Don't see how this is any better than the beaches on the west side of the island. You even have to pay $10 to park. Tip: Go north on 75 (Silver Strand Blvd) and turn left into one of the streets (Avenida Lunar) leading to those oh-so-tempting-to-rent apartments by the beach for free parking and a view of the Pacific Ocean in all its glory, white sand and palm trees. read more

I don't get the point of paying to go to the beach! But we went and paid the $10 to get in to the state beach. You know it will be a sad sad day, when or if all beaches ever go this route, I have feeling they will in the future too. So this beach has dead kelp beads all over the sand, there are signs that let you know about this and explain why its just that kelp'y in this area. Other than the kelpy'ness of the beach it was nice, and the most remote Ive been to in awhile in Cali. Its sure farther away then any other beach in SD, well to me anyways. I hate sand , and the sand was really hot, well most sand is. I don't really go into the ocean, for my huge fear of Orcas & Sharks. Yes they will come eat me at knee depth waters.. hah! I was with my friend Stef and her family , along with our small family of friends. It was great to run and play in the water with my 3yr old niece, Kaylee. We had a blast, splashing water and collecting seashells and making sand castles. Granted I still only went in up to my knees, 3 yr olds don't really wanna go any deeper than that, so I was stoked ! It was good times with the posse, sneaking in our beverages , mastering even more of our crafts of drinking in a non alcohol environment. Made us feel like we were 16 again! State Beach police were all over the place, constantly driving up and down circling the lots. You cant even smoke cigarettes on the premises, You cant smoke on any beach on Coronado, but especially this one !! So it was a fun filled drama free Sunday, filled with friends, families, cheese & grapes , bread & cie and beers galore! I don't know how soon Id be back to this beach, I think next time Ill stick with a free beach , cuz the ocean is the ocean , and there's no need to pay to be near it , unless you're on a cruise or at a fancy lala resort! take my word, just get up earlier than the norm & go scout out your beach spot , like everyone else and you'll be good!! read more

Never crowded on the ocean side, but it's pretty expensive to park... However there's free camping on the bay side, without the wind! There are also fire pits and bathroom facilities. I don't think many people actually camp on that side as the parking is hard to find, but the view is great. read more

love this beach, but don't like the idea of paying 10 dollars to visit here, but it does keep the beach clean which is a plus.

Damn, they don't make beach weather like this in the bay area!

I walk the beach every morning and enjoy the serenity and peace. I also love that there are never too many people out. I take the time to pick up what others leave behind. I enjoy the bonfires and watching the sunset here is amazing. Green flash seen recently! read more

This is a great beach. Went there for a party this weekend and we could see our car from our spot on the beach. With little kids, this is cool. Also, bathrooms are nice and clean and food was available if need be - tho, we did not partake. Parking is $8.00 but it was well worth it! We are going back soon. read more

Beautiful, low key, and totally worth the fee to get in. If you want a beach to just relax at then this is your place.

Great beach. It can get pretty crowded. The parking is pretty steep but it is a price I am willing to pay if it means the up keep of this beach. It is really nice here. read more

Overall an uncrowded and fairly clean beach. They have outdoor showers and some bathrooms (but we didn't use these). Parking is $10 for the day. The sand itself is very sparkly and "silver" looking - the ocean looks like it has glitter in it. The sand is also very fine, so when it is windy, the sand is in your face! We were there July 2012 and there was a lot of seaweed all over the beach, which was fine with us, but I would think eventually they would clean it up. It was also uncrowded (especially compared to the Coronado Beach). We enjoyed it and plan to return in the future! read more

We have taken our trailer to many different camping spots near the beach. This by far is the best one we have been too. I have not found another camping spot that lets your trailer practically sit on the sand. The view, beach, and atmosphere is perfect. We felt completely lucky to have been able to reserve this spot. We can't wait to make another reservation to come back. read more

This is by far the WORST RVing places to stay !! They lock the gates at 8pm and you CANNOT get in or out. NO KIDDING, It felt like we were in prison for pity sakes!! They DO NOT HAVE WIFI as listed nor do they have the hot showers available at decent hours like they once had. You cannot take your alcoholic beverages out of your space and they charge 10 extra dollars a day for a car if you dont tow it in, also charge 10 extra dollars a day for guest to visit you!!! The staff is neither accomodating or helpful and rude is a good word!! A complete waste of time and money. read more

