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Los Angeles beaches
104 beaches, with the parking, the walk to the water and the tide for each one.
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Venice Beach
Walk to water150 yd
Parking190 ft away
CostPaid parking
Mother's Beach
Walk to water220 ft
Parking225 yd away
Zuma Beach
Walk to water200 ft
Parking140 ft away
CostPaid parking
Playa Del Rey Beach
Walk to water230 ft
CostPaid parking
Santa Monica Beach
Walk to water190 ft
CostPaid parking
Santa Monica State Beach
Walk to water275 yd
Parking275 yd away
CostPaid parking
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Dog friendly beaches
34 in Los Angeles
Family friendly beaches
31 in Los Angeles
Free parking
14 in Los Angeles
Shortest walk
Park almost on the sand
Malibu · the listing sits on the shoreline
Rancho Palos Verdes · the listing sits on the shoreline
Cape Cod · the listing sits on the shoreline
Malibu · the listing sits on the shoreline
Malibu · the listing sits on the shoreline
Malibu · 30 ft to the water
Malibu · 40 ft to the water
Palos Verdes Estates · 40 ft to the water
Free parking
Beaches where visitors report free parking
Rancho Palos Verdes · free parking · mentioned by 12 visitors · 2016–2026
Malibu · free parking · mentioned by 7 visitors · 2017–2026
Malibu · free parking · mentioned by 4 visitors · 2015–2026
Malibu · free parking · mentioned by 8 visitors · 2015–2026
Malibu · free parking · mentioned by 4 visitors · 2015–2024
Long Beach · free parking · mentioned by 3 visitors · 2018–2026
Palos Verdes Estates · free parking · mentioned by 8 visitors · 2019–2026
Redondo Beach · free parking · mentioned by 5 visitors · 2015–2026
With little kids
Calm water and bathrooms nearby
Playa Del Rey · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 12 visitors · 2019–2026
Pacific Palisades · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 18 visitors · 2020–2026
Long Beach · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 52 visitors · 2016–2026
Long Beach · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 16 visitors · 2017–2026
Santa Monica · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 9 visitors · 2017–2026
Rancho Palos Verdes · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 19 visitors · 2016–2026
Malibu · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 31 visitors · 2016–2026
Cape Cod · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 12 visitors · 2019–2026
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- Venice BeachLos Angeles · water 150 yd · parking 190 ft
Dockweiler BeachPlaya Del Rey · water 250 yd · parking 50 ft
Rosie's Dog BeachLong Beach · water 175 yd · parking 170 ft
El Matador State BeachMalibu · water 90 ft · parking 300 ft
Will Rogers State BeachPacific Palisades · water 100 ft · parking 310 ft
Mothers BeachMarina Del Rey · water 0.6 miles · parking 160 ft- Mother's BeachLong Beach · water 220 ft · parking 225 yd
- Zuma BeachMalibu · water 200 ft · parking 140 ft
- Playa Del Rey BeachPlaya Del Rey · water 230 ft
Junipero BeachLong Beach · water 60 ft · parking 160 ft- Santa Monica BeachSanta Monica · water 190 ft
Bruce's BeachManhattan Beach · water 350 yd · parking 310 ft
Malibu BeachMalibu · on the shoreline
Abalone Cove ParkRancho Palos Verdes · water 175 yd · parking 60 ft
Malibu Lagoon State BeachMalibu · water 400 yd · parking 310 ft- Santa Monica State Beachwater 275 yd · parking 275 yd
