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Everything for a day on the boardwalk — conditions, parking, the Pacific sunset and where to eat after.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Beach lots, meters & garages

Boardwalk & Sunset

Drum circle, cam & golden hour

Dining

Abbot Kinney eats & fish tacos

Things to Do

Harbor cruises & canal kayaks

Events

What's on this week

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Venice Beach

The boardwalk · Muscle Beach

Skate park · drum circle

Santa Monica

Pier & amusement park north

Walk or bike up

Marina del Rey

Mother's Beach · calm harbor

Family swim · kayaks

Dockweiler

Bonfires & wide open sand

Fire pits · RV camp

Will Rogers

Quieter sand north of SM

Pacific Palisades

Venice Canals

Historic waterways, no sand

Walk the bridges

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Santa Monica

10 min north

Pier, Third St & the Ferris wheel

Marina del Rey

10 min south

Largest man-made marina · harbor cruises

Abbot Kinney

5 min inland

Boutiques, First Fridays & top eats

Culver City

20 min east

Studios, breweries & downtown dining

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Venice Beach. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Right now at Venice Beach, the water is 75°F, surf is running 3–4 ft and the air is 73°F but feels like 80°F. Wind is 1 mph from the S and the UV index peaks at 7 (high) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 72 minutes right now, and the strongest stretch runs 12 PM to 4 PM. Today’s tides: Low 4:51 AM, High 11:06 AM, Low 5:36 PM, High 11:38 PM. Dogs are not allowed on this beach.