Southern California Beaches

Southern California Beaches

Southern California Beaches:

There are millions of people in each Southern California costal counties and hundreds of beaches, each filled with a lot of diversity. Once you are at the beach you can do almost any beach activity. Some of the popular beach activities here are: boating, biking, jet skiing, sailing, scuba diving, people-watching, dog-walking, paddleboarding, swimming, and sunbathing. Southern California Beaches has it all. It has the perfect sunny weather, amazing people, and incredible sunset. With that in mind, here is a list of all Southern California beaches for you to explore! For more beach details visit CaliforniaBeaches.com.

 

All Beaches in San Luis Obispo County

Avila Beach

  • Avila Beach City Beach
  • Fishermans Beach
  • Olde Port Beach
  • Pirate’s Cove Beach
  • Point San Luis Lighthouse Beach

Cambria

  • Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
  • Harvey Accessway Beach
  • Lampton Cliffs County Park
  • Leffingwell Landing at Moonstone Beach
  • Moonstone Beach
  • San Simeon Creek Beach
  • Santa Rosa Creek Beach
  • Shamel Park

Cayucos

  • Cayucos Beach
  • Cayucos State Beach
  • Estero Bluffs State Park
  • Morro Strand State Beach – North Beach
  • Toro Creek Beach

Grover Beach

  • Pismo State Beach – Grover Beach

Harmony

  • Estero Bluffs State Park
  • Harmony Headlands State Park
  • Nikki’s Beach

Los Osos

  • Montana de Oro State Park – Hazard Canyon Reef
  • Montana de Oro State Park – Spooner’s Cove Beach
  • Montana de Oro State Park – Coon Creek Beach
  • Montana de Oro State Park – Sandspit Beach
  • Morro Dunes Natural Preserve
  • Pasadena Park
  • Point Buchon Trail Beaches
  • Sweet Springs Nature Preserve

Morro Bay

  • Bayshore Bluffs Park
  • Coleman Park
  • Morro Bay State Park
  • Morro Rock City Beach
  • Morro Rock Jetty Beach
  • Morro Strand State Beach
  • North Point Beach
  • Tidelands Park
  • Toro Creek Beach

Oceano

  • Guadalupe- Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
  • Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
  • Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area
  • Pismo State Beach – Oceano Beach

Pismo Beach

  • Dinosaur Caves Park
  • Eldwayen Ocean Park
  • Elmer Ross Beach
  • Margo Dodd Park Beach
  • Memory Park
  • Pismo Beach – Wilmar Stairs Access
  • Pismo Beach City Beach
  • Pismo State Beach – North Beach
  • Silver Shoals Park
  • South Palisades Park
  • Spiral Staircase Beach Access
  • Spyglass Park

San Simeon

  • Arroyo De La Cruz Beach
  • Arroyo Del Corral Beach
  • Arroyo Laguna Beach
  • Little Pico Creek Beach Access
  • Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
  • Piedras Blancas Light Station Natural Area
  • Point Piedras Blancas Beach
  • Point Sierra Nevada Dunes Beach
  • Ragged Point Beach
  • San Carpoforo Creek Beach
  • San Simeon City Beach
  • San Simeon Creek Beach
  • William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach
  • Young Creek Beach at Ragged Point Inn

All Beaches in Santa Barbara County

Carpinteria

  • Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve
  • Carpinteria City Beach
  • Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary
  • Carpinteria State Beach
  • Loon Point Beach
  • Padaro Beach
  • Rincon Park County Beach
  • Rincon Point State Beach
  • Sandyland Cove Beach
  • Tar Pits Beach

Goleta

  • Arroyo Hondo Beach
  • Arroyo Quemada Beach
  • Ed’s Surfing Beach
  • El Capitan State Beach
  • Ellwood Beach
  • Gaviota State Park Beach
  • Goleta Beach Park
  • Haskell’s Beach At Bacara Resort
  • Hollister Ranch Beaches
  • Naples Point Beach
  • Refugio State Beach
  • San Onofre Beach at Gaviota State Park
  • Tajiguas Beach
  • Vista Del Mar Beach

Guadalupe

  • Guadalupe – Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
  • Paradise Beach
  • Point Sal State Beach
  • Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve

Isla Vista

  • Camino Del Sur Beach Access
  • Camino Majorca Beach Access
  • Camino Pescadero Park Beach Access
  • Campus Point Beach
  • Depressions Beach
  • Devereux Beach
  • El Embarcadero Beach Access
  • Isla Vista Park Beach
  • Sands Beach

Lompoc

  • Cojo Bay Beach
  • Jalama Beach County Park
  • Minuteman Beach at Vandenberg AFB
  • Ocean Beach Park
  • Point Arguello Beaches
  • Point Conception Lighthouse
  • Surf Beach at Vandenberg AFB
  • Wall Beach at Vandenberg AFB

