Carpinteria State Beach
Carpinteria · near Carpinteria / Santa Barbara · Central Coast
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 20
- Campsites
- ~215 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$45/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). 'The world's safest beach' — a calm, swimmable beach near Santa Barbara with a tide-pool reef and seal rookery. Showers, some hookups. Walkable to Carpinteria town. Very popular.
What is here
- Setting
- beach
- Amenities
- Calm swimmable beach · Some RV hookups · Tide pools & seal rookery · Walk to town
- Best for
- Family beach camping with swimming
- Features
- 'World's safest beach' (calm swimming) · Tide pools & harbor seals · Walkable beach town · Some RV hookups
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead — very popular. Calm, swimmable beach ('world's safest') — great for kids. Some RV hookups (rare for state beaches). Tide pools and a seal rookery (pupping season viewing from a distance). Walk to Carpinteria town. Near Santa Barbara. Showers. Family beach camping with real swimming.
The guide
Carpinteria State Beach, on the gentle coast just south of Santa Barbara, is one of the most family-friendly beach campgrounds …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Carpinteria State Beach — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.39, -119.518