Sun, surf and sand with your dog
We’ll have fun fun fun with our furry friends begging for a vacation at the beach. Your favorite canine will love going surfing, swimming, fetching, sniffing, sunning and digging in the sand at all of these dog-friendly beaches.
1. Newport Beach
Miles of surfer and puppy friendly sand! What furshionista would not want to walk on a leash on this expansive sandy beach, surrounded by millionaire homes? Cici thinks it is a great place to sunbathe, relax and dream. And after hours, have a bonfire with your best friend, listening to the waves crashing and munch on s’mores while telling woof woof stories.
https://theocbarkyard.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/dog-friendly-beaches-in-orange-county/
2. Torrance Beach
Rat Beach is a little known beach near Redondo Beach in Palos Verdes Estates. Doggies can run off leash on soft sand for a mile and a half.
https://celiasue.com/2012/06/27/july-4th-in-southern-california/
3. Huntington Beach
Pooches can catch a wave, shoot a curl, hang four paws and practice their best moves at doggie surf camp for Surf City’s annual Surf Dog event. Three days of doggone fun for everyone.
http://surfcitysurfdog.com/
4. Laguna Beach
Romping and rolling on leash is allowed during the non-tourist season from September to June and before 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. during the rest of the year. But there are still fun shops, art to paw at, doggie parks to chase other dogs in, music and dance festivals and skateboarding for pooches with imagination and energy to spare.
http://www.lagunabeachmagazine.com/four-legged-laguna/
5. Carmel
Soak up the sun and surf at one of the dog-friendliest beaches on the planet. Canines run wild and free (one of the few leash-free beaches in California) along the sand for miles. Fodor’s and others have named Carmel the pet friendliest city in the USA for good reason. Otherwise known as doggie heaven. White sand, blue skies and waves, who could woof for anything more?
https://celiasue.com/2014/07/08/summer-fun-in-doggie-heaven/
6. Pebble Beach
After enjoying the surf and sand, canines in the know and their hoomans can watch the sunset, listen to bagpipes, and eat tasty gourmet treats on the patio fire pit area of the Inn at Spanish Bay at Pebble Beach.
https://celiasue.com/2014/07/08/summer-fun-in-doggie-heaven/
7. Pacific Grove
Asilomar Coastal Trail is where friendly furry four-leggeds sniff and explore, along Sunset Drive. There is a wooden boardwalk and bridge and lots of off leash fun to be had at Spanish Bay Beach, right after the State Beach.
http://www.coastalcaninemag.com/issues/spring2011/ccdwasilomar.html
8. Mendocino
Speaking of dog friendly coastal paradises, where else but Mendo can a dog do everything (and more) of what a dog’s gotta do? Van Damme State Beach and Noyo Beach are the hippiest and happiest places for pooches. Where else on earth can canines paddle a canoe, go kayaking, tiptoe through the tulips for free at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, get a few licks of an ice cream cone (also free), go shopping, dining and camping, all within a few miles?
http://www.mendocinofun.com/pet-friendly/
9. San Diego
Dog beach baby is where the nouveau ripe and famous go for a little R&R (rough and rambunctious), zoomies. This is the best melting spot for hot dogs of all sizes, shapes, colors, and breeds.
https://oceanbeachsandiego.com/attractions/beaches/dog-beach
10. Morro Bay
North of the Rock, at North Point Beach, canines can frolic off leash on a two-mile stretch of sand. At the Morro Bay Visitors Center (which keeps changing location), Cici had a selfie taken with a surf board.
http://www.visitsanluisobispocounty.com/blog/794/dog-friendly-beaches-abound-in-slo-county
Beach baby bungalows
11. Pismo Beach
Four paws in the sand. Do not wish to work on your tan or hate the feel of the pebbles beneath your paws? Take your hooman out for a sunset stroll along the pier. Roam the bluffs above Shell Beach at Dinosaur Caves Park.
http://www.visitsanluisobispocounty.com/blog/794/dog-friendly-beaches-abound-in-slo-county
https://celiasue.com/2013/05/02/slo-has-gone-to-the-dogs/
12. Bodega Bay
Schoolhouse Beach, Goat Rock Beach and the other state beaches are a dog’s best bet for sun and surf. Some of the campgrounds are dog friendly and others are not. The freshest fish and chips on the planet can be had at the Boat House where furry pals can party on the patio.
https://celiasue.com/2009/05/26/the-birds-fly-over-jenner/
13. Dillon Beach
Marin county’s off leash private beach allows hoomans to call their dogs who play nice and friendly with others from the tide line to the water.
