Parking at Ocean Beach starts free, with lots from $2/hr. Compare 3 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
3 lots · 220 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
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The pier lot is free but fills by 9 AM on summer weekends - arrive early or park on Abbott St.
Dog Beach lot fills fast on weekend mornings - overflow on Voltaire St or Bacon St nearby.
Wednesday evenings Newport Ave closes for the farmers market from 4 to 8 PM - street metered spots disappear early.
Sunset Cliffs further south has street parking on Sunset Cliffs Blvd for clifftop viewing with no lot.
Parking at Ocean Beach starts free, with lots from $2/hr. The cheapest paid lot is Newport Ave Metered Parking at $2/hr.
Yes. Ocean Beach has free parking at Ocean Beach Pier Lot, Dog Beach Lot. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Ocean Beach has 3 lots within walking distance; the largest is Ocean Beach Pier Lot (100 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Beach: Ocean Beach Pier Lot (Free) and Dog Beach Lot (Free). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.