Originally posted by Raubvogel 
Asilomar Beach? 
 Yep, on the Pacific Grove side of Ocean View Blvd. I'm lucky I wasn't killed speedinig on that road, but man it was fun. And you're right, the water is just arctic. Almost everyone I knew there hit the water ONCE and that was enough for them. You really needed a wetsuit for that ****. 
They announced the closing of Ft. Ord while I was still there, but  the base was still open.  Now it's some kind of Hippy University. 
-Sik