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es that are situated along the coastline of the State of
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
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The beaches are listed in order from north to south, and are grouped by county. The list includes all of the
California State Beaches This list of California beaches is a list of beaches that are situated along the coastline of the State of California, USA. North to South The beaches are listed in order from north to south, and are grouped by county. The list includes all of ...
, but not all other beaches are listed here. In some cases (as indicated), more detailed list articles of beaches are available for certain areas of the coast, currently for Sonoma County and
San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
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Del Norte County

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Pelican State Beach Pelican State Beach is a designated California State Beach located in Del Norte County, California. Located north of Crescent City on US Route 101 near the town of Smith River, this undeveloped site is immediately south of the Oregon state line ...
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Redwood National Park The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of one national park and three state parks, cooperatively managed, located in the United States along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968 ...
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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Beach Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...


Humboldt County

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Humboldt Lagoons State Park Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a California State Park on the Redwood Coast, in Humboldt County, California. It is located along U.S. Route 101 between Trinidad and Orick. The park protects three lagoons with estuaries and wetlands. Geogra ...
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Sue-meg State Park Sue-meg State Park (formerly Patrick's Point State Park) is a in Humboldt County, California near Trinidad on the Redwood Coast, situated on a lushly forested promontory above the Pacific Ocean. The park is home to many tree species includ ...
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Trinidad State Beach Trinidad State Beach is a state beach north of Eureka in Humboldt County, California. The offshore rocks are part of the California Coastal National Monument. Colorful tide pools provide specimens to Humboldt State University's Fred Teloniche ...
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Little River State Beach Little River State Beach is a protected beach of California, United States, in Humboldt County. It is located at the mouth of the Little River, north of Eureka right off U.S. Route 101. The park was established in 1931. The site is a broa ...
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Clam Beach County Park Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...
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Sinkyone Wilderness State Park Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is a state park in Mendocino County, California. The wilderness area borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and the King Range National Conservation Area to the north. The nearest settlement is the unincorporated ...


Mendocino County

* Westport-Union Landing State Beach * MacKerricher State Park *
Caspar Headlands State Beach Caspar Headlands State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in Northern California in Mendocino County near the village of Caspar. The park was established in 1972. History In the ...
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Russian Gulch State Park Russian Gulch State Park is a California State Park in coastal Mendocino County, California, north of Mendocino, California, Mendocino and south of Fort Bragg, California, Fort Bragg. Park features The park features of rocky ocean shores; it ...
* Manchester State Park *
Schooner Gulch State Beach Schooner Gulch State Beach is a public beach located in Mendocino County, California. It is located approximately 50 miles northwest of Santa Rosa. The park is famous for Bowling Ball Beach, where visitors can view natural spherical sandstone con ...
* Glass Beach (Fort Bragg, California)


Sonoma County

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Gualala Point Regional Park Gualala Point Regional Park is a regional park on Gualala Point at the mouth of the Gualala River in Sonoma County, California, south of Gualala. The park is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department.Sonoma County Regional Pa ...
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Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve The surname Kruse may refer to: * Anine Kruse (born 1977), Norwegian music conductor * August von Kruse (1779–1848), German general during the Napoleonic Wars * Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963), Danish jurist * Käthe Kruse (1883&n ...
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Salt Point State Park Salt Point State Park is a state park in Sonoma County, California, United States. The park covers on the coast of Northern California, with of hiking trails and over of a rough rocky coastline including Salt Point which protrudes into the Pa ...
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Stillwater Cove Regional Park Stillwater Cove Regional Park is a regional park north of Jenner, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It is located near the mouth of Stockhoff Creek. Access is by means of State Route 1. It was ...
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Goat Rock Beach Goat Rock Beach is a sand beach in northwestern Sonoma County, California, United States. This landform is a sub-unit of Sonoma Coast State Beach, owned and managed by the State of California. At the northern terminus of Goat Rock Beach is the mou ...
* Blind Beach * Shell Beach * Wrights Beach * Gleason Beach * Schoolhouse Beach * Carmet Beach * Arched Rock Beach * Coleman Beach * Miwok Beach * North Salmon Creek Beach * South Salmon Creek Beach *
Sonoma Coast State Beach Sonoma Coast State Park is a State of California property in Sonoma County consisting of public access use on lands adjoining the Pacific Ocean. This extent of beach runs from a coastal point about north of Jenner and continues for approximatel ...
* Doran Beach *
Doran Regional Park Doran Regional Park is a regional park south of Bodega Bay, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It covers an area of .Sonoma County Regional Parks Map and Guide, Rev. 12/06. It is located at on th ...


