Treasure Island Beach in Laguna Beach seen from the bluff above

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33 beaches and coves

Laguna Beach beaches

33 beaches and coves, listed from the north end of town to the south, each with access, parking, tide pools and rules.

Photo: ZacharyCrespin, CC BY 4.0

Public beaches

North to south

Tide pools Crescent Bay Beach Crescent Bay is a quarter-mile cove of sand and rock at the north end of Laguna Beach, reached by a ramp and stairs off Cliff Drive. Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tide pools Shaw's Cove Beach Shaw's Cove is a pocket beach about 500 feet long at the foot of Fairview Street in North Laguna, reached by stairs from Cliff Drive. Photo: Vanessa Kay, CC BY 3.0
Fisherman's Cove Beach Fisherman's Cove, which the city lists as Boat Canyon Beach, is a small cove about 400 feet long, reached by stairs beside a condominium complex on Cliff Drive.
Divers Cove Beach Divers Cove is a steep beach about 300 feet long below Cliff Drive in North Laguna, with restrooms and showers and a shorebreak in all conditions. Photo: ZacharyCrespin, CC BY 4.0
Tide pools Picnic Beach Picnic Beach is a beach of about 700 feet below Heisler Park in North Laguna, reached by a ramp through the park.
Tide pools Rockpile Beach Rockpile Beach is a rocky beach of about 700 feet at the south end of Heisler Park, where surfers use the reef and tide pools show at low tide. Photo: NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tide pools Main Beach Main Beach is the largest beach in Laguna Beach, in the middle of town where Broadway and Ocean Avenue meet Coast Highway. Photo: The Fun Chronicles, CC0
Tide pools Sleepy Hollow Beach Sleepy Hollow Beach is a sand-bottom beach south of the center of town, reached by stairs at the north end of Sleepy Hollow Lane. Photo: Jukka from HELSINKI, Finland, CC BY 2.0
Tide pools Cleo Street Beach Cleo Street Beach is a stretch of sand and rocky outcrops below the stairs at the end of Cleo Street, less than half a mile south of Main Beach. Divers know it for the sunken Foss 125 barge offshore. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0
Tide pools St. Ann's Street Beach St. Ann's Street Beach is a rock-reef beach reached by stairs at St. Ann's Drive, about half a mile south of Main Beach.
Tide pools Thalia Street Beach Thalia Street Beach sits below Coast Highway at the end of Thalia Street, about 0.6 mile south of Main Beach. The city lists it as a surfing and skimboarding beach inside a marine protected area.
Anita Street Beach Anita Street Beach is a narrow sandy beach below the west end of Anita Street, about 0.7 mile south of Main Beach. The city is rebuilding its public stairway and expects to finish in December 2026. Photo: tracie7779, CC BY-SA 2.0
Oak Street Beach Oak Street Beach is a rocky beach below the end of Oak Street, about 0.7 mile south of Main Beach. The city calls it a surfing beach in summer and marks a separate swimming area past the surf flag. Photo: tracie7779, CC BY-SA 2.0
Brooks Street Beach Brooks Street Beach is a reef surf break below the end of Brooks Street, about 0.8 mile south of Main Beach. The city calls it a surfing-only beach in summer and says a good south swell can produce long lefts.
Cress Street Beach Cress Street Beach lies below steep bluffs at the dead end of Cress Street, about 0.9 mile south of Main Beach. The city places it just north of Mountain Road Beach and names its rip currents. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0
Mountain Road Beach Mountain Road Beach lies at the foot of the stairway at the end of Mountain Road, just under a mile south of Main Beach. The city places it between Cress Street Beach and Bluebird Beach.
Bluebird Beach Bluebird Beach is a sandy stretch in front of the Surf & Sand Resort, about 1.1 miles south of Main Beach. A ramp at the corner of Coast Highway and Bluebird Canyon Drive leads down to it. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0
Agate Street Beach Agate Street Beach is a sandy beach reached by a stairway at Agate Street and Ocean Way, about 1.2 miles south of Main Beach. The city lists it among its surfing beaches. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0
Tide pools Pearl Street Beach Pearl Street Beach is a fairly rocky beach with reefs at both ends and a rock the city calls Arch Rock, about 1.2 miles south of Main Beach. Stairs at Pearl Street and Ocean Way lead down to it. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0
Tide pools Woods Cove Beach Woods Cove Beach is a small cove below a bluff, about 1.4 miles south of Main Beach. Stairs at the end of Diamond Street, or one block north off Ocean Way, lead down to it. Photo: ZacharyCrespin, CC BY 4.0
Moss Street Beach Moss Street Beach is a sand and rock cove below the end of Moss Street, between Woods Cove and Victoria Beach on the south side of Laguna Beach.
Victoria Beach Victoria Beach is a wide sand beach below Victoria Drive in south Laguna Beach, and the 1926 Pirate Tower stands on its sand at the foot of the cliff. Photo: Carl Glover, CC BY 2.0
Christmas Cove Christmas Cove is the northernmost of the coves below the Montage Laguna Beach resort, next to the Blue Lagoon community on the south side of Laguna Beach. Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0
Goff Cove Goff Cove is a cove below the Montage Laguna Beach resort, listed between Christmas Cove to the north and Middle Man Cove to the south, with Goff Island at its edge. Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tide pools Treasure Island Beach Treasure Island Beach lies below Treasure Island Park, seaward of the Montage Laguna Beach resort at Coast Highway and Wesley Drive. Photo: ZacharyCrespin, CC BY 4.0
Tide pools Aliso Beach Aliso Beach Park is a sand beach in the 31000 block of South Coast Highway in South Laguna, where Aliso Creek reaches the ocean. Photo: Shannon1, CC BY 3.0
West Street Beach West Street Beach is a sand and rock cove reached by stairs at the end of West Street in South Laguna, between the Camel Point accesses and Table Rock.
Table Rock Beach Table Rock Beach is a cove reached by a stairway at the end of Table Rock Drive in South Laguna, and Table Rock marks the south end of the Laguna Beach marine conservation area. Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0
Totuava Beach Totuava is a cove in South Laguna between Table Rock Beach and Thousand Steps Beach, and it has no public access point of its own.
Thousand Steps Beach Thousand Steps Beach is a sand beach in South Laguna reached by a long stairway from South Coast Highway, opposite 9th Avenue. Photo: Kevin.Daniels, CC BY 3.0

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Private beaches

Land access to these beaches is reserved for residents of their communities.