La Jolla Tide Pools
San Diego is known for its long sandy beaches. The La Jolla district is one of the city’s exceptions as it has a rugged irregular […]
California Beach Maps
Laguna Beach Tide Pools
The city of Laguna Beach has many coves and beaches packed into its nine mile long shoreline. Unlike some of the other Southern California coastal […]
Leucadia State Beach in Encinitas
Leucadia State Beach might be the least touristy of all the state beaches. The other way to look at it is that this state beach […]
Beaches near Palm Springs California
Palm Springs is a popular vacation destination in California. The many cities of Coachella Valley, including Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, and […]
Palos Verdes Surf Spots
The Palos Verdes Peninsula isn’t known for it’s surfing outside of local circles and there is a reason for that. It’s called “localism” and this […]
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Islands National Park protects five rugged windswept islands off the central coast of California. Why should you want to visit these remote undeveloped islands? […]
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Fort Ross is a historic stop along Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast. It has several buildings and a windmill surrounded by fort walls that […]
The Beaches of Monterey Bay
Not many places in California have a continuous stretch of sand like Monterey Bay. Between Santa Cruz & Monterey lies 31 miles of sandy coastline, only interrupted […]
Monterey State Beach
Monterey State Beach has two separate units with three beaches along the southern shores of Monterey Bay. Starting at the Number 2 City Pier in […]
Beaches in San Pedro, Los Angeles CA
San Pedro is an isolated district in the city of Los Angeles on the south side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. It is squeezed in […]
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park is a coastal treasure on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles Area. The park contains an ecological preserve and […]
Carbon Beach in Malibu is “Billionaires Beach”
Carbon Beach in Malibu has been the source of controversy for years. Nowadays it has been a more positive topic of conversation in Malibu, at […]
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach in Malibu
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach is much harder to say than the names of the individual beaches that make up this state park, El […]
Hearst San Simeon State Park Beaches
Hearst San Simeon State Park contains most of the waterfront property along a 20-mile segment of Highway 1 north of the city of Cambria on […]
Wilder Ranch State Park Beaches
About two miles west of Santa Cruz lies a large dairy farm that in 1974 was purchased by California State Parks to preserve the land and […]
Best Beaches Near SeaWorld
SeaWorld is one of the most popular attractions in San Diego, and even Southern California for that matter. In fact, it is a primary reason […]
Catalina Island Camping and Boat-In Beaches
Santa Catalina Island has many options for overnight travelers from hotels and bed and breakfasts to vacation rentals and cottages. Many of us want to […]
Tomales Bay State Park and Beaches
With excellent beaches on a calm bay backed by a ridge that blocks the wind, Tomales Bay State Park might be the best spot in […]
The Beaches of South Bay – Los Angeles
The three towns along the southern end of Santa Monica Bay make up what locals call “South Bay.” While each town has a different personality, all three […]
The Beaches in Sonoma Coast State Beach
Many California state parks include just a beach or two along their section of the coastline. Sonoma Coast State Beach has bragging rights over all […]
