Silver Strand Beach
Oxnard, CA
Silver Strand Beach is a genuinely wide swimming beach with its main entrance at Channel View Park, which also offers views over the Channel Islands Harbor entrance. Real shipwreck history along this stretch adds some depth to an otherwise straightforward wide sand beach.
A genuinely wide, easy swimming beach with real harbor views and some local shipwreck history, a solid all-around Oxnard stop.
How we score beachesStop at Channel View Park first for the harbor entrance views before heading down to the beach itself, it's a good orientation point.
Free parking is available near Channel View Park.
The path from parking to the sand isn't documented in detail, so allow extra time on your first visit.
Dogs are allowed on leash only before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m., so they are off the beach during most daytime hours.
Fog is common most mornings year round, typical of the Oxnard coast.
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