Beach Guide

Where to Park

Seaside · lots & garages

Arrive early
lots fill fast

Watch the Lots Fill

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Pouring the water…

12 PM today
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3 lots · 135 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.

All Parking

at 12 PM · nearest first

Seaside Regional Beach Access

~4 open

90 spaces · Free · Regional access · 5 min

San Juan Avenue Beach Access

~7 open

25 spaces · Free · Beach access · 21 min

Santa Clara Beach Access

~7 open

20 spaces · Free · Beach access · 24 min

On-street parking

150 metered spaces · Free (limited) · Central Square & Hwy 30A fill early; ride the 30A trail instead. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.

Local moves

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Street parking: Free (limited) (Central Square & Hwy 30A fill early; ride the 30A trail instead).

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Lots nearest the sand fill first — the ones a block or two back usually have room.

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Check each lot's hours below: some are open 24 hours, others close at night.

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Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking hunt.

City parking info (850) 267-1216

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.

At Seaside, the sun sets at 7:50 PM today — about 14h 6m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:44 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Seaside update at the top of the conditions page.