This list of California beaches is a list of

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 s ...

es that are situated along the coastline of the State of

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, USA.

North to South

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 Sonoma County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa. It is to the north of Marin County and the south of Mendocino ...

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 f ...

Del Norte County

* Pelican State Beach * Crescent Beach *

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 ...

* Prairie Creek Redwoods State Beach

Humboldt County

* Humboldt Lagoons State Park * Sue-meg State Park *

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 ...

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 ...

* Clam Beach County Park *

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 unincorporate ...

Mendocino County

* Westport-Union Landing State Beach *

MacKerricher State Park MacKerricher State Park is a state park in California in the United States. It is located north of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County. It covers of coastline and contains several types of coastal habitat, including beaches, dunes, headlands, coves, ...

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 ...

Russian Gulch State Park Russian Gulch State Park is a California State Park in coastal Mendocino County, California, north of Mendocino and south of Fort Bragg. Park features The park features of rocky ocean shores; it is approximately wide from north to south a ...

* 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 c ...

* Glass Beach (Fort Bragg, California)

Sonoma County

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 Par ...

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& ...

* Salt Point State Park *

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 ...

* Clam Beach * Fort Ross State Historic Park *

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 mo ...

* 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 t ...

Marin County

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 Point Reyes National Seashore is a park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve. Some existing agricult ...

Mount Tamalpais State Park Mount Tamalpais State Park is a California state park, located in Marin County, California. The primary feature of the park is the Mount Tamalpais. The park contains mostly redwood and oak forests. The mountain itself covers around . There ar ...

* Stinson Beach Park *

Golden Gate National Recreation Area The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United ...

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 ...

* Muir Beach

Contra Costa County

* Miller/Knox Beach

Alameda County

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 ...

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 ...

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 *

– 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 Golden ...

China Beach ''China Beach'' is an American war film, war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by Amer ...

Lands End Beach Ocean Beach

- includes Fort Funston Beach

San Mateo County

* Thornton Beach State Park * Palisades Park * Northridge Park * Mussel Rock Park * Long View Park * Beach State Park * Rockaway Beach * Tunitas Creek Beach *

Gray Whale Cove State Beach 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 trails ...

Montara State Beach Montara State Beach is a beach located in the coastal region of the U.S. state of California, eight miles north of Half Moon Bay on State Route 1. It is operated by the California State Department of Parks and Recreation under the San Mateo Co ...

* El Granada Beach * Vallejo Beach * Miramar Beach *

Half Moon Bay State Beach Half Moon Bay State Beach is a stretch of protected beaches in the state park system of California, United States, on Half Moon Bay. From north to south it comprises Roosevelt, Dunes, Venice, and Francis Beaches. The park was established ...

, which includes: * Roosevelt Beach (also known as Naples Beach) * Dunes Beach * Venice Beach * Francis Beach * Poplar Beach * Redondo State Beach * Pelican Point Beach * Cowell Ranch Beach * Martins 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. Ge ...

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 ...

Pescadero State Beach Pescadero State Beach () is alongside State Route 1, located 14.5 miles south of Half Moon Bay and 1.5 miles west of the city of Pescadero in San Mateo County, California. The beach has a mile-long shoreline with sandy coves, rocky cliffs, tide ...

Pebble Beach Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California. The small coastal residential community of mostly single-family homes is also notable as a resort destination, and the home of the golf course ...

* Bean Hollow State Beach *

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

Santa Cruz County

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. Th ...

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 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 overnigh ...

* Twin Lakes State Beach * Capitola State Beach *

Seacliff State Beach Seacliff State Beach is a state beach park on Monterey Bay, in the town of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California. It is located off Highway 1 on State Park Drive, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Santa Cruz, . The beach is most known for the ...

* Manresa State Beach * New Brighton State Beach * Sunset State Beach

Monterey County

Asilomar State Beach Asilomar State Beach, officially Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds State Park, is a state park unit of California, United States. It provides public access to rocky coast and dune habitat on the Monterey Peninsula. The property includ ...

* Carmel Beach City Park * Carmel River State Beach * John Little State Reserve * Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park * Marina State Beach *

Monterey State Beach Monterey State Beach is a protected beach on southern Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. It extends from the city of Monterey to Seaside. The Seaside end of Monterey State Beach is a popular launch spot for paragliders Par ...

* Moss Landing State Beach * Point Lobos State Reserve *

Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park Point Sur State Historic Park is a California State Park on the Big Sur coastline of Monterey County, California, United States, south of Rio Road in Carmel. The 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Histo ...

Salinas River State Beach Salinas River State Beach is a beach at the river mouth of the Salinas River (California), Salinas River at Monterey Bay, in Monterey County, California. It is located at the south end of Moss Landing, California, Moss Landing, California. The ...

* Sand Dollar Beach * Zmudowski State Beach

San Luis Obispo County

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 (1863–1 ...

* 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, California, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County. The sandy beach environment supports uses ...

* Morro Strand State Beach * Morro Rock Beach * Morro Bay State Park *

Montaña de Oro State Park Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in Central Coastal California, six miles southwest of Morro Bay and two miles south of Los Osos. It consists of 8,000 acres (32 km²) of cliffs, seven miles of shoreline, s ...

* 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 ...

Santa Barbara County

* Rancho Guadalupe Dunes County Park *

Point Sal State Beach Point Sal State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California, located near the city of Guadalupe, in the northwestern part of Santa Barbara County. There are approximately of property with of ocean frontage. The rocks around the headlan ...

* Surf Beach * Jalama Beach County Park * Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve *

Hollister Ranch Hollister Ranch is a gated residential community amidst a working cattle ranch on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California. The dramatic bluffs, isolated beaches and terraced grasslands are within the last undeveloped stretch of ...

