Leo Carrillo State Park
West Malibu at the county line · near Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Tidepooling
At a glance
- Fee
- $12/vehicle day use (limited free PCH shoulder)
- Season
- Year-round · check tide AND swell before committing to the point
What is here
- Species
- Two-spot octopus · Sea hares · Ochre stars · Sea caves & the keyhole arch
- Highlights
- Sequit Point · The Campground
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Gear
- Grippy wet shoes · Swell check — the point takes waves · Headlamp for the caves · Camp gear if you're smart about it
Tidepooling detail
- Nickname
- Sequit Point's Caves & Pools
- Pool type
- reef-shelf
- Program
- self-guided
- Mpa
- State park rules — no collecting; Point Dume SMR/SMCA east
- Best tide
- Below 0.0 ft; the point floods fast on the rise
- Docent note
- Seasonal campground interpretive programs; junior-ranger tidepool walks
- Intl tip
- 45 min from Santa Monica at the far end of Malibu. Pools, caves, and the keyhole arch are all at Sequit Point (north end). Check swell and tide together. Camping walking-distance from the pools makes it LA's best dawn-tidepool setup.
The guide
Leo Carrillo, at Malibu's far western edge, is Los Angeles's most complete beach package — a mile and a half of sand, a sycamor…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Leo Carrillo State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.0443, -118.9354