Explore Port Hueneme

A View From the Inside... Port Hueneme

Thanks for visiting this site, an insider's view of Port Hueneme, a small beachfront town in Southern California. If you are thinking about visiting or moving here, or you are in the military and just got relocated, click around this site to get the honest perspective of real folks who live here. Find out where locals eat, shop, and all the other stuff you won't find by visiting a big commercial website run by faceless people in another state.

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Why Port Hueneme? Well, Why Not!

The first thing you need to know about Port Hueneme is how to say Hueneme properly. It's pronounced "Why-Nee-Mee." If you decide to live here for whatever reason, you'll probably want to say the name correctly and learn how to spell it since everyone you meet that doesn't live here is going to be confused when you tell them where you live. Every once in a while someone will actually ask you where the name comes from and you can tell them it comes from the Indians and that will get you off the hook a bit.

A Quick Overview

Port Hueneme is a port and beach town about an hour north of Los Angeles and more or less attached to Oxnard, a town known for agriculture, gangs, and its own strange sounding name. Most people in Los Angeles don't know Port Hueneme exists and shudder when you tell them it's next to Oxnard. If you want to sound hip you can tell folks you live about a half hour north of Malibu, which is technically true.

Port Hueneme is the West Coast home of the Navy Construction Battalion ("Seabees") and there is a bunch of other military stuff nearby. It's not unusual to see guys in camoflague speeding down the streets on their motorcycles. For the most part, however, the military guys keep a low profile and stick to the base because, well, Port Hueneme is a very quiet town without a single movie theater and the base is well-stocked with theaters, gyms, golf courses, and other fun stuff. If you want a good sense of how dull things are here, read the Explore Port Hueneme News Blog.

The port itself is constantly busy. The main import seems to be cars, and on any given day you will see literally hundreds of new cars pouring from main gate of the port. Hey, this is Southern California, after all.

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