Silver Strand Beach

TAR EVERYWHERE. Dont walk barefoot on this beach, there is tar all over from the oil rigs i am guessing. My feet were sticky and black, very difficult to remove. Other than that we Enjoyed the beach here over our Christmas vacation, kids played and loved running from the waves and building sand castles. Dog friendly although all the other dogs I saw on this beach were NOT on leashes and because of this they came running up to my little 4 lb dog, scaring her !

Great beach. Because of that it can get crowded. But one of my favorite local beaches because it is easy to get to, easy parking, and food nearby. Also fun to people watch here. Lots of beautiful houses to walk by and dream about owning one day.

This is a wonderful treasure! Arrived early morning on a Saturday and spent an hour enjoying the very quiet beach. Dogs are allowed and off leash is okay until 9 a.m. Easy, free parking at 7:30 a.m., and plenty of space to enjoy the beach with my dog. This is my new fav little spot. Easy to get to from the San Fernando Valley. Can’t wait to go back!

This place is not worth it. The traffic getting there was awful took almost 3 hours from Burbank. When we finally arrived there was no parking. We finally found a spot in front of the houses. We took our dog with us because we heard you could just let your dog run of leash. turns out dogs are not allowed between 9 and 5 and must be on a leash. The beach was ok really narrow (I’m used to Santa Monica) it was kinda depressing mostly due to the fog and when we got back to the car there was a $ 75.00 parking ticket.
I definitely won’t be going back

This is a beautiful beach, never crowded and a great area to walk around:) The only negative is all the dogs and their Dog-​owners who let their dogs run wild on the beach and in the water. Not exactly hygiene. Anyway, some beautiful sunsets and great spot to take photos. Love this place.

Most definitely a beach you MUST check out if you’re in Oxnard! Aside from the beautiful houses, gorgeous ocean view, and superb outlook of the harbor, at the end of the beach are these stunning graffiti walls that you have to see! The beach is NOT crowded at all, is very clean, and the weather is usually nice. I definitely enjoyed my day at the beach.

We went 9am on a July morning and had the greatest time watching locals play volleyball, kids learn in lifeguard camp, and vacationers relaxing on the beach. Really a great atmosphere for a wide range of types.
There was a lifeguard on duty starting about 10:30 and it wasn’t even a packed day. The barrier of vacation houses between the beach and road really makes it a peaceful atmosphere, a haven from the hustle and bustle.

I love coming to this beach. It’s always clean and calm. You can sit on the beach and watch the surfers and watch the boats come in and out of the harbor.
I love coming down here to just sit and relax or go for a run, people are always friendly here!

Great beach to walk along or hangout on for the day! It’s also a pleasant drive over a bridge from San Diego and is definitely worth the commute out there. It was kind of chilly when I went in February but I’m sure there are a lot of people out swimming the summer. There were some windsurfers and kites when I went there as there was great wind for those activities.

It’s a beautiful beach … Unfortunately, Dog Owners openly disobey the posted leash laws and Do Not retrieve their dogs poop, allowing it to be drawn into the ocean causing bacteria levels to rise making swimmers and surfers ill. I thought this was a problem with outsiders of the area, but it’s the locals who are the biggest offenders.

We rent a beach house for a week every year in June, so you can pretend you live on the beach. It’s hit and miss with the June gloom, but the beach is always a hit. Friendly beach goers, good walking beach, sand dollars, sand crabs and lots of space on the beach, with parking at the north end and beach access all along Ocean Dr. There’s also a walking path along the Channel Islands’ Harbor mouth. It’s fun to hang out on the deck or on the beach and watch giant container ships slip out of Port Hueneme, or sailboats at sunset heading back into Oxnard Harbor, and a great place to see the tall ships when they are in town.

I have always been a fan of the beach, which is why I doubt I could ever agree to move away from the coast. We were visiting a good friend in the area and she took us to this beach… a nice private beach that only the locals seemed to know about. The beach was a bit quiet, with some kids playing in the shallow waters, not too many seagulls begging or waiting for food. There were a couple lifeguards on duty. The parking only allowed for around 20 cars, which is pretty decent and would control the crowd. The parking is free, which is always a plus for me and most likely everyone. The one thing that probably was irritating was that the spaces were so compact that people were opening their doors and hitting others’ cars with it… and never thought to apologize… the huge Suburban parked next to me had all its doors wide open with little regard for the fact that we were trying to leave so that one of the cars on the long line waiting for a spot could park. The wife quickly hid behind her husband and told him in Spanish that I was staring at them, waiting for them to move their ugly large door off of my poor little Camry’s bumper. No apologies, just «Oh, it’s just rubber.» They are so lucky I had my son with us, or it would not have ended there. This was not the ending we had hoped for to an almost perfect day, but not the beautiful beach’s fault, just the inconsiderate mood killers. I envy our friend for living literally down the street from this beach.

I got to be pregnant and walk silverstrand several times a day about 28 years ago. I loved living there until we became concerned about the pesticides dropped on our heads from un rinsed helicopters and the extremely low frequency testing that went on at the cb base or port hueneme… Still it is where I lived when carrying my daughter and for a year or so beyond. Glad to hear it is still uncrowded.

Locals Only ;D

Besides the fact that I now want to move to this community and somehow buy a house on the beach I can’t afford, i don’t have a single negative thing to say about our visit to Silver Strand Beach.
It was fanstic, easy to find parking and you felt like one of the locals as you slipped off your sandals and walked along the water. Everyone that you ran into was so friendly too. I could just imagine spending all weekend there if i had the time.

My new favorite beach.
No one was here and parking was easy. It’s strange how the more north you go of Los Angeles, the less people visit the coastline.
Parking is unlimited, easy and free on the Sundays. Beach was almost empty. The south jetty, is where people go fishing.
I just found out about this hidden gem of a beach. Dogs go leashless here and without leashes and it seems to be fine as I saw several.
Peaceful and feels remote and away from the city — only 45 mins to one-​hour away from the San Fernando Valley.
I plan on visiting more often.

I grew up going on school field trips to Zuma, spending Christmas breaks boogie boarding with my friends, and taking part in family outings picnicing on the beach. I never realized until I moved away from home, across the country, that in all the years I spent taking for granted that big body of water called the Pacific Ocean, I had grown a deep affinity for Silver Strand beach.
Silver Strand could be my favorite beach in the world, though I doubt it would be anyone else’s. The sand is rough and jagged on bare feet. The water’s freezing (not literally, but feels that way). The seagulls will stalk you if you bring food. (Feed them some hot and spicy Cheetos and see how fast they run to the water for a drink. Muhahaha!) It’s a nook of a beach, wedged in between the Channel Islands Harbor and the US Navy Base Port Hueneme so I wouldn’t call it a romantic, vast stretch of coastline.
What brings me to Silver Strand is it’s isolation and short distance from my parents’ house. Unlike a lot of beaches in SoCal, there are never tourists and is rarely even frequented by locals. Colorful beach houses line the sand about 100 yards from the water. The views of the sunset are perfect.
I know I’ll spend my life in search of beaches with the bluest waters, tallest palm trees, and softest sand, but Silver Strand will always be there for me when I come back to it. Jason Mraz is extremely cheesy, but his song ‘Lucky’ is how I feel when I think of Silver Strand:
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I find myself driving the 20 minutes every time I come home to pay a visit, even if it means going alone, even alone on an overcast and chilly day. There’s something so uplifting about sitting on Silver Strand by myself, just me and my beach.