Montecito

  • Butterfly Beach
  • Hammonds Beach
  • Miramar Beach

Santa Barbara

  • Arroyo Burro Beach
  • East Beach of Santa Barbara
  • Hope Ranch Beach
  • Leadbetter Beach
  • Mesa Lane Beach
  • More Mesa Beach
  • San Miguel Island Beaches
  • Santa Barbara Island
  • Santa Cruz Island – Prisoners Harbor
  • Santa Cruz Island – Scorpion Anchrage
  • Santa Rosa Island Beaches
  • Shoreline Park Beach
  • Thousand Steps Beach
  • West Beach of Santa Barbara

Summerland

  • Loon Point Beach
  • Summerland Beach at Lookout Park

All Beaches in Ventura County

Oxnard

  • Anacapa Island – East Isle
  • Anacapa Island – Frenchys Cove
  • Bass Rock Beach
  • Channel View Park Beach
  • County Line Beach
  • Deer Creek Beach
  • Hollywood Beach
  • Kiddie Beach Park
  • La Jenelle Beach
  • Mandalay State Beach
  • McGrath State Beach
  • Mugu Beach
  • Neptune Square Beach
  • Ormond Beach
  • Oxnard Beach
  • San Nicolas Island
  • Silver Strand Beach
  • Sycamore Cove Beach
  • Thornhill Broome Beach

Port Hueneme

  • Ormond Beach
  • Port Hueneme Beach Park

Ventura

  • Emma Wood State Beach
  • Emma Wood State Beach – North Beach
  • Faria Beach
  • Harbor Cove Beach
  • Hobson Beach
  • La Conchita Beach
  • Marina Park Beach
  • Mondos Beach
  • Mussel Shoals Beach
  • Oil Piers Beach
  • Rincon Parkway Beach
  • San Buenaventura State Beach
  • Seaward Avenue Beach
  • Solimar Beach
  • Surfers Knoll Beach
  • Surfers Point Beach
  • Ventura Pier Beach

All Beaches in Los Angeles County:

El Segundo Beach

What to expect: Lifeguard, restrooms, showers, bike path, volleyball courts, no dogs allowed, paid parking.

Hermosa City Beach

What to expect: Lifeguard, fishing pier, restrooms, showers, bike path, kids play area, restaurant, accessible features, no dogs allowed, free parking.

Long Beach

  • Alamitos Bay Beach
  • Alamitos Beach
  • Alamitos Park Beach
  • Belmont Shore Beach
  • Colorado Lagoon Park
  • Granada Beach and Rosie’s Dog Beach
  • Long Beach City Beach
  • Marine Stadium Beach
  • Mothers Beach
  • Peninsula Bayside Beach
  • Peninsula Beach
  • Shoreline Aquatic Park

Los Angeles

  • Cabrillo Beach – Harbor Beach
  • Cabrillo Beach – Ocean Beach
  • Dockweiler State Beach
  • Dockweiler State Beach – South Beach
  • Dockweiler State Beach RV Park
  • Marina Peninsula Beach
  • Playa Del Rey Beach
  • Point Fermin Park Beach
  • Royal Palms Beach
  • Sunset Point Beach
  • Venice City Beach
  • Venice Pier Beach
  • White Point Beach
  • Will Rogers State Beach

Malibu

  • Amarillo Beach
  • Big Rock Beach
  • Broad Beach
  • Carbon Beach – East Access
  • Carbon Beach – Zonker Harris Access
  • Carbon Beach – West Access
  • Dan Blocker County Beach
  • El Matador State Beach
  • El Pescador State Beach
  • El Sol Beach
  • Escondido Beach
  • La Costa Beach
  • La Piedra State Beach
  • Las Flores Beach
  • Las Tunas Beach
  • Latigo Beach
  • Lechuza Beach
  • Leo Carrillo State Park – North Beach
  • Leo Carrillo State Park – South Beach
  • Leo Carrillo State Park – Staircase Beach
  • Little Dume Beach
  • Malibu Colony Beach
  • Malibu Lagoon State Beach
  • Malibu Surfrider Beach
  • Nicholas Canyon County Beach
  • Paradise Cove Beach
  • Pirates Cove Beach
  • Point Dume State Beach
  • Puerco Beach
  • Sycamore Cove Beach
  • Topanga Beach
  • Westward Beach
  • Zuma County Beach

Manhattan Beach

  • El Porto Beach
  • Manhattan County Beach

Marina Del Rey

  • Marina Peninsula Beach
  • Mother’s Beach

Palos Verdes Estates

  • Bluff Cove
  • Christmas Tree Cove
  • Honeymoon Cove
  • Lunada Bay Beach
  • Malaga Cove Beach
  • Palos Verdes Estates Shoreline Preserve Beach

