candy and i visited all the off-leash
dog beaches in the southern california
region because we love our dogs so much
we want them to have so much fun so we
decided to check out
all of them to see which ones were the
best ones and
here is our top six or
i guess there is only six yeah just uh
just to know there aren't very many
um in southern california it's actually
quite hard to find all the leash beaches
there are plenty of ages but a lot of
them are very strict hours or
you're only online you're only allowed
to have them with a leash on
so just to just to reiterate this is all
cliches yeah this is
off leash dog beaches and so we're going
to go through each one
and tell you what we liked about it and
what we didn't like about it
and we're going to start off with our
most favorite dog off leashed off each
which was huntington dog beach so
huntington
was an hour yeah from lax
from l.a it could be anywhere between 40
minutes to an hour
um and right now the the season that
we're in
due to the pandemic there is less
traffic than normal so
we were a we're a little bit north of
lax and we were able to get there within
the hour
well we like this beach a lot because
there was so much room
there was lots of parking they went on
for like miles
and it was very clean i like how clean
it is because typically when we go to
like
peachy areas it's kind of run down
there's not a lot of sidewalk
walk with your dogs there's not really a
lot of grass around anywhere
not huntington it looks like it's brand
new yes yeah
they're like very modern like for a
beach town
it was just so and span clean
and the dogs loved it a lot uh kuma
and so we were running around like crazy
the water was very shallow for a long
stretch so yeah made it possible for the
dogs to go pretty far out
into the um ocean but they would their
feet were stable to touch the sand so i
think that's what they really enjoyed
about it and i really like that too
the other beaches we went to didn't
quite have
um that much space so they could really
run around freely with no one really in
our way and stuff so and then we also
liked it because
right after the dog beige if you wanted
to you could go to a lot of
different cafes with your dogs and we
chose to go to
the kempton restaurant so it's called
pacific hideaway and they have this
lovely
uh terrace patio area for you and your
dogs to enjoy some lunch
our second favorite off leash dog beach
is santa barbara and they have
a really nice dog beach area called
henry's beach i like their love because
of the scenery
they have like gorgeous uh you know
california
cliffs uh like the california club coast
is known for and you're like right up
against it so you can take some
beautiful pictures
and just to you know sit in that setting
is really nice
the dogs really loved running on this
beach too and
kuma and zoe both went into the water a
lot
the waves weren't that strong here so i
think they really enjoyed that too when
the waves are like way too strong
kuma tends to not go in zoe you know is
actually
pretty brave and she'll go into the
water pretty far actually sometimes but
kuma when the waves are too strong she
tends to not go in too much so
i appreciated that it was pretty calm
there parking in this area was
easy for us to find there is plenty of
they have a dedicated parking area
there is no street parking though so
once it's full i think it's
pretty much full we did go early in the
morning to snag a spot
but when we left there was still you
know some spots left there's also
a dog wash station in the middle of the
parking area which
good news but it's their immediate and
the bathrooms are pretty
very well maintained area the only
downside was they have this really cool
restaurant there
that overlooks the ocean but it's not
dog friendly
which is a bummer because right next to
the dog beach yeah you would think that
they're dogs friendly because we were
thinking about maybe we should eat there
yeah or like have a drink or something
no and there's no other options in the
area too that's pretty much it
yeah that was the only downside to it
but that's like a minimum thing
so santa barbara is 96 miles from lax
which is about two hours it's actually
less than two hours but if you're gonna
stop
with your dog somewhere you know have
them take the restroom break
and it's a gorgeous drive it can take
the pca yeah so the drive will go by so
fast
yeah so number three i'm i feel like
this is
borderline southern california but when
we were looking at a lot of
off-leash dog beaches in the southern
california region
the speech kept on coming up so we went
here anyway
it's a carmel dog beach which is
827 miles from lax i think it's more
closer to san francisco
yeah i think so carmel is actually right
in the middle of california
and it's rated it was rated or voted in
the most dog-friendly city
in the usa so i think this is the reason
why people want to throw that in there
yeah because it is super doppler it is
the whole town is dog friendly we stayed
at a dog-friendly hotel
all this most of the shops are
dog-friendly
restaurants are dog friendly we even did
some wine tasting yeah
and then you walk around there's like
you know doggy stations everywhere
like they've got this town made so we
walked to the beach
and it was a nice walk i wish we could
have drove there because the cuba got a
little bit tired but yeah
parking is super super super limited so
we probably even got the spot if we're
probably not because we actually went
there twice and the first time we went i
think it was
1pm or something like that it was in the
afternoon and it was
definitely packed um there was traffic
going into the parking lot and it's just
one little parking yeah i thought
there's like max 10 spaces
is so tiny i feel like there's maybe
like 20. yeah okay i'm gonna say like
20. yeah
yeah it's not even like a lot it's just
kind of like oh here's some spots yeah
the next morning though we went really
early and
it was super easy to find a parking spot
then of course so we like this beach too
because well candy really liked it
because of the sand
yes i love the sand there it's white
it's that white powdery sand
and when we got to the parking lot you
go down like this
humongous tree which is a great i don't
know i just love huge trees
and they don't really picture big trees
like in a beach so i really like that
and then you go down this massive like
sand hill which i was like man if i was
a kid i would love to like go sledding
down this thing
and so i love you over that not so fun
for kuma and that's human
not not fun for us yeah and this was
zoe's first ever
dog beach so i don't know it's kind of
memorable to me that
in the first place she went she's so
spoiled
yes i think the powder sand kuma liked
that a lot too because it reminded her
like a florida scene
because when we when she first stepped
foot on the beach she kind of went crazy
yeah oh my gosh i want to run i want to
