What's On The Tour
International Surfing Museum Mural
Artist: Donald MacDonald
Year Created: 1996
One of the city's oldest murals. Artist is a Huntington Beach local.
Sunset Wave Sculpture
Artist: Karl Unnasch in collaboration with Sam Spiczka
Year Created: 2020
Materials: powder coating, steel (alloy), stained glass (material), polycarbonate, LEDs
Inspired by the pre-dusk beauty on the western horizon, arcing shapes bring to mind the glorious fauna; the surf; the energy of this coastal landscape. Circled by a hint of glowing golden clouds, the stained-glass flare is a resplendent reminder that the sun is always here for us, even in the night.
Kobe Bryant Mural
Artists: Alex Varasteh, Julien Bleser, and Ernest Doty
Year Created: 2021
After his accidental death from a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020, murals honoring Kobe Bryant began popping up everywhere, including this mural in Downtown Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach Art Center
Opened to the public in 1995
HuntingtonBeachArtCenter.org
Avila's El Ranchito Mural
Artist: Clayton Parker
Year Created: 2002
Jack's Surfboards Mural
Artist: Jason Maloney
Year Created: 2021
This collection of free hand murals was inspired by Huntington Beach’s action sports and US Open of Surfing. All four murals were completed in 5 days.
PCH & Main Electrical Box Mural
Artist: Melissa Murphy
Year Created: 2018
Huntington Beach artist Melissa Murphy leaves her mark all over town, and you can check out this electric box on the southwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street.
Poet's Table
Artist: Terry Schoonhoven
Year Created: 1998
Material: Ceramic Tile
The 1998 Art in Public Places Award, a project of the nonprofit Architecture Foundation of Orange County, went to Terry Schoonhoven for this 40-foot-long tile mural.
Electrical Box on the Pier
Artist: Kayla Bourdeau Rubio
Year Created: 2017
Huntington Beach High School art students submitted designs to the Huntington Beach Public Art Alliance in hopes of their art being chosen as the winning design for this electrical box on the Huntington Beach Pier. Kayla Bourdeau Rubio was chosen as the winner, receiving over 2,600 votes! Read more HERE.
Surfing USA
Artist: Donna Billick, Rock Art
Year Created: 2004
Material: Terrazzo tile on top of cast surfboards
"I surveyed several countries and visited the Surf Museum to distinguish what the best countries were for surfing,” she said. “The idea was to carve out different sized boards to tell the story of the growth of surfing over generations.” (artist quote from LA Times article)
Beach Play Mosaic
Artist: Donna Billick, Rock Art
Year Created: 2004
Materials: Pebble
Made with thousands of brightly colored polished pebbles from all over the world.
Endless Flight
Artist: Dedicated in Memory of Vincent G Moorehouse
Year Created: 1999
Materials: Bronze
The statue, of the endangered California brown pelican, is a memorial to the late Vincent Grigsby Moorhouse, a Huntington Beach lifeguard lieutenant, former Navy underwater demolition team instructor and combat veteran. Moorhouse, who died in 1992, is famous for developing the military-style Perimeter Defense System of lifeguard towers in the 1950s. Using his Navy training, he decided to station lifeguards on multiple towers with “overlapping lines of vision” to spot trouble and prevent drownings. (from LA times)
Rescue Plaza
Artist: Donna Billick, Rock Art with artist Mark Rivera
Year Created: 2004
Materials: Mosaic tile panels, terrazzo tiles, and colored concrete
Billick and Rivera crafted the tile mosaic for over two years and included the efforts of over 500 junior-lifeguard volunteers who molded various sea figurines out of clay for placement on it. (from LA times)
Dive In Plaza
Artist: Donna Billick, Rock Art
Year Created: 2004
Materials: bronze sculpture, terrazzo pavers, with colored concrete
Ultimate Challenge
Artist: Edmund Schumpert
Year Created: 1973
Material: Bronze
This bronze artwork was cast in the Italian community of Pietrasanta in 1972. The sculptor has successfully captured the relationship between man and the wave at the crucial moment when they become one united mass of controlled energy; thereby, achieving “The Ultimate Challenge.” Check out the miniature replica at the International Surfing Museum.
Pacific City Mural
Artist: Melissa Murphy
Year Created: 2021
In collaboration with Visit Huntington Beach, Melissa Murphy created an interactive display featuring the famous waves at the Huntington Beach Pier.
Eddie Aikau Mural
Artist: David Flores
Year Created: 2024
Eddie Aikau was the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational ("The Eddie") is named in his honor.
Duke Kahanamoku Sculpture
Artist: Edmund Schumpert
Year Created: Unknown (estimated in 1990’s)
Materials: Bronze
Duke Kahanamoku, “The Duke”, is a Hawaiian surfer who popularized the sport of surfing. He is often called “the father of modern surfing”.