The mark consists of diamond shape design in dark blue outline; ocean in medium blue in bottom half of diamond; sky is very light blue above ocean and gradually becomes darker blue at the top of the diamond; center of sky contains a yellow sun; reflection of sun in yellow on ocean below sun in center of diamond; outline of pier in darker blue than ocean receding from right to left in center of diamond; pier contains a pentagon shaped building on left end and nine vertical light posts and fencing across the top of the pier; yellow quadrilateral banner with dark blue outline across bottom half of diamond, extending beyond diamond, containing the words "Manhattan Beach" in dark blue script; below the banner in the bottom point of the diamond are the words "100 YEARS" in yellow with dark blue outlines; below the banner on the left outside of the diamond are the words "OUR HOMETOWN" in dark blue; below the banner on the right outside of the diamond are the words "SUN, SAND & SEA" in dark blue; on the outside of the bottom point of the diamond are the years "1912" on the left and "2012" on the right in dark blue script.