California State Beaches
California State Beaches are listed here from north to south, with an additional alphabetical list below. The list only includes officially designated state beaches. These vary considerably. Some have extensive facilities, including such things as visitors centers, campgrounds, restrooms, lifeguards, snack bars, and more. Others are undeveloped areas where you can take a walk and enjoy the beauty of the coast. This Map of California State Beaches is color-coded to designate the four different regions: North Coast, Bay Area, Central Coast and South Coast.
Northern California Beaches
Del Norte County
Pelican
Humboldt County
Trinidad Little River
Mendocino County
Westport Union Landing Caspar Headlands Greenwood Schooner Gulch
Bay Area and San Francisco Beaches
San Mateo County
Pacifica (Linda Mar Beach) Gray Whale Cove Montara Half Moon Bay San Gregorio Pomponio Pescadero Bean Hollow
Santa Cruz County
Natural Bridges Lighthouse Field Twin Lakes New Brighton Seacliff Manresa Sunset
Central Coast Beaches
Monterey County
Zmudowski Moss Landing Salinas River Marina Monterey Asilomar Carmel River
San Luis Obispo County
Cayucos Morro Strand Pismo
Santa Barbara County
Point Sal Refugio El Capitán Carpinteria
Ventura County
Emma Wood San Buenaventura McGrath Mandalay
Southern California Beaches
Los Angeles County
Robert H. Meyer Memorial Point Dume Malibu Lagoon Will Rogers Santa Monica Dockweiler
Orange County
Bolsa Chica Huntington Corona del Mar Doheny San Clemente
San Diego County
San Onofre Carlsbad South Carlsbad Leucadia Moonlight San Elijo Cardiff Torrey Pines Silver Strand
Alphabetical List of California State Beaches
County names are in parentheses.Asilomar (Monterey) Bean Hollow (San Mateo) Bolsa Chica (Orange) Cardiff (San Diego) Carlsbad (San Diego) Carmel River (Monterey) Carpinteria (Santa Barbara) Caspar Headlands (Mendocino) Cayucos (San Luis Obispo) Corona del Mar (Orange) Dockweiler (Los Angeles) Doheny (Orange) El Capitán (Santa Barbara) Emma Wood (Ventura) Gray Whale Cove (San Mateo) Greenwood (Mendocino) Half Moon Bay (San Mateo) Huntington (Orange) Leucadia (San Diego) Lighthouse Field (Santa Cruz) Little River (Humboldt) Malibu Lagoon (Los Angeles) Mandalay (Ventura) Manresa (Santa Cruz) Marina (Monterey County) McGrath (Ventura County) Montara (San Mateo) Monterey (Monterey) Moonlight (San Diego) Morro Strand (San Luis Obispo) Moss Landing (Monterey) Natural Bridges (Santa Cruz) New Brighton (Santa Cruz) Pacifica (San Mateo) Pelican (Del Norte) Pescadero (San Mateo) Pismo (San Luis Obispo) Point Dume (Los Angeles) Point Sal (Santa Barbara) Pomponio (San Mateo) Refugio (Santa Barbara) Robert H. Meyer Memorial (Los Angeles) Salinas River (Monterey) San Buenaventura (Ventura) San Clemente (Orange) San Elijo (San Diego) San Gregorio (San Mateo) San Onofre (San Diego) Santa Monica (Los Angeles) Schooner Gulch (Mendocino) Seacliff (Santa Cruz) Silver Strand (San Diego) South Carlsbad (San Diego) Sunset (Santa Cruz) Torrey Pines (San Diego) Trinidad (Humboldt) Twin Lakes (Santa Cruz) Westport Union Landing (Mendocino) Will Rogers (Los Angeles) Zmudowski (Monterey)

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