Three Arch Bay

[1][2] It is named for a formation of three natural arches in the rocky cliffs along the ocean.

[3][4] The community features some oceanfront homes with swimming pools built into the intertidal rocks which are replenished by the incoming tides.

According to a letter of Dana Point developer Sidney Woodruff, the entire 29 acres (12 ha) site was purchased in 1926 for $135,000.

Griffith built his property, which included a lighthouse, for use as a backdrop in feature films.

[6] Early movies filmed in Three Arch Bay included Warner Bros.' Captain Blood (1935) starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, and Paramount Pictures' Give Us This Night (1936).