Beach Guide

Where to Park

Encinitas · lots & garages

Arrive early
lots fill fast

Watch the Lots Fill

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12 PM today
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3 lots · 240 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.

All Parking

at 12 PM · nearest first

D St Lot

~16 open

60 spaces · Metered · Downtown lot · 2 min

Moonlight Beach City Lot

~7 open

150 spaces · $3/hr · Beach lot · 3 min

Swami's Lot

~5 open

30 spaces · Free · Surf break · 19 min

Local moves

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Arrive before 9 AM on summer weekends - Moonlight Beach lot fills by mid-morning.

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The D St lot is a reliable backup when Moonlight is full - it is a short flat walk to the sand.

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Swami's free lot fills fast on good surf days - street parking on K St is the overflow.

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Downtown Encinitas has a free 2-hour city garage on 2nd Ave for dining and errands.

happy hunting

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 Encinitas: Moonlight Beach City Lot ($3/hr) and Swami's Lot (Free). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.