Parking at Ventura starts free, with lots from $10/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 · 730 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
300 metered spaces · Metered · Harbor Blvd & downtown Main St · free 2-hr zones fill fast. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Ventura Pier Parking, Surfers Point at Seaside Park, Marina Park. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
California State Parks charges $10 per vehicle for day use at San Buenaventura State Beach, and the park is open 7 AM to sunset. Special rates may apply on peak weekends and holidays.
Parking along Spinnaker Drive and in the Dolphin Lot at Ventura Harbor is free every day, first come, first served. The Dolphin Lot is a 3 to 5 minute walk to Harbor Village.
Harbor Village and the harbor beach lots, including Harbor Cove Beach, are free Monday to Thursday except holidays. Friday to Sunday and holidays they are paid from 10 AM to 8 PM, $1 per hour up to 4 hours or $10 for the day.
Harbor Cove Beach is closed 9 PM to 5 AM and overnight parking is not allowed there.
Parking at Ventura starts free, with lots from $10/day. The cheapest paid lot is San Buenaventura State Beach Lot at $10/day.
Yes. Ventura has free parking at Marina Park. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Ventura has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is San Buenaventura State Beach Lot (200 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 Ventura 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 Ventura: Ventura Pier Parking (Metered) and San Buenaventura State Beach Lot ($10/day), plus street parking at Metered. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.