El Segundo Beach

I enjoy coming to the beach and there’s a really good place with family friends and to get together and have a barbecue have a good time enjoy the sea go swimming.

If LA beaches were boxers, El Segundo beach would be the scrappy underdog who doesn’t get a lot of press but can make the crowd go wild.
It’s never too crowded, plenty of parking, clean bathrooms and right off the bike path. They have a few volleyball nets too if that’s your thing, or just bring a book and get cozy.
One big downside and two minor ones:
— The bathrooms are closed from labor day until memorial day. Sort of a downer if you want to spend a day at the beach on the off-​season, especially if you have kids.
— It’s not a dog-​friendly beach, but the beach patrol seems to leave you alone if your pup is well-​behaved.
— I think people avoid this beach because it’s close to the airport, the refinery and the wastewater treatment plant. But. do you come to the beach to stare at the land behind you or the ocean ahead? I’ll take a mostly empty beach with some industrial architecture in the background over a crowded beach with cute houses any day. And I’ve never noticed a smell.

Well I’ve been procrastinating writing a review on this beach, I’m practically here every week! It’s just a beach, with sand, ocean, some surfers (especially in the wee early morning hours), lots of bikes & peds going through — especially the very narrow portion alongside Chevron, you’ll have to watch out & look behind you as well in front because there’s always bikes going through, most of them of nice and warn you, there are some inexperienced or careless that fly by and the same goes for pedestrians, you can’t walk alongside each other, there’s no room for passing! But some people do anyways and you’ll get the bikers who’ll find their spot and disrupt flow of traffic by stopping w/​out looking and you’ll have to fend for yourself trying to get past them & get through traffic (not joking, if you’ve done it before on the busy weekends, you know what I’m referring to). But aside those little quirks, it’s worth it! You get to Porto Beach and the Strand much faster.
Sometimes you’ll see Sea Lions, unfortunately for me, I’ve only seen the dead ones :(
But they are there, hopefully I’ll catch some soon. Nice little area of rocks along the way of bike path to sit on and absorb, I think some people fish there too.
Bathrooms are open after Memorial weekend till end of summer and parking lot — price also goes up for summer time. Lifeguard on duty too.
There’s nothing special, no food or drink places within it or walking distance, (unless you live there). It’s empty and boring. Why would you want to come anyways Don’t come here, you won’t like it…
Shhhhhhh! That’s all I’m going to say. (wink)

Great beach to take a stroll. Not very crowded at all. I frequently drive on the Vista del Mar which is right along this beach and decided to stop and enjoy an afternoon walk. Lots of parking meters around and seems pretty safe as they have lifeguards on duty.

I am definitely a fan of this section of the beach due to how secluded it is. I do wish they had a slightly larger walking section along the wall of Chevron next to the bike path so I don’t feel like i’m getting in the way of the bikes but it’s a nice stretch. I also feel like with the rocks there blocking the bike path and the rough waves, no one really uses this section and the beach area could be used for a dog beach. Just throwing that out there…

shhhh… this is a little secret…
been living in ES for over 2 yrs… biked through here between MDR and RB and never knew what this spot was. glad to know now!
the stroll from ES down to the beach is not too hard. the decline slope on Grand makes it pretty easy. the return, however, now that’s a different beast. but, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
the span of the beach is pretty much the span of Hyperion/​Chevron. almost north up to Imperial Hwy and Dockweiler to just south down to Rosecrans and El Porto. there is a small rock pier that juts out. parking is available in a small lot with differing rates depending on the season. plan on summer being around $ 8 all day. similar to Dockweiler. there are facilities available as well, just south of the parking lot.
no other magical amenities here. no bars or an annual beer chugging, marathon competition a la Iron Man. there are volleyball posts available. bring your own nets just in case. beach is clean and pretty well kept. there is also a lifeguard post.
overall, a convenient and great local option to heading to MB or HB or RB during the summers. just hope we keep our little secret. :)

For parking, you have three options.
1) free — park by downtown el Segundo and walk to the beach
2) coin operated parking — there’s only about 6 spaces with metered parking. $ 0.25 for 10 mins. Max of 90 mins. I made the mistake of putting more coins in and the machine just swallowed my money. Only takes coins. No cards.
3) pay for the day at the pay machine — w/​d before 9am $ 3 /​9am-​4pm $ 6 /​4pm onwards $ 3 or w/​e I think it’s $ 1 or $ 2 more.

I came to this beach last week on a Monday. Practically had it all to ourselves. Great view and really easy access. Next time I’m in the area, I would love to stop by again.

It looks like they finally opened some restrooms at the north end near the parking area!

Nice beach, easy access. The waves here are a little rough, hard to swim in, hard to paddle board in. But if you are going to the beach to hang all day, for $ 10 to park you get easy access, quiet beach. Gotta love that!
They also just put in new bathrooms. YAAA!

It had been a long time since I had come back to this beach. It’s great. Not so crowded, mostly locals, great surf. The locals are nice. The sand is clean and there are many lifeguard towers. Will definitely go back.

So, when I visited, I thought it was one of the nicest beaches I’d ever come across, but then I realized that people might not come to this beach because historically, there have been leaks and dumps and such from the local refineries. Umm, awkward. Nevertheless, the beach was impeccably clean, and the waves were relatively calm. I paid $ 3 for parking, stuck my key in my belly button, and had a blast with my friend. I buried my feet in sand, and wasn’t even attacked by sand crabs.
I’ll probably be back.

Really liked this beach! We stopped to get away from the horrible 405 traffic on our way home from Irvine in the afternoon. This beach is by a very industrial area.
Parking was around $ 3 I believe.
They have camp grounds for RV’s as well as normal day tourist parking.
We ended up meeting friends for a bonfire.
They have bonfire pits here, which was really nice.
The water is cold … hey its southern califonia, what can you expect lol.
It got a little chilly at night, but besides that it was nice for summer.
Beach was petty clean.
Plenty of restrooms within walking distance.
Will come again!

Lots of metered parking, places to lock your bike, area to relieve your bladder, vending machine for water, outdoor «café» when an event is going on such as surfing heats. I’ve cycled past, through, & stopped here about 8 times now at 0600, 0730, 1730, & on a lazy afternoon @ 1300. The am and pm times tons of surfers dotting the waters & crossing the bike paths. In the AM, older guys probably with knee replacements (they stand by their cars, coffee in hand, squinting or reminincing) are watching the waves & surfers create poetry.
Sand/​beach is clean. 2 homeless guys like to use these facilities & cook with their hotpot & collect things to put on their bikes. I’ve crossed their paths early in am and at 8pm or so. They seem to be in good spirits & are chatty with eachother. Who wouldn’t be smiling living on the beachfront?

If you have been driving down Vista Del Mar from Marina Del Rey or Venice you have passed El Segundo Beach.
El Segundo Beach is small path of Beach run by the City not the State. El Segundo Beach is right after you pass DocWeiler State Beach and before you make it El Porto which is actually Manhattan Beach. There is a small little out cove you can turn into and go down a small hill to find a small parking lot that only charges $ 2.00 a day. The area is great for a picnic or surfing when you are trying to avoid the crowds. A sick left forms off of the Jetty shared with Hammerland (El Porto/​Manhattan).
Come and enjoy what El Segundo has to offer and leave the Beach cleaner than when you arrived.
Be the Good=)