Activites for the young at heart on the California Central Coast.

Animals Beaches Parks

Atascadero State Beach Avila State Beach Cayucos State Beach Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Preserve

Morro Strand State Beach Pismo State Beach Shell Beach Beaches View All

Atascadero State Beach

South entrance: end of Atascadero Road, North entrance: San Joaquin Road
Atascadero, CA

This is a great family beach. Restrooms.

Avila State Beach

Front Street
Avila Beach, CA
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Avila Beach is a great place to spend the day. There is a wonderful park, basketball courts, a pier, restrooms, and convenient places to buy sodas and snacks. If other beaches are fogged in you might still be able to have a sunny beach day at Avila.

Cayucos State Beach

Cayucos Drive
Cayucos, CA
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Gentle surf, picnic facilities. The pier is lit for night fishing.

Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Preserve

West Main Street entrance, Oso Flaco Entrance
Nipomo, CA
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This is a great place to hike, bird watch and picnic. Check the website link to find info about guided walks and other great stuff. Use the Oso Flaco entrance to take a mile long boardwalk to the beach. It is safe for kids and is handicap accessible.

Morro Strand State Beach

24th Street (for access to northern part of the beach)
Cayucos, CA

Gentle surf, tide pooling, fishing, windsurfing, kite flying.

Pismo State Beach

Stretches the coastline from Pismo Beach to Oceano
Pismo Beach, CA
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From Pismo Beach you can walk the pier, play sand volleyball north of the pier, or use the slide and swings south of the pier. Great for boogie boarding and surfing. Restrooms at the pier. There is an 8 mile section where you can drive your car or off-road vehicles along the beach. The Pismo Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area starts one mile south of Pier Avenue.

Shell Beach Beaches

North of Pismo beach is Shell Beach
Shell Beach, CA
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This is a great area for tide pooling - check the tides Access: The Cliffs Resort: stairs on the north side of the resort. 2757 Shell Beach Road, Shell Beach, CA 93449 Ocean Blvd at Pier Ave (Shell Beach) This is a great place to go tide pooling or launch the kayak.