Parking at Venice Beach costs from $5/day. Compare 5 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.
5 lots · 870 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
500 metered spaces · $1.50/hr · Metered · Pacific Ave & side streets. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Venice Beach Lot · Windward, Windward Ave Private Lots. Posted prices at the lot always win.
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The county's three Venice Beach lots (Rose Ave, Venice Blvd and Washington Blvd) are open 6 AM to 10 PM and hold over 1,200 spaces between them.
County lot rates change with the season, the day and the hour. Winter (September to May) daytime is $6 on weekdays and $9 on weekends and county holidays; summer (late May to September) is $9 and $18. Early morning and evening are cheaper.
County pay stations take Visa and Mastercard, or $1 and $5 bills with no change given. If a pay station is broken, call LAZ Parking at (310) 821-1081.
The LA County Free Beach Shuttle stops at Washington Blvd and Pacific Ave, and Bus 1 stops at Washington Blvd and Dell Ave, so you can skip the lots.
Parking at Venice Beach costs from $5/day. The cheapest paid lot is Windward Ave Private Lots at $5–$30/day.
Parking at Venice Beach is paid — there is no free beach lot. Lots start at $5/day. Arriving early or late in the day is your best bet for a spot.
Venice Beach has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is South Beach Lot · Venice Blvd (220 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 Venice 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 Venice Beach: Venice Beach Lot · Windward ($15/day) and Windward Ave Private Lots ($5–$30/day), plus street parking at $1.50/hr. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.