Dogs on California beaches
California is all about dedicated dog beaches: most city and state beaches don't allow dogs, but official dog beaches let them run off-leash. California State Parks generally don't allow dogs on beaches.
Dogs allowedOff-leash OKLeash requiredNo dogs some hoursNo dogs that dayDog walk (paw marker)Walk route
Tap a beach or walk on the map to see its dog rules. Tapping a walk with a mapped route zooms to the green route line. Use two fingers to move the map on a phone.
- Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Carmel Beach
Carmel-by-the-Sea - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Coronado Dog Beach
Coronado - No dogs
Baby Beach (Dana Point Harbor)
Dana Point - No dogs 9am to 6pm, from June 15 to September 10. Dogs on a leash the rest of the time
Capistrano Beach
Dana Point - No dogs
Salt Creek Beach
Dana Point - Off-leash dogs allowed from the day after Labor Day to June 15. Off-leash dogs allowed midnight to 8am, from June 16 to Labor Day. Dogs on a leash the rest of the time
- Off-leash dogs allowed 5am to 10pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 5am and 10pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Huntington Dog Beach
Huntington Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Kehoe Beach
Inverness - Dogs on a leash all year
Kehoe Beach Trail
Dog walk · Inverness - Dogs on a leash all year
Cross Marin Trail
Dog walk · Lagunitas - Off-leash dogs allowed 6am to 8pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 6am and 8pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Rosie's Dog Beach
Long Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Leo Carrillo State Beach
Malibu - No dogs
Malibu public beaches
Malibu - No dogs 10am to 5pm, all year. Dogs on a leash the rest of the time
Newport Beach beaches
Newport Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Bolinas Ridge Trail
Dog walk · Olema - Dogs on a leash all year
Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach - Off-leash dogs allowed 4am to 10pm, all year. No dogs midnight to 4am and 10pm to midnight, all year. No dogs the rest of the time
Fiesta Island
San Diego - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Ocean Beach Dog Beach
San Diego - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Fort Funston
San Francisco - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Ocean Beach (north of Stairwell 21)
San Francisco - Dogs on a leash from July 1 to May 15. Off-leash the rest of the time
Ocean Beach (Stairwell 21 to Sloat Boulevard)
San Francisco - Off-leash dogs allowed all year
Arroyo Burro Beach (east of the estuary)
Santa Barbara - Off-leash dogs allowed midnight to 10am and 4pm to midnight, all year. Dogs allowed the rest of the time (local leash laws apply)
Mitchell's Cove
Santa Cruz - No dogs
Seal Beach
Seal Beach - Dogs on a leash all year
Wawona Meadow Loop
Dog walk · Wawona - Dogs on a leash all year
Lower Yosemite Fall Trail
Dog walk · Yosemite Valley
Towns and parks in California
- City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
- City of Coronado
- City of Del Mar
- City of Huntington Beach
- City of Long Beach
- City of Malibu
- City of Newport Beach
- City of Pismo Beach
- City of San Diego
- City of Santa Barbara
- City of Santa Cruz
- City of Seal Beach
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Leo Carrillo State Park
- OC Parks
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Yosemite National Park
What we coverdog beaches from San Diego to Point Reyes, Orange County beaches from Seal Beach to Dana Point, Malibu, Pismo Beach, San Francisco's Fort Funston and Ocean Beach, plus Yosemite: 21 beaches, 5 walks. Next: Laguna Beach, San Clemente, Huntington State Beach and more Los Angeles beaches. Places not on the map aren't checked yet.
Shorebird closuresPiping plover and tern nesting areas close to dogs from spring to fall, and can change daily. Signs on the beach always take priority.
Leash laws"Dogs allowed" means there's no beach rule against dogs that day. Town and state leash laws still apply unless a beach is marked off-leash.