By the early 1920s, lemons outstripped lima beans and sugar beets as the number one crop. In 1922, two giant Sunkist lemon-packing plants were built and Sunkist became one of the port village's largest employers. Now the port is often moving cars and bananas.

 

The name was officially changed to Port Hueneme in 1939, and the city was incorporated on March 24, 1948. Port Hueneme is the only deep-water harbor between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, and is the U.S. Port of Entry for California's central coast region. The United States Navy maintains a facility at Port Hueneme, which is the West Coast home of the Construction Battalion famously known as the "Seabees". "The Friendly City By The Sea", as it is known, has a current population of 22,202. Dennis the Menace playground was built in 1963 but no longer exists. The playground is named after the comic strip character Dennis the Menace and was built by funds donated by the Port Hueneme Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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The Promenade Walkway is west of the pier and ends at the Hueneme Lighthouse. Pedestrians and bikes are popular.

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