Marin County

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Tomales Bay State Park Tomales Bay State Park is a California state park in Marin County, California. It consists of approximately 2,000 acres (8 km²) divided between two areas, one on the west side of Tomales Bay and the other on the east side. The main area, ...
* Point Reyes National Seashore * Mount Tamalpais State Park * Stinson Beach Park * Golden Gate National Recreation Area *
Dillon beach Dillon may refer to: People *Dillon (surname) *Dillon (given name) * Dillon (singer) (born 1988), Brazilian singer *Viscount Dillon, a title in the Peerage of Ireland Places Canada *Dillon, Saskatchewan United States *Dillon Beach, California ...
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Muir Beach Muir Beach is a census designated place (CDP), unincorporated community, and beach on the Pacific Ocean. The community is located northwest of San Francisco in western Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States. Unlike many ...


Contra Costa County

* Miller/Knox Beach


Alameda County

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Albany Beach Albany Beach is a sand beach located in Albany, California on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. Situation The beach is part of Albany Waterfront Park. It is located across from the Albany Bulb and Golden Gate Fields racetrack. It can be a ...
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Radio Beach The Radio Beach Shoreline is the only beach in Oakland, California. On the San Francisco Bay, it borders the onramp to the Bay Bridge, leading into San Francisco. Its name refers to the radio towers on the beach. The beach is also known as 'Toll ...
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Crown Memorial State Beach Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, California on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It is operated by East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), under a cooperative agreement with the State of California and the City ...


San Francisco County

San Francisco Bay * Aquatic Park * Golden Gate National Recreation Area – includes * East Beach Pacific Ocean Marshall's Beach
Baker Beach Baker Beach is a public beach on the peninsula of San Francisco, California, U.S. The beach lies on the shore of the Pacific Ocean in the northwest of the city. It is roughly a long, beginning just south of Golden Gate Point (where the Golde ...
China Beach Lands End Beach Ocean Beach Golden Gate National Recreation Area - includes Fort Funston Beach


San Mateo County

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Thornton Beach State Park Thornton or ''variant'', may refer to: People *Thornton (surname), people with the surname ''Thornton'' *Justice Thornton (disambiguation), judges named "Thornton" *Thornton Wilder, American playwright Places Australia *Thornton, New South Wale ...
* Palisades Park * Northridge Park *
Mussel Rock Park Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which ...
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Long View Park Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mensur ...
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Rockaway Beach Rockaway Beach may refer to: * "Rockaway Beach" (song), by the Ramones * Rockaway Beach, California * Rockaway Beach, Missouri * Rockaway Beach, Oregon * Rockaway Beach, Wisconsin * Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City ** Rockaway Beach and Boa ...
* Tunitas Creek Beach * Gray Whale Cove State Beach * Montara State Beach *
El Granada Beach EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
* Vallejo Beach * Miramar Beach * Half Moon Bay State Beach, which includes: * Roosevelt Beach (also known as Naples Beach) * Dunes Beach * Venice Beach * Francis Beach *
Poplar Beach Poplar Beach is a beach located in and operated by the city of Half Moon Bay, California. It lies at the end of Poplar Street west of State Route 1. Located roughly a half mile south of Half Moon Bay State Beach, Poplar Beach allows horses and lea ...
* Redondo State Beach * Pelican Point Beach *
Cowell Ranch Beach Cowell may refer to: People *Cowell (surname), surname origin, and people named Cowell Places * Cowell College, California, United States * Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, United States * Cowell, South Australia, Australia * Cowell, Concord, Cal ...
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Martins Beach Martins Beach is a beach located in San Mateo County, California. The beach is accessible only through Martins Beach Road, which runs from Highway 1 through privately held land. Named after local landowner and farmer Nicholas Martin, the beach ...
* San Gregorio Private Beach *
San Gregorio State Beach San Gregorio State Beach is a beach near San Gregorio, California, United States, south of Half Moon Bay. Part of the California State Park System, the beach lies just west of the intersection of California State Route 1 and State Route 84. G ...
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Pomponio State Beach Pomponio State Beach is a state beach of California in the United States. It is located south of Half Moon Bay off California State Route 1. This coastal strip lies between Pescadero and San Gregorio State Beaches. It is made up of several m ...
* Pescadero State Beach * Pebble Beach *
Bean Hollow State Beach Bean Hollow State Beach is a beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County near Pescadero, California, Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombi ...
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Pigeon Point Beach Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
* Año Nuevo State Park * Gazos Creek State Beach *
Scaroni Road beach Paolo Scaroni (born 28 November 1946) is an Italian businessman and banker, currently the chair of A.C. Milan. Between 2002 and 2014 he has been chief executive officer of Italian energy companies Enel and Eni. Education In 1969, Scaroni gradua ...