Rancho Palos Verdes

  • Abalone Cove Beach
  • Golden Cove
  • Pelican Cove Beach
  • Point Vicente Park and Lighthouse
  • Portuguese Bend Beach Club
  • Portuguese Bend Cove Beach
  • Rancho Palos Verdes Beach
  • Sacred Cove
  • Terranea Cove Beach

Redondo Beach

  • Redondo County Beach
  • Seaside Lagoon
  • South Redondo Beach

Santa Monica

  • Santa Monica State Beach – North Beach
  • Santa Monica State Beach – South Beach
  • Sorrento Beach
  • Will Rogers State Beach

Torrance Beach

What to expect: Lifeguard, restrooms, showers, bike path, grass park, snack bar, volleyball courts, accessible features, no dogs on beach nor bike path (but leashed dogs okay at the park), paid parking

 

All Beaches in Orange County

Dana Point

  • Capistrano Beach Park
  • Dana Point Harbor Beach
  • Dana Point Headlands Beach
  • Dana Strand Beach
  • Doheny State Beach – North Beach
  • Doheny State Beach – South Beach
  • Monarch Bay Beach
  • Poche Beach
  • Salt Creek Beach

Huntington Beach

  • Bolsa Chica State Beach
  • Huntington City Beach
  • Huntington Dog Beach
  • Huntington State Beach
  • JG Island Beach
  • Sunset Beach
  • Surfside Beach

Laguna Beach

  • Agate Street Beach
  • Aliso Beach
  • Anita Street Beach
  • Bluebird Beach
  • Brooks Street Beach
  • Christmas Cove Beach
  • Cleo Street Beach
  • Crescent Bay Beach
  • Cress Street Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Los Trancos Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Moro Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Reef Point Beach
  • Diver’s Cove
  • Emerald Bay Beach
  • Fisherman’s Cove at Boat Canyon
  • Goff Cove Beach
  • Irvine Cove Beach
  • Main Beach in Laguna Beach
  • Middle Man Cove
  • Moss Street Beach
  • Mountain Road Beach
  • Oak Street Beach
  • Pearl Street Beach
  • Picnic Beach at Heisler Park
  • Rockpile Beach
  • Shaw’s Cove
  • Sleepy Hollow Beach
  • Ann’s Street Beach
  • Table Rock Beach
  • Thalia Street Beach
  • Thousand Steps Beach
  • Three Arch Bay Beach
  • Totuava Beach
  • Treasure Island Beach
  • Victoria Beach
  • West Street Beach
  • Woods Cove Beach

Newport Beach

  • Balboa Peninsula Beach
  • Balboa Pier Beach
  • Cameo Shores Beach
  • China Cove Beach
  • Corona Del Mar State Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Little Treasure Cove
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Los Trancos Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Pelican Point Beach
  • Crystal Cove State Park – Treasure Cove Beach
  • Lido Isle – Genoa West Beach
  • Little Corona Del Mar Beach
  • Marina Park
  • Newport Dunes Resort Beach
  • Newport Harbor Patrol Beach
  • Newport Municipal Beach
  • North Star Beach
  • Pirates Cove Beach
  • Santa Ana River Beach
  • West Jetty View Beach – The Wedge
  • West Newport Beach

San Clemente

  • Calafia Beach
  • Cyprus Cove – Cyprus Shore Beach
  • Dije Court Beach
  • El Portal Beach
  • Linda Lane Park Beach
  • Lost Winds Beach
  • Mariposa Beach
  • North Beach
  • Poche Beach
  • Riviera Beach
  • San Clemente Pier City Beach
  • San Clemente State Beach
  • San Onofre State Beach Bluffs Beaches
  • San Onofre State Beach – Surfing Beach (Old Man’s)
  • T Street Beach
  • The Hole
  • Trestles Beach

Seal Beach

  • Seal Beach
  • Surfside Beach

 

All Beaches in San Diego County

Carlsbad

  • Carlsbad City Beach
  • North Ponto Beach
  • Robert Frazee State Beach
  • South Carlsbad State Beach
  • South Ponto Beach
  • Tamarack State Beach
  • Terramar Beach
  • Warm Water Jetty Beach

Coronado

  • Breakers Beach at Naval Air Station North Island
  • Centennial Park
  • Coronado Beach
  • Coronado Dog Run Beach
  • Coronado Shores Beach
  • Coronado Tidelands Park
  • Crown Cove
  • Gator Beach at Naval Amphibious Base
  • Glorietta Bay Park Beach
  • Grand Caribe Shoreline Park
  • Silver Strand State Beach

Del Mar

  • Del Mar City Beach
  • Del Mar Dog Beach – North Beach
  • South Beach of Del Mar
  • Torrey Pines State Beach – North Beach

 

