Seal Beach callers, from Old Town and Surfside to Leisure World and College Park East, reach the same phone line that handles water damage restoration in Huntington Beach.
HB Water Damage is an independent referral service connecting homeowners with independent contractors. The person who answers asks your zip code and what is wet, then connects you with a contractor who works Seal Beach.
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Water damage restoration in Seal Beach means extracting water, drying the structure and removing ruined materials in homes mostly over 50 years old, in a beach town where big surf can push seawater onto streets. An independent referral line connects you with an independent contractor.
In September 2026, surf from Hurricane Marie flooded the 8th Street and 10th Street lots by the pier, then breached the sand berms and sent ocean water onto streets and into residents' garages, ABC7 reported. In November 2025 a king tide with high surf pushed water up to beachfront homes near the pier.
The city's 2021 to 2029 Housing Element says about three-quarters of Seal Beach homes were built before 1970. The Marina Hill subdivision grew in the early 1950s, Leisure World opened in 1962 and College Park East followed in 1966. Census estimates put the median year built at 1966. In homes that old, original drain and supply piping has had decades to corrode or crack.
The city runs its own water system for most addresses. Its 2012 Water Master Plan counted 73.4 miles of main, with about 55% installed in the 1960s and about 75% made of asbestos cement pipe. The same plan said many pipes in Old Town may be over 90 years old and set out a two-phase replacement program for them.
Only about 36% of the city's housing units are detached houses, according to Census estimates. Leisure World is largely modest condos, where one failed toilet supply line can soak the unit below.
Water in your home right now? Call and get connected to an independent restoration contractor who covers your street.
Seal Beach jobs run on the IICRC S500 sequence for water damage. The crew the contractor sends inspects and maps moisture, including the unit below or next door when walls are shared, then extracts standing water and removes what cannot be dried, such as soaked pad and wet drywall. Air movers and dehumidifiers run while readings are logged daily until materials are dry, and the job closes with cleaning and documentation for your insurer. Ocean overwash is Category 3 water under S500, so porous materials it touches are removed.
The line takes calls from Old Town and the Main Street blocks near the pier, the Surfside Colony at the south end of the beach, Bridgeport, Marina Hill, College Park East and College Park West, and the Leisure World retirement community off Seal Beach Boulevard.
Zip codes: 90740.
Ready to talk to someone? Call, and ask the contractor for their CSLB license number before work starts.
Flood is generally excluded from California homeowners policies, according to the state Department of Insurance, while sudden and accidental water damage from inside the home is usually covered. Seawater from overwash usually needs a separate flood policy.
Report it in writing, with photos, to your Mutual's maintenance contact and the upstairs neighbor. Who pays depends on your Mutual's governing documents and each owner's policy, and the contractor can document the leak path for both.
The City of Seal Beach runs the water system for most of town, drawing on four city wells plus imported water. Golden State Water serves some portions. Your bill shows which utility to call.
Shut the water, cut power to wet rooms and photograph everything. The full checklist is on what to do after water damage.
It is a referral line, not a contractor. The independent contractor you are connected with pays a fee for the call, sets the price and does the work. Callers owe the line nothing.
Also covering Sunset Beach and Rossmoor.
Not sure what you are looking at? Call, describe what is wet, and an independent local contractor takes it from there.
One call reaches an independent restoration contractor who covers your area. The contractor handles the inspection, the estimate and the work.
Independent line. No charge to you. Calls may be recorded.
