Bowling Ball Beach
4.6★ · 189 Google ratings, California
✓ Parking✓ Short walk✓ Free
At a glance
Parking
475 yd away · free · fills up
Walk
80 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
None reported
Cost
Free
Water
59°F
Tide
3 ft range today
Map of Bowling Ball Beach
Guide
Good to know
Short hike with natural pools
Even without timing the tide perfectly, the beach offers tide pools with crabs, sea glass, abalone, and rock.
Free parking reported
Visitors report no charge to park here.Mentioned by 2 visitors · 2015–2026
Visit at low tide only
The bowling ball rock formations are completely submerged at high tide and only partially visible even a few.
Take the unsigned north trailhead
The well-marked south trail leads to a different beach; the correct unmarked path is at the north end.
Expect challenging final descent
The last section down has eroded or missing steps, loose ground, and a driftwood pile requiring climbing.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
61°F · clear
Water
59°F
Waves
6.6 ft · 10 s apart
Wind
6 mph from the N
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
5 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 06:32 | High tide | ↑ |
| 10:16 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 16:51 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 5:35 AM.
Practical
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📍 California 95468
🅿 Parking 475 yd from the listing, Bowling Ball Beach Trailhead Parking
🌊 Water 80 ft away, under a minute walk
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Where do you park at Bowling Ball Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 475 yd from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Bowling Ball Beach?
80 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Bowling Ball Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
