@admiral_p said in Do Americans ever go to the beach?:
Likewise, the Bay Area isn't really renowned for beachgoing.
Tell that to the Los Gatos, which is clogged with traffic heading to Santa Cruz every Friday and Saturday. Pacifica and Ocean Beach get lots of people from SF. The SF Bay itself only has a few beaches along its shoreline, but there are intrepid lunatics using those too.
The water is cold and full of kelp in Northern California but everybody love a beach.