We love coming here. Nothing fancy so if you are a 5 stars person.... Likely not for you. There are showers across the way that are nice. The spaces are very comfortable. The staff is always friendly. Coronado to the north and imperial beach to the south. Completely different ends of the spectrum. The downside here is hates closer at 7 pm reopen 7 am so if your late... Too bad. If you need to leave too bad. Other then that we have ever had any issues. There is an alcohol ban which seems to have taken the obnoxious partying down a whole lot. The bay is on the other side just a quick walk under the bridge. The only other downside is the traffic flying by all day and night. Quite noisy. read more

This beach was ehhhhhh..... $10 to park just to go to a beach covered in seaweed with the scent of tar. Add not-too-plush sand and swimming tangled in seaweed and that equals enough for me just to go to OB, Coronado Beach, or MB for free, thanks. read more

Besides the $10 fee for parking.......I love this beach!!! Grat views and its not so crowded like the other beaches in the San Diego area. 4*** read more

This is an okay beach, but not too impressive, especially since we live so close to Crystal Cove (which is much nicer). There is a lot of kelp everywhere along the beach. We came on a Saturday and it was not crowded at all. We didn't stay very long, just took a walk on the beach and left, but it seems like this would be a decent place to bring kids for the day. read more

Great for families with kids! Strict rules keep the place peaceful and enjoyable. Gates close and you can't drive in and out, but... kids can enjoy playing in the street with skateboards, frisbees, RC cars, because no cars are being used when the gates close in the evening. Great beach and a great friendly, and helpful staff. Bring your pet if it likes to socialize with other dogs. (My American Bull stays home, too much barking around other dogs). This is not a place for loud partying folks so keep that in mind too. I love this place! read more

Campgrounds are outstanding. Entrance to get in on a Saturday was horrendous. There is only 1 line to get in. Campers who have paid should be able to use the 2nd lane which was closed. Long line to get into campgrounds which could have been fixed by opening the 2nd lane. Campgrounds get a 5 star while trying to enter into campgrounds on a Saturday a 2 star read more

Had a great time here. The water was clean and parking was comfortable and affordable. I would definitely come back here!

LOve Love Love this beach...it is smooth as silk and there is golden flakes everywhere!! It does seem kind of isolated... even though you are in the heart of san diego...There is no real concession stands...its all beach....good for us as we have a motor home...if we did not I would hope we would be staying close by!! Very quite here (almost to peaceful!) we had the beach to ourselves!!! read more

Whenever we come to San Diego we go to this beach. It's so easy to access and you can bring everything you need without hauling it 10 miles it's worth the ten dollars entrance fee. I haven't used the restrooms but the outdoor showers are pretty poor. One is broken. The amount of people that were here this weekend they should be able to fix it. Life guards are on their game!!! Very impressive! read more

- Nice place to relax and hang out with family and friends. - Bathrooms are okay. Not too dirty but not super clean. - They should have better parking control. We went in the first time and came out to have lunch. They told us we can go in and out all day. However, when we tried to go in the second time, they told us the parking was full (which was not) and asked us to leave. We had to drive around for a while and tried to enter again. They should have told us not to leave and informed us that we might not be able to get in because there were too many people. read more

Loved this beach! There was miles of sand, it wasn't too crowded and its a great spot to see sunset! read more

Silver Strand State Beach - Unedited picture taken around 6pm - Beaches Near Me - Coronado, California

Family friendly fun! We have been camping here for many years and its nice to see the Shack and its volunteers so dialed in, Best group of rangers and camp hosts in quite a while. One of the Hosts there, I think his name is Bernard was very helpful getting us set up. He was always around to answer questions and truly went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it. Thanks to all who keep this campground going. read more

Ok campground. It is basically a parking lot. Great access to the beach, but not worth it unless you have a beach site. Lots of other campgrounds that offer more for lower price. read more

Does anyone have a space in the 100 or 400 row for July 22-29 or close to those dates? I have a space in the 200 and 300 that I want to trade and am willing to pay for your space as well. Please text me 623-760-7755. Our trailer is too long! 35 foot max in row 200 and 300. Thank you! read more

Of course the ocean is beautiful no matter what beach you go to. Now about the silver strand beach camping. It's ok if you like camping in a parking lot unless you have beach front you have someone in front of you behind you and on each side of you! There are no showers! And there is a street that runs along the beach highway 75 and you can hear cars all night!! No stores close by. And it's expensive and no showers?! read more

