Malibu Beaches

Directory of Malibu Beaches

Here is a list of Malibu beaches, east to west from Santa Monica to Ventura County Line.

All beaches in California are public property "seaward of the mean high tide line". That means you can walk on the most exclusive private beach if you stay in the wet zone and do not trespass on private property. In some areas there are public walkways down to the beach with easy access. In other cases you have to go around private fences and ignore intimidating signs to gain your rightful access to the beach. Make sure you don't stalk or harass anyone while you are there -- that's illegal even on a public beach.

• Topanga County Beach 18700 Pacific Coast Hwy (PCH) Enter from PCH at Topanga Cyn Blvd.
• Las Tunas County Beach 19500 PCH vicinity Open parking along PCH
• Big Rock Beach PCH east and west of Big Rock Road
  1. Between 20338 and 20356 PCH
  2. Between 19958 and 20000 PCH
• Las Flores Beach East of Las Flores Road Access from Las Flores Creek.
• La Costa Beach Rambla Pacifico to east of Coal Creek Proposed at 21724 PCH near Rambla Vista intersection.
• Carbon Beach Carbon Canyon Road to east of Malibu Pier along PCH.
  1. West of 22132 PCH
  2. Zonker Harris Access Way, between 22664 and Windsail on PCH.
• Malibu Pier 23000 PCH The 780 ft long pier is open to the public.
• Malibu Surfrider County Beach 23200 PCH at Serra Road Enter parking lot from PCH.
• Malibu Lagoon State Beach PCH at Cross Creek Road Enter parking lot from PCH.
• Malibu Beach Seaward of Malibu Colony 1. West from Malibu Lagoon State Beach, 2. East from Amarillo Beach.
• Amarillo Beach Seaward of Malibu Road between Colony and Puerco Beach 1. Between 24314 and 24320 Malibu Road, 2. Between 24434 and 24436 Malibu Road.
• Puerco Beach East of Puerco Creek and west to Corral Creek, along Malibu Road and PCH 1. Between 24572 and 24604 Malibu Road, 2. West of 24712 at Puerco Creek, 3. Between 25116 and 25120 Malibu Road, 4. Open access west of 25446 Malibu Road, the west end of Malibu Road, and nearby PCH.
• Corral Beach (Dan Blocker County Beach) 26000 PCH Open parking along PCH
• Latigo Beach Seaward of Latigo Shore Drive Latigo Shore Drive, just off PCH
• Escondido Beach Seaward of Escondido Beach Road 1. At Escondido Creek and PCH, between Malibu Cove Colony Drive and Escondido Beach Road, 2. Steep stairs between 27400 and 27420 PCH just west of Geoffrey's Malibu.
• Paradise Cove Beach Paradise Cove Private parking available at Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, turn off at 28128 PCH, or park on PCH and walk in.
• Little Dume Beach Pt. Dume, west of Paradise Cove Private beach. Access along shoreline from Paradise Cove or Big Dume.
• Big Dume Beach Pt. Dume, west of Little Dume Private beach. Access along shoreline around the point from Westward Beach.
• Westward Beach (Pt. Dume State Beach) Westward Beach Road State Park Entrance on Westward Beach Road leads to open beach access along beach to end of road.
• Zuma Beach County Park 30050 PCH, west of Westward Beach Large public facility with parking and visitor facilities.
• Trancas Beach PCH at Trancas Creek and west along Broad Beach Road. At mouth of Trancas Creek.
• Broad Beach Along Broad Beach Road. 1. Between 31138 and 31202 Broad Beach Road, 2. Between 31340 and 31346 Broad Beach Road.
• Lechuza Beach 1040 feet of public beach, west of Broad Beach, east of El Matador 1. Broad Beach Road stairway at Bunnie Lane, 2. Sea Level Drive pedestrian gate.

The next three beaches -- El Matador, La Piedra, and El Pescador -- are pocket beaches, part of the Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach including State beaches between Point Dume State Beach and Leo Carrillo State Beach.