Reviews

The Kehoe Show

An absolutely beautiful view. Good beach for kids. Not very deep water and not very big waves.

Ivory MacCracken

Incredibly scenic campground. Hiker biker spots for $10 a night right by the beach! Water was perfect. Only complaint is the lack of outlets for charging.

Ronnie Tow

Love this beach! Great place to spend the day! They have a little store for campers and beach goers incase you forget anything.

E David Callender

Last weekend I tried out 3 Hike and Bike locations ( Refugio, Carpinteria and Leo Carrillo) around Santa Barbara. Refugio is the closest to the beach and an optimal location right next to the beach but it is also next to the kids playground.

Isaiah Sotelo

Had a great time with my family, but I do have to warn you about the showers and restrooms. The showers take tokens for warm water. There's only 1 machine on each side of the lake for both bathrooms. They only take card. Next are the restrooms, no soap or anything to dry your hands with. Be sure to bring your own every time. And to be on the look out for the sparrows above you as you go to the restroom. There's piles of poop under them for a reason. Besides that, the close proximity to the beach and the relative quietness of the other campers make it a great place to camp. The views and the sounds of the ground squirrels during the day and the racoons at night make each day a adventure of its own. Don't forget to read about the beaches history with New Spain!

Matthew Pallone

Such a hidden gem! Not crowded on a Friday afternoon, beautiful views and very clean beach. Highly recommend!

Tracy Payn

What a great beach. They have a campground. It was very clean. You can fish, surf, swim, etc. We had a great time.

Scott Erb - Donna Dufault

Beautiful beach and a lot of surfers! Camping available at 45.00 a night, not much shade but the views are incredible. 10.00 day pass

Sergio Daniel Hernández

Quiet nice beach with great waves for surfing, lots of rocks to pick from, bbq grills, benches and a basketball court. Had a great family time.

Charles Collier

Have driven past this location 100 times but never explored it. There's a small protected cove with a walkable sandy beach. As the tide comes in there's no much room left to walk so you have to step up to the parking and camping level. But when you're on the sand, there's no freeway noise. The camping area has about 65 spaces, all adjacent to each other. The best ones would be 34 or 35. Everyone (when I was there) was very civilized, with no load music, etc. In the camping areas you can hear the freeway noise above.

Marie Johnston

We were there 7 nights. Beautiful beach. It was Presidents’ Day weekend so crazy busy! Very friendly campers and all sorts of games to play! Basketball, football, soccer and of course the gorgeous ocean! Loved it. It did get windy and cold but we just bundled up and had lots of campfires! Unfortunately the surf and boogieing was only good the first day or two. Overall it was amazing!

Claudette Vargas

This Beach needs full hookups. In addition to our RV, we were charged $10 per night for our only veh, which sat in the same spot we already paid for! We were told if we towed it in, no charge. But if we drove it here then there's a charge! please explain... this makes no sense!

Drew Morehouse

Great camping spot. Beautiful beach and well maintained sites. Also best “camp host” I’ve interacted with. Chris was nice and super friendly. Felt like she was a friend at the beach instead of a grumpy authority figure, which I’ve dealt with there. Hope to be back soon

jen westmoreland

Nice day at the beach. You can camp here, on the main grounds not on the beach itself. There are restrooms, a huge grass play area with a swing set. Dogs are allowed on leash on the main grounds, but not allowed on the beach. Sand was soft and clean and lots of seaweed at tide lines. Rolling waves, great for kids. Felt peaceful.

Danielle Dubois

The bathrooms were not clean, but the campsite was full so I can imagine it would be challenging to keep up with. The parking is not too expensive and it’s super close to the beach from the parking lot. Not a huge beach, but worth it to check out.