This San Diego beach features camping, swimming, surfing, skin diving, fishing and picnicking. The large bluff-top campground is very popular, especially in summer. Stairs lead to the beach.
On Carmel Bay, the mile-long beach features a bird sanctuary in a lagoon (just before the Carmel River empties into the sea) featuring a wide variety of waterfowl and song birds. Monastery Beach, also known as San Jose Creek Beach, is part... Read more >
Twelve miles south of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria State Beach offers a mile of beach for swimming, surf fishing, tidepool exploring and camping. Although dogs are not allowed on beach, we have a great picnic area where they are allowed to e... Read more >
This State beach area has miles of undeveloped beach adjacent to the headlands and a panoramic ocean view. The beach is a good place to watch for migrating gray whales. This State beach comprises 75 acres.
Cayucos State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California. It is located in Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County. The sandy beach environment supports uses of swimming and surfing. This State beach comprises 16 acres.
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Corona del Mar State Beach is a popular place for swimmers. The half-mile long sandy beach is framed by cliffs and a rock jetty that forms the east entrance to Newport Harbor. The beach is also popular with surfers and divers. This State b... Read more >
Dockweiler State Beach features a three mile long shoreline with a picnic area and concession stand. The wide beach is beneath the takeoff path from Los Angeles International Airport. Although this is a State Beach, there are no camping si... Read more >
Doheny State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, located on the Pacific Ocean in the city of Dana Point. The beach is a popular surf spot located at the mouth of San Juan Creek, which flows from the Santa Ana... Read more >
El Capit‚à ö¬∞n State Beach offers visitors a sandy beach, rocky tidepools, and stands of sycamore and oaks along El Capit‚à ö¬∞n Creek. It's a perfect setting for swimming, fishing, surfing, picnicking and camping. A stairway ... Read more >
Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. It is located on the Santa Barbara Channel on the west side of the Ventura River estuary and south of the railroad tracks of the Coast Line and the US Highway 101 fr... Read more >
Gray Whale Cove State Beach is a California State Park between Pacifica, California, and Montara, California, by Highway 1 and approximately 18 miles south of San Francisco. It features a sheltered cove surrounded by abrupt cliffs, with tr... Read more >
Greenwood State Beach, also known as Elk Beach, is a state-protected beach of California. It is located in the unincorporated village of Elk in Mendocino County. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) north of Point Arena on Highway 1. This ... Read more >
Half Moon Bay State Beach is a 4-mile stretch of protected beaches in the state park system of California, on Half Moon Bay. From north to south it comprises Roosevelt, Dunes, Venice, and Francis Beaches. This State beach comprises 181 acr... Read more >
