Skip to content
San Onofre State Beach, San Clemente, CA

Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sports & Outdoors

San Onofre State Beach

A long coastal state beach south of San Clemente known for surfing, camping, and bluff trails.

5200 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, San Clemente, CA, 92672 · San Clemente, CA

About San Onofre State Beach

San Onofre State Beach is a popular coastal park between Los Angeles and San Diego, spread across three areas: the Bluffs, the San Mateo Campground, and the Surf Beach. Visitors come to surf, swim, camp, fish, bird-watch, and bike. The Surf Beach is a famed surf break that has hosted international competitions, and the park is scheduled to host surfing at the LA28 Olympics. The park also holds the site of Panhe, a sacred Acjachemen village and burial ground, and its shoreline shows dramatic geology shaped by erosion and landslides.

  • #beach
  • #surfing
  • #camping
  • #coastal
  • #hiking

What's around here?

The closest stops to San Onofre 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

    San Clemente State Beach

    Under $25

    Oceanfront state beach at the south end of San Clemente, with tall sandstone bluffs and a historic Spanish Colonial cottage that serves as the visitor center.

    2.5 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Doheny State Beach

    Under $25

    A popular Orange County surf beach with a visitor center, tide pool, campground, and paved beachside trail.

    8.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Outdoor Adventure

    Dana Wharf Sportfishing

    $25–$50

    Whale watching, dolphin cruises and sportfishing charters departing daily from Dana Point Harbor.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    8.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Tours
    Family Favorite

    Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari

    $50+

    Dolphin and whale watching cruises from Dana Point Harbor, including catamaran trips with underwater viewing pods.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    9.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Museums

    Ocean Institute

    Under $25

    Non-profit ocean education center on the Dana Point Harbor waterfront with exhibits, touch tanks, and tall ship and research vessel trips.

    9.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors

    O'Neill Regional Park

    Under $25

    Wooded canyon park in eastern Orange County with campgrounds, picnic areas, and trails for hiking, biking, and riding horses.

    19 mi awayMore like this

Near San Onofre State Beach

More of the same kind

Keep exploring