List of beaches in California

The information in this article draws extensively from the California Coastal Access Guide, a comprehensive resource that provides detailed information on over 1150 public access points along California's extensive 1271-mile coastline.

The beaches are listed in order from north to south, and are grouped by county.

In some cases (as indicated), more detailed list articles of beaches are available for certain areas of the coast, currently for Sonoma County and San Diego County.

Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids.

For a more detailed list beaches in the San Diego area, see List of beaches in San Diego, California.