By plane
Orange County's John Wayne Airport, also known as SNA, (http://www.ocair.com) is only about 15 miles from Laguna Beach. From SNA, you can get to Laguna Beach by one of several ways: rent a car and drive most popular, take a taxi about $50, take a door-to-door shuttle about $30 or limo, or take the OCTA [see Orange County Transportation Authority below] bus #76 $2.50, runs hourly to the Newport Transportation Center and transfer there to the OCTA bus #1 that runs to Laguna Beach via the Pacific Coast Highway. All of these modes may be found at the SNA's Ground Transportation Center across the street from Terminal A and B, with the exception of the OCTA bus #76, which is boarded at the OCTA Bus Stop at the far end of Terminal B curbside.
By Rail
Amtrak and Metrolink stations are located in Irvine, Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente. From there it will be necessary to take public transportation or a taxi.
By car
Laguna Beach is located along the Pacific Coast Highway CA 1 at the "T" intersection of Laguna Canyon Road CA 133, which becomes Broadway in town. When arriving on summer nights during Pageant of the Masters performances expect a lot of traffic along CA 133 and plan extra time to get into town.
From John Wayne Airport, you can take either Interstate 405 to the north or CA-73 to the south and partway a toll road to get to CA-133 and south to Laguna Beach. Alternatively, you can drive south from John Wayne Airport to Newport Beach and pick up CA-1 to Laguna Beach.