The 2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate beach volleyball in the United States.

USC defeated Florida State in the championship match, 3 sets to 0, to clinch the inaugural national title.

[1] This was the Trojans' second consecutive national title, having won the last AVCA tournament before the change in the event's sponsor.

[2] All eight teams were subsequently seeded and paired accordingly in the first round of a double-elimination style tournament to be played across a three-day span.

Matches were won by the first team to win three-of-five sets.