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Marina State Beach, Marina, CA

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Sports & Outdoors

Marina State Beach

A protected Monterey Bay beach in Marina known for hang-gliding, kite flying, and wide ocean views.

End of Reservation Road, Marina, CA · Marina, CA

About Marina State Beach

This state beach sits on Monterey Bay within the Marina Dunes Natural Preserves. Its windy conditions and tall dunes draw hang-glider pilots, kite flyers, and operators of radio-controlled gliders. Visitors also come for picnicking, fishing, and views of the bay and the marine sanctuary offshore. Ocean swimming is risky here because of strong rip currents. The park has day-use facilities but no campground, and dogs are not permitted on its beaches.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Marina State Beach, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Monterey Bay Equestrian Center

    $50+

    A beachfront stable in Marina offering guided horseback rides along the dunes and shoreline of Monterey Bay.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.6 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Fort Ord Dunes State Park

    Check prices

    A coastal state park of restored dunes and beach on Monterey Bay, once part of a U.S. Army post.

    2.1 mi awayMore like this

  • Eat & Drink
    Date Night

    Fish Hopper

    $25–$50

    Seafood and steak restaurant on Monterey's historic Cannery Row.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    6.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Eat & Drink

  • Attractions
    Iconic

    Monterey Bay Aquarium

    $50+

    Watch sea otters, sharks, sea turtles and a towering kelp forest at an aquarium on the old Hovden Cannery site on Cannery Row.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    6.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Monterey Mirror Maze

    Under $25

    Walk-through mirror maze and laser challenge arcade on Monterey's Cannery Row.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    6.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Iconic

    17-Mile Drive

    Under $25

    Drive a gated coastal loop past the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock, Point Joe and the golf courses of Pebble Beach.

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