The second California beachfront hostel in the Samesun chain after Venice Beach, Samesun Ocean Beach took over the former USA Hostels Ocean Beach property at 4961 Newport Avenue following the parent company's expansion south from its Canadian origins. The 4961 Newport Avenue address drops guests onto the exact block where OB Noodle House & Sake Bar runs its late-night ramen service, folding the hostel into the corridor's nightlife density rather than its residential edges. Dorms, female-only rooms, and private rooms share a communal kitchen, guest laundry, and an outdoor courtyard with hammocks. On-site surfboard, boogie board, and bike rentals let arriving guests skip the shop trip entirely and head straight for the pier. The front desk's curated pub-crawl routes are a signature guest service, with Kilowatt Brewing Ocean Beach a few blocks inland landing on nearly every crawl itinerary the hostel produces. Bingo nights, Jenga tournaments, and organized pub crawls make the social programming the core of the Samesun OB model, building out the chain's thirty-year backpacker-community format.