This is Tower 9 of Huntington City Beach. It’s on the beach below the intersection of PCH and Huntington Street. If you see 3 hotels immediately behind you while on the boardwalk, you are at the correct Tower 9.
It’s the Lifeguard Tower 9 of Huntington City Beach (not Huntington State Beach). That is the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Huntington Street.
If you see smokestacks nearby, you went to the wrong Tower 9.
If arriving by helicopter: