Avila Beach Hot Springs (Sycamore & Avila)
Avila Beach (San Luis Obispo) · near Avila Beach / San Luis Obispo · Central Coast
Swimming & Hot Springs
At a glance
- Temperature
- 100–104°F
- Cost
- Sycamore: private hillside tubs by the hour · Avila Hot Springs: affordable family day pass
- Season
- Year-round
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Safety
- Developed resorts; standard rules. Book Sycamore's popular tubs (especially the famed 'Oasis') ahead on weekends.
Swimming & Hot Springs detail
- Type
- hot-spring
- Temp
- hot
- Clothing optional
- No
- Directions
- Avila Beach Drive off Hwy 101 between SLO and Pismo. Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort and Avila Hot Springs sit a mile apart on the same road.
- Pools
- Sycamore: 24 open-air mineral tubs terraced up a wooded hillside (book by the hour, day or late night) plus a waterfall lagoon. Avila Hot Springs: a big 20'x20' hot mineral pool and a family swimming pool with waterslide.
- Intl tip
- Avila Beach's sheltered cove is often sunny when the rest of the coast fogs in. The Bob Jones bike trail rolls from town toward SLO through the oaks; Friday's Avila fish market on the pier is a local institution.
The guide
Avila Beach quietly hosts the Central Coast's most convenient mineral water: Sycamore Mineral Springs' 24 private redwood tubs …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Avila Beach Hot Springs (Sycamore & Avila) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.185, -120.718