Parking at Cayucos 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 · 110 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
300 metered spaces · Free · No meters -- free street parking throughout downtown. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
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Cayucos has free street parking throughout the small downtown -- no meters.
The beach access lots along Cayucos Drive are free and rarely fill completely.
Arrive by 10 AM on summer weekends to get a spot near the pier.
The Hardie Park lot on Cayucos Drive is free and a short walk to the sand.
Weekday visits are extremely relaxed -- the town barely gets crowded except during summer.
Parking at Cayucos Beach is free at several lots.
Yes. Cayucos Beach has free parking at Hardie Park Beach Lot, Cayucos State Beach Lot. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Cayucos Beach has 2 lots within walking distance; the largest is Hardie Park Beach Lot (60 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 Cayucos 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 Cayucos Beach: Hardie Park Beach Lot (Free) and Cayucos State Beach Lot (Free), plus street parking at Free. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.