THE BEST Beaches in Los Angeles

🏖️ Beaches in Los Angeles

• Malibu Surfrider Beach — Malibu Lagoon State Beach in Malibu, California, United States, is also known as Surfrider Beach. It was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve on October 9, 2010. The 110-acre (45 ha) site was established as a California state park in 1951. It lies within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
• Zuma Beach — Zuma Beach is a county beach at 30000 Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu, California. One of the largest and most popular beaches in Los Angeles County, California, it is known for its long, wide sands and excellent surf. It consistently ranks among the healthiest beaches for clean water conditions in Los Angeles County.
• Manhattan Beach — A popular beach near Los Angeles, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
• Hermosa Beach — Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area; it is one of the three Beach Cities. Hermosa Beach is bordered by the other two, Manhattan Beach to the north and Redondo Beach to the south and east.
• Redondo Beach — A popular beach near Los Angeles, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
• Newport Beach — A popular beach near Los Angeles, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
• Huntington Beach — A popular beach near Los Angeles, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
• Dockweiler State Beach — Dockweiler State Beach, known locally as Dockweiler, is a beach in Los Angeles, California, with 3.75 miles (6.04 km) of shoreline, and a hang gliding practice and training area. Although a unit of the California state park system, it is managed by the Los Angeles County Departme
• Crystal Cove — Crystal Cove State Park is a state park of California, United States, encompassing 3.2 miles (5.1 km) of Pacific coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the Crystal Cove Historic District of beach houses. The park is located partially in Newport Beach and partially in an unincorporated area of Orange County, and is part of the larger South Coast Wilderness area. Crystal Cove is a stretch of coastal cliffs and a beachfront cove situated between the Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Newport Beach and northwest of Laguna Beach. The 3,936-acre (1,593 ha) park was established in 1979. The entire park hosts a total of three miles (4.8 km) of beaches and tide pools, a 1,400-acre marine Conservation Area (570 ha) as well as underwater park, 400 acres (160 ha) of bluffs, and 2,400 acres (970 ha) of canyons.
• Will Rogers State Beach — Will Rogers State Beach is a beach park on the Santa Monica Bay, at the Pacific coast of Southern California. Located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the beach is owned by the California Department of Parks and Recreation; it is managed and maintained by the
• Leo Carrillo State Beach — Leo Carrillo State Park is a state park in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Situated along the Malibu coast, the park is a component of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. With 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of beach, the parkland stretches into the Santa Monica Mountains. The park has expanded into Ventura County and also includes management of County Line Beach. California State Route 1 runs through the park, where it intersects with the western terminus of the Mulholland Highway. The 2,513-acre (1,017 ha) park was established in 1953. It is named for actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo (1880–1961), who served on the State Parks commission.
• Cabrillo Beach — Cabrillo Beach is a historic public beach located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. It is named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Spanish explorer who was the first to sail up the California coast. Cabrillo has two separate beach areas.
• Santa Monica Beach — A wide sandy shoreline stretching for miles with volleyball courts and the historic pier at its centre.
• Venice Beach — Famous for its bohemian boardwalk, bodybuilders at Muscle Beach, and vibrant street art scene.
• El Matador Beach — Dramatic rock formations and sea caves create one of California’s most photogenic beach settings.