Most Interesting Beaches to Explore around the Bay Area

Fri, 17 Jun 2022

Most Interesting Beaches to Explore around the Bay Area

This isn’t your typical list of beaches to sit back and relax. You’re going to need your adventure sandals for these 8 beaches.

ANIMAL SEEKERS

Drake’s Beach (Point Reyes Station)

Drake's Beach has great sights, wildlife, beaches to walk, and hikes. Walk along the beach next to dramatic white sandstone cliffs that are 10-13 million years old and witness the spectacle of elephant seals lounging, fighting, mating, swimming, and giving birth from Dec 15 to Mar 31.

Bean Hollow State Beach Tide Pools (South of Pescadero)

This isolated beach located 7 minutes south of Pescadero off HWY 1 has two cove beaches separated by a rock point that they’ve connected with a 1 mile nature trail. The beach is known for the tide pools full of marine inhabitants, including crab, sea urchins, anemones, and more. Seals are also nearby.