Santa Cruz County

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Natural Bridges State Beach Natural Bridges State Beach is a California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach. It is also well known as a hotspot to see monarch butterfly migrations. T ...
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Lighthouse Field State Beach Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in the city of Santa Cruz at the north end of Monterey Bay. The beach overlooks the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot. It also c ...
* Santa Cruz Beach * Twin Lakes State Beach * Capitola State Beach * Seacliff State Beach * Manresa State Beach * New Brighton State Beach * Sunset State Beach


Monterey County

* Asilomar State Beach * Carmel Beach City Park * Carmel River State Beach * John Little State Reserve * Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park * Marina State Beach * Monterey State Beach *
Moss Landing State Beach Moss Landing State Beach is a state park on Monterey Bay, in Monterey County, California. Description The beach and park is about north of the city of Monterey via Highway 1, about south of Watsonville. Among the most popular activities are o ...
* Point Lobos State Reserve * Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park * Salinas River State Beach * Sand Dollar Beach *
Zmudowski State Beach Zmudowski State Beach is located on Monterey Bay, in Moss Landing, Monterey County, northern California. It is operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Coastal erosion has greatly affected Zmudowski State Beach, along with o ...


San Luis Obispo County

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William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach is located near the historic town of San Simeon along California State Route 1, in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is named for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863– ...
* Estero Bluffs State Park *
Cayucos State Beach Cayucos State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County. The sandy beach environment supports uses of swimming and surfing. Prehistorically this general a ...
* Morro Strand State Beach * Morro Rock Beach * Morro Bay State Park *
Montaña de Oro State Park Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish language, Spanish) is a state park in Central Coast (California), Central Coastal California, six miles southwest of Morro Bay and two miles south of Los Osos. It consists of 8,000 acres (32 km ...
* Ávila Beach *
Pismo State Beach Pismo State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. It is approximately 17 miles long and fronts the towns of Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, and Oceano in San Luis Obispo County. It is managed by the California Dep ...


Santa Barbara County

* Rancho Guadalupe Dunes County Park * Point Sal State Beach * Surf Beach * Jalama Beach County Park * Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve * Hollister Ranch * Gaviota State Park * Refugio State Beach *
El Capitán State Beach El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California. The most easterly of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast, it is located about west of downtown Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara County. The beach is nam ...
* Santa Barbara Shores County Park * Goleta Beach Park * Arroyo Burro Beach * Leadbetter Beach * West Beach * East Beach * Butterfly Beach *
Lookout County Park A lookout or look-out is a person in charge of the observation of hazards. The term originally comes from a naval background, where lookouts would watch for other ships, land, and various dangers. The term has now passed into wider parlance. ...
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Carpinteria State Beach Carpinteria State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, in Santa Barbara County, Southern California. Features ;Geography The park is located in the city of Carpinteria, south of Santa Barbara. The park has of be ...
* Rincon Beach Park


