Santa Barbara County Nude Beaches
These beaches are NOT RECOMMENDED because of concerns about law enforcement. We include them for your information because you may see them in other guides. If you have updated information about the situation at any of them, e-mail gocalifornia.guide@about.com to report it.
What is your favorite Santa Barbara County nude beach?
Gaviota | More Mesa | Rincon | San Onofre(Secret) | Summerland | Vista del Mar
If you prefer, click on the
name of the Santa Barbara County nude beach on the map below to get
information about it.
More Mesa, Rincon and Summerland Beaches are subject to Santa Barbara County laws, and the Santa Barbara County sheriff is often out on warm days ticketing nude sunbathers and arresting people having sex. Other Santa Barbara County nude beaches listed are in state parks, and are subject to State Park Regulations.
Brad recently reports that at Summerland and Rincon "They have resorted to using plain-clothes operatives as seeing the uniforms from a distance allows the bathers to cover and avoid citations."
Warning: In April, 2003, a California state park ranger wrote to warn those frequenting Gaviota State Beach, San Onofre Beach and Vista del Mar: "All of these area are patrolled regularly by both state park peace officers as well as Santa Barbara County Sheriffs, and recent acts of lewd conduct discovered there have been prosecuted to the highest letter of the law... recent complaints of nudity have met with at a minimum a citation of CCR 4322, and at most arrests for PC 314 Indecent Exposure. PC 314 (Indecent Exposure) is listed as a sex crime in California, and carries with it upon conviction lifetime registration in their community as a sex offender."
This is an interactive map. Click on the beach name to get more information about it.
Santa Barbara
County Nude Beach Map
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