My husband and I are avid campers. We have been from the Northern end of California to the southern end, and points beyond.. We have Tent camped, RV camped, Trailer camped and stayed at some of the best Hotels...I have got to say, BY FAR, that this was THE MOST MISERABLE EXPERIENCE and EXCUSE for what is called camping, I have ever in my life had the opportunity to WASTE MONEY ON!!! My one regret is my poor family that traveld from Austin Texas, towing their fifth wheel, to experience this place....This is nothing but a parking lot with parking spaces for rent so close together, you cant even put an awning out, or open your trailer windows, for the smoke from the burn barrels of the trailers next door, no table provided..... They charge Prime Money, 160 dollars for 3 days of this misery....They have NO showers...They have 7 Elderly camp hosts, that take up seven spots, all roped off, that go from site to site worrying about your vehicles being over the painted lines, and the amount of water your air conditioner is dripping on the pavement....they work one day on 4 days off.....for the Pleasure of Free Camping at this place...Seems to me you could make good money, renting their sites and having one or two GOOD camp hosts, then Wasting prime sites, on this people....No...we wont be back....I couldn't give half a star or I would have... read more

Just arrivedl at 1:43, and not allowed to enter. Drove right by our empty space, but the park ranger says no enrance until 2 PM. Still the most unfriendly, inflexible State Park we have stayed at. Cannot understand their attitude. Don't expect any custoner service here. During our last stay they said the hookups were all working. We arrived to find they had no water or dump station. Still waiting for a refund for the lack of services. I am not impressed with the way this park is run. Have stayed at State Parks all ober CA, and as I said, this is the worst for management. Too bad, as the location is great. Guess they don't have to be nice or honest about services offered when the demand is so high for location. read more

This campground was horrible. My family and I camped here for a weekend and we reserved two spots because we were expecting quite a few people. The weekend of we discovered that some of our family was not able to make it so we figured that we could get a refund. According to a woman that works there with a bad attitude and too much time on her hands you cannot get a refund unless you notify them three days before so we decided to keep the extra spot considering we were not getting any money back for it. She was not happy about our decision to keep the spot, but we remained cordial and friendly while trying to diffuse the situation. After that small incident we went on our way only to find that about 40 minutes later there would yet again be another problem. After fighting with our trailer to get situated into our spot (because the spots are painted ass backwards) we discovered that our assigned electrical meter was broken on both of the spots we reserved! We ended up using a neighbors that luckily didnt need theirs, but I cant imagine what we would have done if they would have needed theirs! (Just wait it gets better) Now normally they require that you fit all your cars into the tiny, pathetic excuse for a spot that they give you, but seeming as we now have an extra spot with extra space we used it for parking our three cars. A few hours later we were told by an employee that we could not keep our cars parked in that space and that basically we could not use it at all even though we paid for it! After arguing with him for a bit we backed up our trailer so that it was basically in the sand to make more room for two cars to fit, however we still have a truck that was parked in the empty space that was just not going to fit whatsoever. We explained to him that that car was not going to fit and that it was going to be leaving before 8 pm ( they lock you in after 8pm no one can get in or out ridiculous I know) to which he replied that it was fine to stay where it was because the truck was not staying over night and he said that if we got a day pass ,which is $10.00, it was fine. Now call me crazy, but these people had already gotten too much money out of my family not to mention that fact that both of our electrical meters were not in use! Needless to say we said fine, but never paid for the pass because after the poor service that we put up with this far we were not going to hand them more money. Now after about an hour the man from before and the lady with the bad attitude showed up again and continued to bitch about the truck that was parked in the empty spot that was paid for. Now as I said before the man had already told us that it was fine if we parked there because the car was not staying over night and he had assumed we had gotten a day pass (I wasnt going to correct him). The lady, however, did not like that he okayed it. She continued on and on about how we couldn't park there and that it wasn't our spot to park in. She also tried to say that we had been refunded even though she knew damn well that we had never signed the paperwork for the refund. She was not concerned over that fact that her electrical meters were not working the only thing she could say was "I'm sorry, but..." and I have learned that anytime there is a "but" attached to an apology its never sincere. She finally gave up the fight after my whole entire family basically reamed her, but let's just say we wont be staying here again. I felt as if she wanted to cause problems for us because we did not want to give up the other spot and we spent way too much money to just give it up and not get something back for it. All we wanted was to get together as a family and celebrate a birthday and we got harassed over a parking situation that took away from the reason that we were there in the first place. It's a great location considering it's right on the beach, but too me it was not worth the hassle. read more