Ventura County

* Emma Wood State Beach *
San Buenaventura State Beach San Buenaventura State Beach is a beach located in Ventura, California. The primary entrance is located at 901 Pedro Street, off the 101 Freeway. This beach consists of a pier that has a snack bar, restaurant, and bait shop. People often come ...
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McGrath State Beach McGrath State Beach is a protected beach park located on the south bank of the mouth of Santa Clara River in the city of Oxnard, California. McGrath State Beach is one of the best bird-watching areas in California, with the lush riverbanks of th ...
* Mandalay State Beach * Oxnard Beach Park * Channel Islands Beach *
Silver Strand Beach Silver Strand Beach is an unincorporated beach neighborhood in Ventura County, California, United States. Lying between the mouth of Channel Islands Harbor on the north and the ocean entrance to the Port of Hueneme on the south, the eastern sid ...
* Port Hueneme Beach Park * Point Mugu State Park * County Line Beach


Los Angeles County

* Leo Carrillo State Park *Robert Meyer Memorial State Beach *El Pescador State Beach *La Piedra State Beach *El Matador State Beach *Lechuza Beach *Broad Beach * Zuma Beach *
Point Dume State Beach Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay. Point Dume Natural Area affords a vista of the Palos Verdes Peninsula a ...
* Malibu Lagoon State Beach *Topanga State Beach * Will Rogers State Beach * Santa Monica State Beach *Venice City Beach *Playa Del Rey * Dockweiler State Beach *El Segundo Beach * El Porto Beach *Manhattan Beach County Park *Hermosa City Beach *Redondo Beach State Park *
RAT Beach Right After Torrance (RAT) Beach is the unofficial name of a short stretch of Los Angeles County unincorporated beach, officially known as Torrance County Beach, located along southern Santa Monica Bay, contiguous to the city of Torrance, Californ ...
*Torrance County Beach *Royal Palms State Beach *Cabrillo Beach Park * Los Alamitos Bay (Long Beach) * Mother's Beach (Long Beach)


Orange County

* Seal Beach * Surfside Beach * Sunset Beach *
Bolsa Chica State Beach Bolsa Chica State Beach is a public ocean beach in Orange County, California, United States. It is located north of Huntington Beach and south of the community of Sunset Beach. The beach extends from Warner Avenue in Sunset Beach south to Seapo ...
* Huntington City Beach * Huntington State Beach *
Santa Ana River County Beach Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
* Newport Municipal Beach * Balboa Beach * West Jetty View Park *
Bayside Drive County Beach Bayside may refer: United States * Bayside, California * Bayside High School (disambiguation), several schools in the U.S. and Canada * Bayside Marketplace, Miami, Florida *Bayside Historic District, a sub-neighborhood of the Belle Meade neighbo ...
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China Cove Beach China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
* Rocky Point * Corona del Mar State Beach *
Little Corona del Mar Beach Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...
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Crystal Cove State Park Crystal Cove State Park is a state park of California, United States, encompassing of Pacific coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the Crystal Cove Historic District of beach houses. The park is located in Newport Beach, and is part of the ...
* Crescent Bay Point Park *
Shaw's Cove Shaw's and Star Market are two American supermarket chains under united management based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, employing about 30,000 associates in 150 total stores; 129 stores are operated under the Shaw's banner in Maine, Massach ...
* Diver's Cove * Rockpile Beach *
Picnic Beach A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (Al fresco dining, ''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event s ...
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Brooks Beach Brooks may refer to: Places ;Antarctica *Cape Brooks ;Canada *Brooks, Alberta ;United States *Brooks, Alabama *Brooks, Arkansas *Brooks, California *Brooks, Georgia *Brooks, Iowa *Brooks, Kentucky *Brooks, Maine *Brooks Township, Michigan *Broo ...
* Victoria Beach * Laguna Beach *
Aliso Creek County Beach Aliso (Spanish for "alder" or "sycamore") may refer to: Places North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *Aliso (Roman camp), military and civilian colony in ancient Germany, built by the emperor Augustus Sonora, Mexico *Sierra El Aliso, a mountain range ...
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West Street Beach West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
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1,000 Steps Beach Onekama ( ) is a village in Manistee County, Michigan, Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 411 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The village is located on the shores of Portage Lake (Michigan), Portage Lak ...
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Salt Creek County Beach Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of Salt (chemistry), salts; salt in the form of a natural crystallinity, crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. ...
* Doheny State Beach * Capistrano Beach * Poche Beach *
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* San Clemente City Beach * San Clemente State Beach


