Cayucos State Beach is located five miles north of Morro Bay, at the foot of Cayucos Drive. The sandy beach offers mild weather, watersports such as surfing and swimming, and tidepooling. Lifeguards are on duty during peak summer months. There […]
Cayucos State Beach is located five miles north of Morro Bay, at the foot of Cayucos Drive. The sandy beach offers mild weather, watersports such as surfing and swimming, and tidepooling. Lifeguards are on duty during peak summer months. There […]
Asilomar State Beach is located on the northwestern side of the Monterey Peninsula in the city of Pacific Grove. The area is a narrow, one-mile strip of sandy beach and rocky coves. A ¾ mile coast walking trail – the […]
Located at Del Monte Avenue at Park Avenue, Monterey, CA 93940, Monterey State Beach is at the Seaside exit off Highway 218, west of Highway 1. The cities of Monterey and Seaside share the park, which has three separate beaches […]
Garrapata State Park Beach is located along the northern Big Sur coastline on Highway 1, 6.7 miles south of Rio Road in Carmel (18 miles north of Big Sur). The park has two miles of beach front, with coastal hiking […]
Carmel River State Beach is a large sandy beach in the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea, one mile south of Ocean Avenue. The mile-long beach features a bird sanctuary in a lagoon (just before the Carmel River empties into the sea) featuring […]
Located at 1445 San Andreas Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076, Manresa State Beach offers visitors sweeping views of bluff-backed sand and sea, including the Santa Cruz Mountains to the northwest and the forested hills of the Monterey Peninsula to the southwest. […]
Twin Lakes State Beach is located on Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz. The small craft harbor in downtown Santa Cruz is approximately in the middle of Twin Lakes State Beach, which extends for a distance parallel to East Cliff Drive […]
Located at Seabright Avenue and East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, Seabright State Beach is a long sandy beach between the Boardwalk and the Santa Cruz Harbor. Parking and beach access is available at the west end of East […]
New Brighton State Beach is located in the town of Capitola, just south of Santa Cruz. The forested bluffs offer a campground, hiking trails, and sweeping views of Monterey Bay just steps from a sandy shore perfect for fishing, beach […]