Las Tunas BeachMalibu · water 100 ft · parking 40 ft
Point Dume State BeachMalibu · water 340 ft · parking 110 ft
Sunset BeachPacific Palisades · water 170 ft · parking 320 ft
Leo Carrillo State BeachMalibu · water 40 ft · parking 275 yd
Cabrillo BeachLos Angeles · water 220 ft · parking 320 ft
Venice beachVenice · water 250 ft · parking 90 ft
Long Beach City BeachLong Beach · water 240 ft · parking 600 yd
Long BeachLong Beach · water 325 yd · parking 30 ft
Topanga BeachTopanga · water 190 ft · parking 190 ft
Pelican Cove ParkRancho Palos Verdes · water 150 ft · parking 140 ft
Ratner BeachMalibu · water 110 ft · parking 300 yd
Manhattan BeachManhattan Beach · water 250 ft · parking 325 yd
El Pescador State BeachMalibu · water 175 yd · parking 30 ft
Torrance County BeachTorrance · water 125 yd · parking 180 ft
El Segundo Beachwater 230 ft · parking 350 yd
Pirate's Cove BeachMalibu · water 40 ft · parking 250 yd
Paradise Cove BeachMalibu · water 90 ft · parking 220 ft
Nicholas Canyon BeachMalibu · water 40 ft · parking 190 ft
La Piedra BeachMalibu · water 125 yd
Rocky BeachMalibu · water 170 ft · parking 250 yd
Lechuza BeachMalibu · on the shoreline
Carbon beachMalibu · water 120 ft · parking 550 yd
Willow Springs Park - Long BeachLong Beach · water not mapped · parking 90 ft
Longfellow BeachHermosa Beach · water 270 ft · parking 525 yd
Corral State BeachMalibu · water 320 ft · parking 275 yd
Manhattan BeachManhattan Beach · water 220 ft · parking 230 ft
White Point BeachLos Angeles · water 60 ft · parking 150 yd
Alamitos BeachLong Beach · water 200 ft · parking 500 yd
Bluff Cove TrailPalos Verdes Estates · water 140 ft
RAT BeachRedondo Beach · water 175 yd · parking 175 yd
Hermosa BeachHermosa Beach · water 170 ft · parking 375 yd
Gladstones PCH BeachPacific Palisades · water 100 ft · parking 70 ft
Dan Blocker Beach MalibuMalibu · water 130 ft · parking 200 yd
Brooks Ave BeachVenice · water 275 yd · parking 200 yd
Will Rogers Beach State ParkLos Angeles · water 175 yd · parking 550 yd
Redondo BeachRedondo Beach · water 230 ft · parking 300 ft
Carbon - La Costa Beach AccessMalibu · water 70 ft
Pacific Palisades BeachPacific Palisades · water 170 ft · parking 310 ft
Terranea BeachRancho Palos Verdes · water 40 ft · parking 150 yd
Latigo BeachMalibu · water 80 ft · parking 225 yd
Little Dume BeachMalibu · water 30 ft · parking 375 yd
Torrance BeachRedondo Beach · water 175 yd · parking 125 yd
Rancho Palos Verdes BeachRancho Palos Verdes · water 100 ft · parking 250 yd
Burnout BeachRedondo Beach · water 150 yd · parking 30 ft
Royal Palms Beach ParkLos Angeles · water 40 ft · parking 350 yd
Surfrider BeachMalibu · water 70 ft · parking 50 ft
Bluff Cove LookoutPalos Verdes Estates · water 200 yd · parking 475 yd
The StrandHermosa Beach · water 290 ft · parking 350 yd
Escondido BeachMalibu · water 120 ft
South Beach ParkSanta Monica · water 250 yd · parking 150 yd
Toes BeachPlaya Del Rey · water 340 ft · parking 225 yd
Malibu BeachMalibu · water 90 ft · parking 250 yd
Marina Del Rey BeachVenice · water 330 ft · parking 125 yd
Castle Rock BeachLos Angeles · water 80 ft · parking 275 yd
Golden Shore Marine Biological ReserveLong Beach · water 0.6 miles · parking 210 ft
Will Rogers Beachwater 150 yd · parking 200 ft
Ginger Rogers BeachSanta Monica · water 175 yd · parking 300 ft
Bayshore BeachLong Beach · water 40 ft · parking 250 yd