Get ready to pay for parking.. I took my daughter to a party here.. just wanted to drop her off and not park but still had to pay the 10 dollar parking fee .. I explained that my daughter has a broken foot and is on crutches so she is unable to walk to the lot and I was literally going to in and out but we were told no the fee is still applied Please if anyone wants to make a party here make sure to let people know there is a fee for you to attend do to the parking rules read more

Avoid space #232 at all cost. There's a pole in the middle of the space that robs you of at least four feet. It would've been nice if the camp host would've made us aware or even offered to switch us spaces. Check in is at two so don't show up early and think because it's slow they'll do you a solid and let you check in early. Nope. Your be directed to the adjacent lot to wait until check in time even though your shortened space is available. The campers are pleasant. No one was overly rowdy and being ridiculous so that was nice. Checking out and using the dump station was also relatively painless considering it was a three day weekend (MLK). No dogs on the beach so that was kind of dumb but it is California so everyone has to suffer because a couple of individuals couldn't pick up after their mongrels. Besides that it wasn't bad. If you have a DV card from the CA VA you camp for free. Cheers! read more

Definitely a younger crowd. Lots of families and a bit noisy till 11 pm. Avoid the back row if you can. It's too close to the highway and traffic gets noisy starting around 6:30 am. Makes it difficult to stay asleep. There are no showers other than outside to wash sand off and they barely spray any water. The couple at the registration/check-in are quite rude and don't give a great first impression. Maybe they deal with too many difficult guests. Check-in time is FIRM! Spots are close together and when we extended our awning it was about 6 inches away from the trailer next to us. We felt like this RV park was a glorified parking lot. Really for the amount of money per night you are really just paying for the scenery (which is beautiful). read more

Nice clean beach but not dog friendly. The spaces are very cramped and so close together. We had experience with a youth who rode his apparatus around the site playing ramp vile music with obscenities and camp host and ranger could not do anything. read more

Peaceful, beautiful, and clean. This is by far one of the best beaches to visit. It is so clean and nice, and the staff seem to take pride in keeping it that way. There are no dogs allowed on the sand, which is terrific because the kids are able to dig and play without encountering dog waste. read more

I stayed in the campground for a few nights in the winter. First off, there are no lights by the bathrooms, so if you need to go after 5PM bring a flashlight. This is the first State Park Campground where I found no showers but only outside with cold water. And the weirdest thing of all that they close the gates after 7PM to 7AM, so if you want to leave the park you better come back before 7PM, or else you end up walking a MILE from the entrance. So much fun. I am not even sure, how they can lock people in like this, it's not right. What if something happens, an emergency, an earthquake and we need to leave fast? Nobody can get out unless they walk a mile? The beach is nice though, the sites are all concrete. There is a sand hill created between the Ocean and the campground for the winter to protect the campground from the wind. So your view would be only sand, not the water even if you purchase the more expensive water view sites. This place is probably good for a night or two in the summer for locals, if you don't plan to visit the city and stay out after dark. I am not even sure locking people in like this is legal. read more

Parking is on a parking lot but as it's beach side, it has its advantages and great view. Super location for Coronado town and San Diego. Restrooms are kept clean although the only showers are communal showers across the street at the Aquatic center. Biggest drawback is the plethora of hobos/homeless who wander around the campers and frequently are found digging around in the trash for bottles etc. This is a big concern for those camped near the trash dumpsters are the far end. read more

This campground is basically a parking lot with spaces that are so small that your awning is almost touching your neighbors slide out. What keeps us coming back every year is the proximity to the beach. If you're in the front row you can literally take 5 steps from your RV and you're standing on the beach. My family absolutely loves this place. There are rules that are strictly enforced by the camp hosts but they're pretty easy to follow. This is a great place for relaxing on the beach. If you're here to party and run a muck this isn't the campground for you. read more

After 15+ years of searching for grunion, I finally saw them at this beach!!! For that reason alone, it gets five stars from me!!!

Very peaceful and not crowded! Beautiful for walks early in the morning and sea shell hunting!!!! We spent the day boogie boarding and loved watching the kite boarders and surfers throughout the day!!!! Amazing! Plenty of lifeguards and bathrooms. Worth checking out! read more