Monterey State Beach

I went exploring with my female college bud, who’s an excellent driver and one of the rare few to get a green card on their own. It was a wonderful experience, but I missed the hawkers you find in Mumbai selling all sorts of stuff. In the US, the beaches are clean, quiet, and beautiful, but you’ve got to pack your own supplies since there aren’t any hawkers around.

To start with you can't park any RV in the beach carpark but we managed to find a spot in West Street further down. I'm not going to be an RV wkr and mark down the beach for that. The beach is nice enough,soft sand , safe water, bit of rubbish about and two dead Seals. I've knocked a Star off for the rubbish.

We love it here, kinda chilly but beautiful. Super clean, not a lot of garbage anywhere!

Decent beach. Good for families with little kids as there is a stream running alongside that is shallow and fun for kids to play in. Waves break pretty hard in places with not as gradual a slope to play in the water. Plenty of beach for crowds. No restroom facilities. Limited parking (around 50 stalls). Overall fun place to play with nice views.

Nice beach but a lot of sea weeds leaves it stinky smell there

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The beach is open but since we were in a corner of the bay the waves could be fierce. There are signs all over warning of rip tides that can carry you away. Not really safe to swim but the ocean is beautiful.

Stunning views, clean beach, and fun tidal shelf where the kids can play without being in the undertow.