Escondido Beach Access (Cliffside)Malibu · water 125 yd
Sacred Cove BeachRancho Palos Verdes · on the shoreline
Honeymoon CovePalos Verdes Estates · water 40 ft · parking 525 yd
Broad BeachMalibu · water 125 yd
Westward BeachMalibu · water 120 ft · parking 300 yd
Charlie BeachMarina Del Rey · water 310 ft · parking 600 yd
Venice Canals Beach Access PathVenice · water 375 yd · parking 200 yd
El Porto BeachEl Segundo · water 90 ft · parking 175 yd
La Costa BeachMalibu · water 225 yd · parking 600 yd
Palisades BeachSanta Monica · water 500 yd · parking 140 ft
Ballona Saltwater Marsh and DunesPlaya Del Rey · water 600 yd · parking 230 ft
Puerco BeachMalibu · water 80 ft
South Shore Hills ParkThousand Oaks · water 600 yd · parking 400 yd
Big Rock BeachMalibu · water 190 ft
Corral BeachMalibu · water 125 yd · parking 100 ft
Lechuza Beach Access (at East Sea Level Dr.)Malibu · water 175 yd
Flat Rock BeachPalos Verdes Estates · water 40 ft
Malibu beachMalibu · water 125 yd · parking 250 ft
Maritime Rocks Accessway at Big Rock BeachMalibu · water 90 ft
Manhattan Beach Strand ParcourseManhattan Beach · water 200 yd · parking 90 ft
Redondo beachRedondo Beach · water 150 yd · parking 400 yd
North Beachwater 120 ft · parking 475 yd
Broad BeachMalibu · on the shoreline
South Beachon the shoreline · parking 200 yd
Dan Blocker County BeachMalibu · water 110 ft · parking 175 yd
Shore Cliff Park at One WestbluffLos Angeles · water 250 yd · parking 325 yd
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State BeachMalibu · water 90 ft · parking 150 yd
Terranea Beach CoveRancho Palos Verdes · water 200 ft · parking 175 yd
Belmont Shore Handball CourtsLong Beach · water 160 ft · parking 300 ft
Seal Beachwater 260 ft · parking 170 ft
Every beach
All 104 beaches, by how many people rate them
| Beach | Town | Walk to water | Parking | Fee | Restrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Beach | Los Angeles | 150 yd | 190 ft | paid | yes |
| Dockweiler Beach | Playa Del Rey | 250 yd | 50 ft | – | yes |
| Rosie's Dog Beach | Long Beach | 175 yd | 170 ft | – | yes |
| El Matador State Beach | Malibu | 90 ft | 300 ft | paid | yes |
| Will Rogers State Beach | Pacific Palisades | 100 ft | 310 ft | – | yes |
| Mothers Beach | Marina Del Rey | 0.6 miles | 160 ft | – | – |
| Mother's Beach | Long Beach | 220 ft | 225 yd | – | yes |
| Zuma Beach | Malibu | 200 ft | 140 ft | paid | yes |
| Playa Del Rey Beach | Playa Del Rey | 230 ft | – | paid | yes |
| Junipero Beach | Long Beach | 60 ft | 160 ft | – | yes |
| Santa Monica Beach | Santa Monica | 190 ft | – | paid | yes |
| Bruce's Beach | Manhattan Beach | 350 yd | 310 ft | paid | yes |
| Malibu Beach | Malibu | on the sand | – | paid | – |
| Abalone Cove Park | Rancho Palos Verdes | 175 yd | 60 ft | paid | yes |
| Malibu Lagoon State Beach | Malibu | 400 yd | 310 ft | paid | yes |
| Santa Monica State Beach | 275 yd | 275 yd | paid | yes | |
| Las Tunas Beach | Malibu | 100 ft | 40 ft | – | yes |
| Point Dume State Beach | Malibu | 340 ft | 110 ft | paid | yes |
| Sunset Beach | Pacific Palisades | 170 ft | 320 ft | – | yes |
| Leo Carrillo State Beach | Malibu | 40 ft | 275 yd | paid | yes |
| Cabrillo Beach | Los Angeles | 220 ft | 320 ft | – | yes |
| Venice beach | Venice | 250 ft | 90 ft | paid | yes |
| Long Beach City Beach | Long Beach | 240 ft | 600 yd | paid | yes |
| Long Beach | Long Beach | 325 yd | 30 ft | – | yes |
