Huntington Beach, California 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Huntington Beach, California 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
Huntington Beach, California 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
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Huntington Beach, California 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Nautical Chart

$ 222.00 $ 298.00
24.5 x 31 in
Baltic birch, hand-stained water
Up to nine laser-cut birch layers
Carved bathymetric relief, laser-etched labels
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

A chart is a stack of flat sheets until the water's real soundings tell it what shape to take.

  1. SurveyReal bathymetric sounding data sets every contour line before a single cut is made.
  2. CutEach depth band is laser-cut from its own sheet of Baltic birch, up to nine layers deep.
  3. StainWater layers are stained by hand, reading darker the deeper the water runs.
  4. StackThe sheets are registered and stacked in sequence, and the bed's true shape rises out of the wood.
  5. EtchDepths and place names are burned into the grain itself, never printed on it.
  6. FrameA solid Baltic birch frame and acrylic glass finish the piece, ready to hang.

Huntington Beach in laser-cut Baltic birch, 24.5 by 31 inches: Surf City USA carved one depth contour per layer, pier, harbor, wetlands, and the long straight sand between.

Huntington holds the title in writing, Surf City USA is the town's registered claim, and holds it in practice every summer when the US Open of Surfing takes over the south side of the pier. The pier itself runs 1,850 feet into the swell, among the longest on the West Coast, with surfers threading its pilings on the good days. North, Bolsa Chica's restored wetlands open their tidal gate to the sea; south, Huntington Harbour tucks its channels behind the beach. On the chart, the famously consistent sandbar bathymetry shows as smooth, even layers, the geometry behind all those contest posters.

Contours are laser-cut sheet by sheet, stacked by hand, engraved, and finished behind acrylic glass in a solid Baltic birch frame.

Dawn patrol has a headquarters. It should probably have this on the wall.

The engraving spans Bolsa Chica, the harbour, the pier, and the beach's long run toward the river mouth. Neighbors: Newport Beach and the full LA to San Diego chart.

  • 24.5 × 31 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame
  • Acrylic glass front, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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