About Golden West College

Golden West College (GWC) is an American community scholarly in Huntington Beach, California.

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 189,992 during the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous seashore city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean upon the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley upon the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast.

Huntington Beach is known for its long 9.5-mile (15.3 km) stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and seashore culture. The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of gain right of entry to ocean swells re Santa Catalina Island.[citation needed] Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a interest of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the summer focus upon Huntington Beach, creating consistent surf anything year long, hence the nickname “Surf City”.