| Topanga Beach | Topanga | 190 ft | 190 ft | paid | yes |
| Pelican Cove Park | Rancho Palos Verdes | 150 ft | 140 ft | free | yes |
| Ratner Beach | Malibu | 110 ft | 300 yd | free | yes |
| Manhattan Beach | Manhattan Beach | 250 ft | 325 yd | – | yes |
| El Pescador State Beach | Malibu | 175 yd | 30 ft | paid | – |
| Torrance County Beach | Torrance | 125 yd | 180 ft | paid | – |
| El Segundo Beach | 230 ft | 350 yd | paid | yes | |
| Pirate's Cove Beach | Malibu | 40 ft | 250 yd | – | yes |
| Paradise Cove Beach | Malibu | 90 ft | 220 ft | – | yes |
| Nicholas Canyon Beach | Malibu | 40 ft | 190 ft | paid | yes |
| La Piedra Beach | Malibu | 125 yd | – | – | yes |
| Rocky Beach | Malibu | 170 ft | 250 yd | free | yes |
| Lechuza Beach | Malibu | on the sand | – | free | – |
| Carbon beach | Malibu | 120 ft | 550 yd | – | – |
| Willow Springs Park - Long Beach | Long Beach | – | 90 ft | – | – |
| Longfellow Beach | Hermosa Beach | 270 ft | 525 yd | – | yes |
| Corral State Beach | Malibu | 320 ft | 275 yd | free | yes |
| Manhattan Beach | Manhattan Beach | 220 ft | 230 ft | paid | yes |
| White Point Beach | Los Angeles | 60 ft | 150 yd | paid | yes |
| Alamitos Beach | Long Beach | 200 ft | 500 yd | free | yes |
| Bluff Cove Trail | Palos Verdes Estates | 140 ft | – | free | – |
| RAT Beach | Redondo Beach | 175 yd | 175 yd | free | yes |
| Hermosa Beach | Hermosa Beach | 170 ft | 375 yd | paid | yes |
| Gladstones PCH Beach | Pacific Palisades | 100 ft | 70 ft | paid | yes |
| Dan Blocker Beach Malibu | Malibu | 130 ft | 200 yd | paid | yes |
| Brooks Ave Beach | Venice | 275 yd | 200 yd | – | yes |
| Will Rogers Beach State Park | Los Angeles | 175 yd | 550 yd | paid | yes |
| Redondo Beach | Redondo Beach | 230 ft | 300 ft | – | yes |
| Carbon - La Costa Beach Access | Malibu | 70 ft | – | free | – |
| Pacific Palisades Beach | Pacific Palisades | 170 ft | 310 ft | – | yes |
| Terranea Beach | Rancho Palos Verdes | 40 ft | 150 yd | free | – |
| Latigo Beach | Malibu | 80 ft | 225 yd | – | yes |
| Little Dume Beach | Malibu | 30 ft | 375 yd | – | – |
| Torrance Beach | Redondo Beach | 175 yd | 125 yd | paid | yes |
| Rancho Palos Verdes Beach | Rancho Palos Verdes | 100 ft | 250 yd | – | – |
| Burnout Beach | Redondo Beach | 150 yd | 30 ft | – | yes |
| Royal Palms Beach Park | Los Angeles | 40 ft | 350 yd | paid | yes |
| Surfrider Beach | Malibu | 70 ft | 50 ft | paid | yes |
| Bluff Cove Lookout | Palos Verdes Estates | 200 yd | 475 yd | free | – |
| The Strand | Hermosa Beach | 290 ft | 350 yd | – | yes |
| Escondido Beach | Malibu | 120 ft | – | free | – |
| South Beach Park | Santa Monica | 250 yd | 150 yd | – | yes |
| Toes Beach | Playa Del Rey | 340 ft | 225 yd | free | yes |
| Malibu Beach | Malibu | 90 ft | 250 yd | – | – |
| Marina Del Rey Beach | Venice | 330 ft | 125 yd | – | yes |
| Castle Rock Beach | Los Angeles | 80 ft | 275 yd | free | yes |
| Golden Shore Marine Biological Reserve | Long Beach | 0.6 miles | 210 ft | – | yes |
| Will Rogers Beach | 150 yd | 200 ft | paid | yes | |
| Ginger Rogers Beach | Santa Monica | 175 yd | 300 ft | – | yes |
| Bayshore Beach | Long Beach | 40 ft | 250 yd | – | yes |
| Escondido Beach Access (Cliffside) | Malibu | 125 yd | – | – | – |
| Sacred Cove Beach | Rancho Palos Verdes | on the sand | – | – | – |
| Honeymoon Cove | Palos Verdes Estates | 40 ft | 525 yd | – | – |
| Broad Beach | Malibu | 125 yd | – | – | – |