run so i had to like let her off the
leash as soon as i could
uh but yeah it was kind of fun to see
her get so excited about it you know
because
it reminds me of home next on the list
is ocean beach which they also called
the original dog beach
i liked this beach i was pleasantly
surprised yeah this was nice so i like
the setting that i was in
it has like nice piles of rocks on both
ends which is really nice
there's plenty of room for you know yes
yeah definitely lots of room
not as much room as like carmel or uh
huntington
or long beach but but there was still
plenty of that but their parking lot was
humongous
and even though it's humongous oh my
goodness we got there at night if we
were in line
yeah so um ocean beach is in the san
diego area
and it's about 122 miles from lax
and we left at 6 30 in the morning
so that we could get there early and you
know
have no problems finding parking oh boy
we were wrong
we got there at 9 00 am and
it was already full yeah there was a
line coming out of the parking lot
and forget street parking because street
parking there is oh yeah
next to impossible so i think that's why
the people are just
waiting in line to get in because they
know finding street park can be
impossible
so you will find parking eventually
because everybody kind of goes there
early stays there for a bit you know
like the surfers or the dog owners
some people will leave eventually right
they're not going to stay there all day
all day
yeah so we just have to be patient and
wait for a spot which we did
candy was actually going to drive around
and look for a spot while i took the
dogs out but
as soon as i left she found a parking
spot you know
but like not even five minutes after
yeah so
and you know that's why everybody else
was doing they're just waiting for a
parking spot
yeah because it's free too that's a
thing yeah it's free parking the
bathroom was actually pretty nice
and big um it's pretty well maintained
yeah
a little bit far from the dog beach area
because you know this section now some
places you're not allowed to have dogs
yeah but you know the signs are clearly
marked um but we had to walk a little
ways to get to
the bathroom area but at least they have
it if they have i'd rather
you know walk and not have any bathrooms
the dogs
really enjoyed this beach as well kuma
ran around like crazy she found some new
friends there
and she kept on like chasing around like
it was like this one pack of dogs i know
with zoey that was so cute yeah so both
zoe
and kuma were chasing these dogs
yeah they're like come here with my
friends so earlier i was saying like you
know usually kuma hates waves like when
we're in florida and there's waves
she'll never go near it
but here in california i think it's
because of zoey
like zoe does it she goes through the
waves and she has no problems just have
fun
so kuma almost wants to prove that she
could do it so she
goes in too and then she like gets ways
in her face and
it's so cute and also with the rocks
so i love the rocks there yeah and i
think that's why i like areas of like
rocks too yeah and then come on oh i can
do this until he gets it
just don't turn the rocks which it's a
fighting test because she always
asks our help to jump on the couch yeah
whatever she's like oh i can't do this
but oh a rock yeah
i could do it i could do this so yeah
the rocks are really fun too and great
photo opportunities if you like taking
photos so number five
long beach long beach is actually the
closest to lax and only 21 miles
so it's super duper close and this is
the one we always hear about it's called
rosie's dog beach they have a dedicated
parking area it was um they didn't have
to pay for it
they have a nice bathroom area um you
know kind of like an area to clean off
as far as like eaves and access i it was
nice i liked rosie's dog beach
i don't know if the dogs really enjoyed
it as much as the other ones
all the other dog beaches we went to
they run around
they get super excited chase other dogs
chase each other
but this was the only beach they didn't
get too excited about
it's not a bad beach at all i think it's
great like if you're
in the area i think it is a great dog
beach to go to
but if you had a choice between long
beach and huntington
i would definitely go to huntington yeah
cause i'm not that far apart
so she makes a little bit more of a
drive it's definitely worth
going to huntington's set yeah and if
you do go to long beach
um we stayed at the westin which is a
super dog friendly hotel and it's
actually free for your dogs to stay
and last on our list is coronado dog
beach
this was definitely not our favorite no
and
luckily um we didn't drive all the way
down there just for that beach this one
is also in san diego
and only 15 minutes away from
the ocean beach ocean beach that we went
to i didn't like that
there was no designated parking lot so
you have to find street parking which is
it's there but it's far yeah and then
once you get to the beach all of a
sudden i see this sign that says no dog
in the light i'm like what
okay i was freaking out i was like no i
i swear i look this up there's a dog
beach here
and then we saw like this long path
they take you to a dog like well
you can't you're like
what we're not walking now because it's
already hot out there
oh my goodness i don't want to walk that
and then when we get there it's so small
super small and you know the scenery
wasn't even that great no
because when you turn around it's all
fenced because there's a navy base there
yeah
i think the most sound disappointed was
just the lack of space
yeah a lack of space definitely yeah and
i don't i feel like the dogs felt that
too
didn't really i don't know i thought
they're a little bit tired from the
first beach but
maybe oh yeah i was a little bit
disappointed with this place because
okay everybody not everybody but some of
our friends
talked it up and said it was like one of
their favorite dog beaches they went to
off leash dog beaches they went to
so we're really looking forward to it
and coronado is a really beautiful area
we had really high hopes when we parked
we're like okay it's a little far but
whatever
the neighborhood is gorgeous like all
like sidewalks
pretty houses so like the walk from the
car to the beach was actually
very nice like i enjoyed that walk so i
was like that's pretty awesome and then
i'm like once
when we got there i was like
yeah it's like they put it at the very
corner
of coronado but again it's not a bad
beach
it's just on the bottom of our list out
of all the beaches that i went to the
off leash dog beaches that we went to in
southern california
that is probably the one that we will
never go to again
so that's it that's our list of our
favorite
off-leash dog beaches in southern
california
hope this list helps you out with your
fur friends when you come to california
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