Editing Vandenberg Space Force Base (section)

=== Beaches ===
[[Surf Beach, California|Surf Beach]] is open to the public, while Wall and Minuteman beaches are restricted to those with regular access to the base. Sections of these three beaches are closed between 1 March and 30 September every year during the nesting season of the [[Western Snowy Plover]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://syvnews.com/news/local/military/vandenberg-air-force-base-utilizes-unique-horse-patrol-to-help/article_27b0f56a-4455-594b-a0db-abc9c61ef24d.html|title=Vandenberg Air Force Base utilizes unique horse patrol to help protect plovers, maintain conservation efforts|date=19 March 2019|publisher=Santa Ynez Valley News|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> The closures are in place to protect the bird under the [[Endangered Species Act]]. If a set number of trespass violations have been reached during any nesting season (50 for Surf, 10 for Wall, 10 for Minuteman), the beach is closed entirely.<ref>{{Source-attribution|sentence=yes|{{cite web|url=https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/?id=123291771|title=Vandenberg Beaches to close for Annual Snowy Plover Nesting Season|date=1 March 2012|publisher=Vandenberg Air Force Base|access-date=23 October 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104210906/http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123291771|archive-date=4 November 2013}} }}</ref>

Surf Beach is adjacent to the [[Surf (Amtrak station)|Surf Amtrak station]], just south of Ocean Beach Park, run by the [[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara County]] Parks Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/parks02.aspx?id=13418|title=Ocean Beach Park|publisher=Country of Santa Barbara|access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> On 22 October 2010, 19-year-old Lucas Ransom, a [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] (UCSB) student, was killed by a great white shark near Surf Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/shark-kills-surfer-at-vafb-beach/article_98ae2326-de69-11df-9289-001cc4c03286.html|title=UPDATE: UCSB student dead after large shark severs leg off Surf Beach|date=22 October 2010|publisher=Lompoc Record|access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> On 23 October 2012, 38-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio Jr. was killed by a shark near Ocean Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/update-man-dead-in-shark-attack-near-surf-beach/article_edc51dcc-1d43-11e2-9dac-001a4bcf887a.html|title=UPDATE: Man reportedly dead in shark attack near Surf Beach|date=23 October 2012|publisher=Lompoc Record|access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>