| Westward Beach | Malibu | 120 ft | 300 yd | paid | yes |
| Charlie Beach | Marina Del Rey | 310 ft | 600 yd | – | yes |
| Venice Canals Beach Access Path | Venice | 375 yd | 200 yd | – | yes |
| El Porto Beach | El Segundo | 90 ft | 175 yd | – | yes |
| La Costa Beach | Malibu | 225 yd | 600 yd | – | – |
| Palisades Beach | Santa Monica | 500 yd | 140 ft | paid | yes |
| Ballona Saltwater Marsh and Dunes | Playa Del Rey | 600 yd | 230 ft | – | yes |
| Puerco Beach | Malibu | 80 ft | – | – | – |
| South Shore Hills Park | Thousand Oaks | 600 yd | 400 yd | – | – |
| Big Rock Beach | Malibu | 190 ft | – | – | – |
| Corral Beach | Malibu | 125 yd | 100 ft | – | yes |
| Lechuza Beach Access (at East Sea Level Dr.) | Malibu | 175 yd | – | – | – |
| Flat Rock Beach | Palos Verdes Estates | 40 ft | – | – | – |
| Malibu beach | Malibu | 125 yd | 250 ft | – | yes |
| Maritime Rocks Accessway at Big Rock Beach | Malibu | 90 ft | – | – | – |
| Manhattan Beach Strand Parcourse | Manhattan Beach | 200 yd | 90 ft | – | yes |
| Redondo beach | Redondo Beach | 150 yd | 400 yd | – | – |
| North Beach | 120 ft | 475 yd | – | – | |
| Broad Beach | Malibu | on the sand | – | – | – |
| South Beach | on the sand | 200 yd | – | yes | |
| Dan Blocker County Beach | Malibu | 110 ft | 175 yd | – | – |
| Shore Cliff Park at One Westbluff | Los Angeles | 250 yd | 325 yd | – | yes |
| Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach | Malibu | 90 ft | 150 yd | – | – |
| Terranea Beach Cove | Rancho Palos Verdes | 200 ft | 175 yd | – | – |
| Belmont Shore Handball Courts | Long Beach | 160 ft | 300 ft | – | yes |
| Seal Beach | 260 ft | 170 ft | – | yes |
Walk and parking distances are measured on OpenStreetMap. Fee and restrooms come from counted visitor reviews and mapped facilities. A dash means we have no evidence either way, not that the answer is no.
Questions
Common questions
Which Los Angeles beach has the shortest walk from the car?
Lechuza Beach in Malibu has the listing right on the shoreline. We measure the straight line from the listed location to the mapped waterline for every beach, so the table above ranks them all.
Do you have to pay to park at Los Angeles beaches?
Mostly yes. Of the 104 beaches here, 31 have visitors reporting a parking or entry fee and 8 report free parking. Reported fees run from $20 to $35 a day in season, and several beaches drop the fee after 5pm or outside the summer.
Which beaches have restrooms?
72 of the 104 beaches have restrooms mapped on site or reported by visitors. Seasonal closures are common: several National Seashore beaches close their facilities outside the summer.
How current is this?
Tide, waves, wind and water temperature are fetched live in your browser from NOAA and Open-Meteo. Parking and facility positions come from OpenStreetMap; imagery from USGS NAIP. Facts counted from visitor reviews carry the year range they were written in.
How we know
Where this comes from
Place details from the public Google business listing. Beach shape, parking and facility positions from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Aerial imagery is public-domain USGS NAIP. Tide comes from NOAA, and weather and water from Open-Meteo. Map drawings are redrawn from that aerial imagery by an image model. Markers, distances and every fact on this page come from OpenStreetMap and counted reviews, never from a drawing. Review text is never republished.
