Gam and Faf Beach

Gam and Faf Beach

Getting to Gam and Faf Beach

Here are the directions, if you would like to visit Gam and Faf at their final resting place:

  1. Go to the beach parking at 21301E E Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 - this is south of the pier, near the Huntington Beach Bridge
  2. Park near the street light that says Tower 13 on it.
  3. Walk directly to the water from the lot.
  4. You will find Tower 13 (Gam) on your right and Tower 15 (Faf) on your left.
  5. Spend some time with them.

About Gam and Faf Beach

Between lifeguard towers 13 and 15, our beloved Nancy and Charles McGlinchey found their final resting place in the waters that stretched out from the strip of beach they took their children and grandchildren to.

It was decided that these two lifeguard towers would serve as symbolic gravestones. They sit side by side, facing the vast Pacific, just like Gam and Faf did in their beach chairs.

Coincidentally, we discovered a divine pattern in this symbolism:

  • Gam's birth year: 1933 = Lifeguard Tower 13
  • Faf's birth year: 1935 = Lifeguard Tower 15

Below is a photo of the stretch of beach between Tower 13 (right, Gam) and Tower 15 (left, Faf) – now dubbed "Gam and Faf" Beach.

Gam and Faf Beach - the stretch of beach between Lifeguard Towers 13 and 15. Taken the day after the memorial.