* 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 Arroyo Burro Beach, also known as Hendry's Beach by local residents, is a public beach in Santa Barbara County, California. Located off of Cliff Drive, it is the terminus of Arroyo Burro Creek, and stands at the foot of the Santa Barbara coastal ...

Leadbetter Beach Leadbetter Beach (also Ledbetter Beach) is a popular beach in Santa Barbara, California, situated below Leadbetter Hill. It is easily accessible from the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) and the marina, and has light surf which is acceptable ...

West Beach West Beach may refer to: ;Australia *West Beach, South Australia * West Beach, Western Australia ;United States * West Beach (Santa Barbara), California * West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts ;South Africa * West Beach, Western Cape See also *''Wes ...

* East Beach * Butterfly Beach * Lookout County Park *

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 b ...

* Rincon Beach Park

Ventura County

Emma Wood State Beach 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 free ...

* San Buenaventura State Beach * McGrath State Beach *

Mandalay State Beach Mandalay State Beach is a protected beach in the city of Oxnard, California, United States. Managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, the park preserves an area of Sand dune ecology, undeveloped sand dunes and wetlands that wa ...

Oxnard Beach Park Oxnard Beach Park is a public beach, playground, and picnic area operated by the city of Oxnard, California at the edge of the Oxnard Plain. Description The park is located along the California Coastal Trail and the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route. ...

* 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 side ...

* Port Hueneme Beach Park *

Point Mugu State Park Point Mugu State Park is a state park located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California. The rugged, nearly impassible shoreline of the western Santa Monica Mountains gives way to tidal lagoons and coastal sand ...

* County Line Beach

Los Angeles County

Leo Carrillo State Park Leo Carrillo State Park is a state park in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Situated along the Malibu coast, the park is a component of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. With of beach, the parkland stretches into t ...

*Robert Meyer Memorial State Beach *El Pescador State Beach *La Piedra State Beach *El Matador State Beach *Lechuza Beach *Broad Beach *

Zuma Beach Zuma Beach is a county beach at 30000 Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu, California. One of the largest and most popular beaches in Los Angeles County, California, it is known for its long, wide sands and excellent surf. It consistently rank ...

* Point Dume State Beach *

Malibu Lagoon State Beach Malibu Lagoon State Beach in Malibu, California, United States, is also known as Surfrider Beach. It was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve on October 9, 2010. The site was established as a California state park in 1951. It lies with ...

*Topanga State Beach *

Will Rogers State Beach Will Rogers State Beach is a beach park on the Santa Monica Bay, at the Pacific coast of Southern California. Located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the beach is owned by the California Department of Parks and Recreation; ...

* Santa Monica State Beach *Venice City Beach *Playa Del Rey *

Dockweiler State Beach Dockweiler State Beach is a beach in Los Angeles, California, with of shoreline and a hang gliding practice and training area. Although a unit of the California state park system, it is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches ...

*El Segundo Beach *

El Porto Beach El Porto Beach is a California public beach managed by the County of Los Angeles, located in Santa Monica Bay beside El Porto, which is now part of the City of Manhattan Beach, between the beaches of El Segundo Beach and Manhattan Beach, and i ...

*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, California, Surfside Beach * Sunset Beach, California, Sunset Beach * Bolsa Chica State Beach * Huntington City Beach * Huntington State Beach * Santa Ana River County Beach * Newport Municipal Beach * Balboa Beach * West Jetty View Park * Bayside Drive County Beach * China Cove Beach * Rocky Point Beach, California, Rocky Point * Corona del Mar State Beach * Little Corona del Mar Beach * Crystal Cove State Park * Crescent Bay Point Park * Shaw's Cove * Diver's Cove * Rockpile Beach * Picnic Beach * Main Beach, California, Main Beach * Brooks Beach * Victoria Beach (California), Victoria Beach * Laguna Beach * Aliso Creek County Beach * West Street Beach * 1,000 Steps Beach * Salt Creek County Beach * Doheny State Beach * Capistrano Beach * Poche Beach * Komo Beach * San Clemente City Beach * San Clemente State Beach

San Diego County

* San Onofre State Beach * Del Mar Beach, Camp Pendleton * Harbor Beach, California * Oceanside City Beach * Oceanside Boulevard Beach * Buccaneer Beach, Oceanside * South Oceanside Beach (Cassidy Street) * Saint Malo Beach * Carlsbad City Beach * Terra Mar Point * Carlsbad State Beach * South Carlsbad State Beach * Ponto Beach * Grandview, San Diego, California, Grandview * Beacon's Beach * Stone Steps Beach * Moonlight Beach * D Street Viewpoint * Boneyard Beach, San Diego, Boneyard Beach * Swamis * Pipes Beach, San Diego, California, Pipes * San Elijo State Beach * Cardiff State Beach * Tide Beach Park * Fletcher Cove Park * Seascape Surf * Del Mar City Beach * Torrey Pines State Beach * Black's Beach * La Jolla Shores * La Jolla Cove * Shell Beach, La Jolla, Shell Beach * Children's Pool Beach * Marine Street Beach * Windansea Beach * La Jolla Strand Park * Tourmaline Surfing Park * Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, Pacific Beach * Mission Beach, San Diego, California, Mission Beach * Ocean Beach Park * Ocean Beach City Beach * Coronado Municipal Beach * Silver Strand State Beach * Imperial Beach, California, Imperial Beach * Border Field State Park

State beaches

''California State Beaches'' are

es designated as such by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. 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.

References

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