San Diego County

* San Onofre State Beach * Del Mar Beach, Camp Pendleton *
Harbor Beach, California A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harb ...
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Oceanside City Beach Oceanside may refer to: Places United States * Oceanside, California ** Oceanside Transit Center *Oceanside, New York ** Oceanside station (LIRR) *Oceanside, Oregon Other places *Oceanside, New South Wales, Australia *Oceanside, British Columbia ...
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Oceanside Boulevard Beach Oceanside may refer to: Places United States *Oceanside, California ** Oceanside Transit Center *Oceanside, New York ** Oceanside station (LIRR) *Oceanside, Oregon Other places *Oceanside, New South Wales, Australia *Oceanside, British Columbia ...
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Buccaneer Beach, Oceanside Buccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 1688, ...
* South Oceanside Beach (Cassidy Street) *
Saint Malo Beach In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God In monotheism, monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, ...
* Carlsbad City Beach *
Terra Mar Point Terra may often refer to: * Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess * An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet Terra may also refer to: Geography Astronomy * Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scienti ...
* Carlsbad State Beach * South Carlsbad State Beach *
Ponto Beach Ponto may refer to: * Ponto District, one of districts of the province Huari in Peru * Ponto Lake, lake located east of Backus, Minnesota See also * Ponte (disambiguation) * Ponti (disambiguation) Ponti may refer to: Places * Ponti, Greec ...
* Grandview * Beacon's Beach * Stone Steps Beach * Moonlight Beach *
D Street Viewpoint D, or d, is the fourth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Le ...
* Boneyard Beach *
Swamis Swami's is an area in San Diego County that contains Swami's Beach and other local attractions. The beach, also known as "Swami’s Reef'" and "Swamis", is an internationally known surfing spot, a point break located in Encinitas, San Diego C ...
* Pipes * San Elijo State Beach * Cardiff State Beach *
Tide Beach Park Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravity, gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide t ...
* Fletcher Cove Park * Seascape Surf *
Del Mar City Beach Del, or nabla, is an operator used in mathematics (particularly in vector calculus) as a vector differential operator, usually represented by the nabla symbol ∇. When applied to a function defined on a one-dimensional domain, it denotes th ...
* Torrey Pines State Beach *
Black's Beach Black's Beach is a secluded section of beach beneath the bluffs of Torrey Pines on the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States. It is officially part of Torrey Pines State Beach. The northern portion of Black's Beach is ow ...
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La Jolla Cove La Jolla Cove is a small cove with a beach that is surrounded by cliffs in La Jolla, San Diego, California. Point La Jolla forms the south side of the cove. The area is protected as part of a marine reserve and is popular with snorkelers, swi ...
* Shell Beach * Children's Pool Beach * Marine Street Beach * Windansea Beach * La Jolla Strand Park *
Tourmaline Surfing Park Tourmaline Surfing Park is a beach access point and a surf spot in North Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, USA. The park is situated at the northern end of Pacific Beach, a short distance south of where the sand beach ends and the rocky promon ...
* Pacific Beach * Mission Beach *
Ocean Beach Park Ocean Beach (also known as O.B.) is a beachfront neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geography Ocean Beach lies on the Pacific Ocean at the estuary of the San Diego River, at the western terminus of Interstate 8 in California, Interstate 8. L ...
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Ocean Beach City Beach Ocean Beach (also known as O.B.) is a beachfront neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geography Ocean Beach lies on the Pacific Ocean at the estuary of the San Diego River, at the western terminus of Interstate 8 in California, Interstate 8. L ...
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Coronado Municipal Beach Coronado may refer to: People * Coronado (surname) * Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado" * Coronado Chávez (1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847 Places United St ...
* Silver Strand State Beach * Imperial Beach * Border Field State Park


State beaches

''California State Beaches'' are
beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...
es designated as such by the
California Department of Parks and Recreation The California Department of Parks and Recreation, more commonly known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (570,000 hectares), with over 280 ...
. State beaches are part of the California State Parks system. For a more detailed list beaches in the San Diego area, see List of beaches in San Diego, California.


See also

* List of beaches in the United States


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:California Beaches * Lists of beaches of the United States Beaches Pacific Ocean-related lists