Encinitas

  • Beacon’s Beach
  • Boneyard Beach
  • Cardiff State Beach – North Beach
  • Cardiff State Beach – Seaside Beach
  • D Street Beach
  • Encinitas Beach
  • Grandview Beach
  • Moonlight State Beach
  • San Elijo State Beach
  • South Ponto Beach
  • Stone Steps Beach
  • Swami’s Beach

 

Imperial Beach

  • Border Field State Park Beach
  • Imperial Beach City Beach
  • South Imperial Beach
  • Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge

 

La Jolla

  • Bird Rock Beach
  • Black’s Beach
  • Boomer Beach
  • Calumet Park Beach
  • Camino De La Costa Beach Access
  • Children’s Pool Beach
  • Flat Rock Beach at Torrey Pines
  • Hospital Beach
  • La Jolla Caves Beach
  • La Jolla Cove Beach
  • La Jolla Shores Beach
  • La Jolla Strand Beach
  • Linda Way Beach Access
  • Marine Street Beach
  • Scripps Beach
  • Shell Beach
  • South Black’s Beach
  • South Casa Beach
  • Torrey Pines State Beach – North Beach
  • Torrey Pines State Beach – South Beach
  • Tourmaline Surfing Park Beach
  • Whispering Sands Beach
  • Windansea Beach
  • Wipeout Beach

Oceanside

  • Breakwater Way Beach
  • Buccaneer Beach
  • Camp Pendleton – San Onofre Beach
  • Del Mar Beach at Camp Pendleton
  • Oceanside Boulevard Beach
  • Oceanside Harbor Beach
  • Oceanside Pier View North Beach
  • Oceanside Pier View South Beach
  • San Onofre State Beach – Bluffs Beaches
  • San Onofre State Beach – Nude Area
  • San Onofre State Beach – Surfing Beach (Old Man’s)
  • South Oceanside Beach
  • Malo Beach
  • Trestles Beach
  • Tyson Street Beach
  • Wisconsin Street Beach

 

San Diego

  • Bahia Point Park on Mission Bay
  • Bermuda Beach
  • Bonita Cove Park on Mission Bay
  • Border Field State Park Beach
  • Cabrillo National Monument
  • Campland on the Bay
  • Chula Vista Bayside Park
  • Crown Point Park on Mission Bay
  • De Anza Cove Park on Mission Bay
  • Fiesta Island Beaches on Mission Bay
  • Mission Beach
  • Mission Point Park on Mission Bay
  • New Break Beach
  • No Surf Beach
  • North Pacific Beach
  • Ocean Beach City Beach
  • Ocean Beach Dog Beach
  • Pacific Beach
  • Playa Pacifica Park on Mission Bay
  • Riviera Shores Beach on Mission Bay
  • Sail Bay Beach on Mission Bay
  • Santa Clara Point on Mission Bay
  • Santa Cruz Ave Beach
  • Shelter Island Shoreline Park
  • Ski Beach Park on Mission Bay
  • South Mission Beach
  • South Shores Park on Mission Bay
  • Spanish Landing Park
  • Sunset Cliffs Natural Park – Garbage Beach
  • Sunset Point Park on Mission Bay
  • Sweetwater Marsha at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  • Tecolote Shores Park on Mission Bay
  • Tourmaline Surfing Park Beach
  • Vacation Isle Park on Mission Bay
  • Ventura Cove Park on Mission Bay

 

Solana Beach

  • Cardiff State Beach – Seaside Beach
  • Del Mar Shores Beach Access
  • Fletcher Cove Beach
  • Seascape Sur Beach
  • Tide Beach Park

 

All Beaches in Catalina Island

Avalon

  • Button Shell Beach on Catalina Island
  • Crescent Beach on Catalina Island
  • Descanso Beach on Catalina Island
  • Gallagher Beach on Catalina Island
  • Hamilton Cove on Catalina Island
  • Italian Gardens Beach on Catalina Island
  • Long Point Beach on Catalina Island
  • Lovers Cove on Catalina Island
  • Moonstone Beach on Catalina Island
  • Pebbly Beach on Catalina Island
  • Toyon Bay on Catalina Island
  • Whites Landing on Catalina Island
  • Willow Cove on Catalina Island

 

Two Harbors

  • Ben Weston Beach
  • Big Fisherman’s Cove
  • Cabrillo Harbor Beach
  • Catalina Harbor
  • Cherry Cove
  • Cottonwood Beach
  • Emerald Bay
  • Empire Landing
  • Fourth of July Cove
  • Gibraltar Beach
  • Goat Harbor
  • Howlands Landing
  • Lava Wall
  • Little Fisherman’s Cove
  • Little Harbor
  • Paradise Cove
  • Parsons Landing
  • Rippers Cove
  • Shark Harbor
  • Starlight Beach
  • Two Harbors Beach

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