Parking at Carmel Beach is free at several lots. Compare 2 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
2 lots · 120 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
600 metered spaces · Free · Street spots near the beach fill by 11 AM on summer weekends. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
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Carmel Beach has free street parking throughout the village -- no meters and no time limits after 5 PM.
Ocean Avenue is the main access -- street parking along Scenic Road overlooks the beach.
The small lot at the foot of 8th Avenue fills first on weekends.
The municipal lot on Junipero Ave near Ocean is free and a short walk to the beach.
Come early in summer -- by 11 AM most street spots within a block of the beach are taken.
Parking at Carmel Beach is free at several lots.
Yes. Carmel Beach has free parking at 8th Ave Beach Access, Junipero Ave Municipal Lot. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Carmel Beach has 2 lots within walking distance; the largest is Junipero Ave Municipal Lot (80 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Carmel Beach lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Carmel Beach: 8th Ave Beach Access (Free) and Junipero Ave Municipal Lot (Free), plus street parking at Free. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.