West Beach of Santa Barbara
West Beach in Santa Barbara is a wide beach located west of and adjacent to Stearns Wharf Pier at...
Beaches in Santa Barbara
East Beach of Santa Barbara
East Beach in Santa Barbara is located along the waterfront east of State Street and the Stearns Wharf Pier...
Leadbetter Beach
Leadbetter Beach is a locals beach located just west of the harbor in Santa Barbara. It’s right across the...
Arroyo Burro Beach (Hendrys Beach)
Arroyo Burro Beach County Park is the official name of what Santa Barbara locals call Hendry’s Beach. It’s a...
Thousand Steps Beach
Thousand Steps Beach is a rock and sand beach below homes high on the bluff in the East Mesa...
Santa Barbara Harbor Beach (Sandspit)
This small beach is located at the end of the breakwater for Santa Barbara Harbor and is walking distance...
Shoreline Park Beach
Shoreline Park is a linear grassy park located in the East Mesa neighborhood of Santa Barbara, CA. Below the...
More Mesa Beach
More Mesa Beach is a narrow beach hidden below the bluffs of More Mesa Park in Santa Barbara. The...
Hope Ranch Beach
Hope Ranch Beach has a private beach access in the residential community of Hope Ranch, but there’s still a...
Mesa Lane Beach
Mesa Lane Beach is a narrow beach below the West Mesa neighborhood of Santa Barbara. At low tides, this...
Santa Barbara Island
Santa Barbara Island is a small island surrounded by cliffs and unfortunately it has no beaches. The only ocean...
Santa Rosa Island Beaches
Santa Rosa Island is a large island in the chain of islands that makeup Channel Islands National Park. The...
Santa Cruz Island – Scorpion Anchorage
Santa Cruz Island is the largest and tallest of the islands in Channel Islands National Park. Only about one...
Santa Cruz Island – Prisoners Harbor
Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island in the Channel Islands can be visited as a day trip or an...
San Miguel Island Beaches
San Miguel Island is the westernmost island (farthest out) in Channel Islands National Park. Because of the remote location...
Explore Santa Barbara
Nearby Hotels
Harbor View Inn
Harbor View Inn has been one of our favorite 4 Diamond properties for many years. Not only does it...
Nearby Attractions
Santa Barbara Zoo
Today the Santa Barbara Zoo is a worthy attraction that the city can brag about. The beginning was modest...
Old Mission Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara’s “Queen of the Missions” was dedicated on December 16, 1786 as the tenth of 21 California missions....
Stearns Wharf
Stearns Wharf is an icon for Santa Barbara, California, a beautiful beach city on the borderline of Southern California...
Douglas Family Preserve
The Douglas Family Preserve is a public park of 70 acres with trails for hiking and biking above the...
About Santa Barbara
Tapped the “American Riviera”, the city of Santa Barbara is perfectly situated between the mountains and the ocean. East Beach is the main beach for tourists and beach volleyball, while West Beach allows water sports, with the exception of swimming. The Santa Barbara Pier, also known as Stearns Wharf, separates the two, with plenty of souvenir shops and fresh seafood to be had. Meanwhile, downtown’s State Street offers seven miles of retail stores, with everything from boutiques to thrift shops.
