Solimar Beach is within western Ventura city, in

Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a County (United States), county located in Southern California, the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, Ca ...

. It is a small

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beach and one of the few that still allows

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on a leash.

Location

Solimar Beach is located approximately one mile north of

Emma Wood State Beach Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. It is located on the Santa Barbara Channel on the west side of the Ventura River estuary and south of the railroad tracks of the Coast Line and the US Highway 101 freewa ...

. Solimar beach is the stretch of sand and ocean that lines the ocean front housing and extends southeast towards the city of Ventura. The southern portion of the beach is considered the "public beach" because the sand is accessible and there are no houses. To the north are two separate private gated residential communities. Solimar Beach Colony, the first of the two communities, is the first beach community north of the city of Ventura along the Pacific Coast Highway. Most of the time the tide is too high to completely walk the full stretch of the beach. Professional surfer and winner of MTV's Surf Girls, Mary Osbourne, is from Solimar. "Soli" breaks well with a 3'+ southerly swell — conditions varying on the shape of the sandbar.

References

External links

Emma Wood State Beach website
- adjacent park Beaches of Southern California Ventura, California Parks in Ventura County, California Beaches of Ventura County, California Populated coastal places in California {{VenturaCountyCA-geo-stub