Lifeguard Station So this is called a marine layer, and all I know is that marine layers belong to June and December around these here parts, which happen to be Newport Beach, CA. Marine layers DO NOT belong here in September which is the best month of the year for the beach because it gets nice and hot, minus all the summer crowds. And it’s sunny. All day. This marine layer has been hanging around since last May. It hovers, denying the existence of sun, in fact proclaimi