Avila Beach Community Park
Avila Beach, CA
Avila Beach Community Park anchors the small, genuinely sheltered beach town of Avila Beach, with play equipment and a basketball court right next to the sand. The bay's curve here blocks much of the wind and swell that hits the more exposed beaches nearby, making this one of the calmer, more family friendly stops on the San Luis Obispo coast.
The genuinely sheltered bay setting makes it one of the calmer, more family friendly beaches on this stretch of coast, held back only by its small town size.
How we score beachesCome here over the more exposed Pismo beaches if wind is a concern, the bay's curve genuinely shelters this stretch of sand.
Free parking is available near the park.
Stairs and a path lead from the park down to the beach.
Dogs are allowed off leash under voice control on the adjacent Avila Beach before 10am and after 5pm, but are banned from the sand between 10am and 5pm except for service animals.
Fog is common most mornings year round, though Avila Beach's sheltered bay tends to see less wind than the open coast nearby.
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