Zmudowski State Beach

Central Coast

parks

At a glance

Size
194
Established
1950

parks detail

Hook
A locals' fishing and surfing beach reached through artichoke fields
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Reached through farm roads and named for a Watsonville schoolteacher who donated the land, it's a locals' beach for perch fishing and empty-lineup surf. The Pajaro River mouth at its north end is a shorebird magnet.

Getting there

Coordinates
36.828, -121.802

Driving directions

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