San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States. It the site the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, which together form one of the busiest port facilities in the world. State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. ... The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ...

A 13.6 kilometer (8.4 mile) long breakwater stretches across most of the bay, with two openings to allow ships to enter the port areas behind it. The initial western section of the breakwater, called the San Pedro Breakwater, was constructed between 1899 and 1911; the Middle and Long Beach breakwaters were completed over the next twenty-five years. The Long Beach breakwater is the target of moderate local controversy within that town; some environmental groups, including the Long Beach branch of the Surfriders Foundation, have proposed modifying or removing the breakwater to promote better water flow and a more natural coastal environment. This removal is opposed by many waterfront property owners and shippers, who argue that the breakwater provides needed protection from storm damage. Breakwater has several meanings, including: a structure for protecting a beach or harbour a 1988 album named Breakwater by Lennie Gallant. ... Long Beach is the name of several places: Long Beach, British Columbia, Canada Long Beach, California, United States of America Long Beach, Mississippi, United States of America Long Beach, New York, United States of America Long Beach, Washington, United States of America Long Beach Township, New Jersey, United States of...

Four small artificial islands containing oil wells are scattered around the bay near Long Beach. The oil drilling equipment itself is masked by brightly-colored walls in an attempt to improve their appearance from shore. These islands, named Oil Islands Freeman, Grissom, White, and Chaffee, are named for Theodore Freeman, the first United States NASA astronaut to die during flight, and for Virgil I. Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee, who were killed by a fire during the Apollo One mission. An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ... Theodore C. Freeman (Captain, USAF) NASA Astronaut (Deceased) PERSONAL DATA: Born February 18, 1930, in Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Gus Grissom in his Mercury spacesuit Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926–January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became one of the first American astronauts. ... Edward White Edward Higgins White, II (November 14, 1930 - January 27, 1967) was an American astronaut. ... Roger Chaffee Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 - January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... Apollo One is the name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft after it was destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 atop a Saturn IB rocket. ...

Most of the bay is between ten and twenty metres (32 and 75 feet) deep.