Arroyo Burro Beach
Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- Free parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 8 am to 4 pm, sunset 6:14 pm7.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.8
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.2
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.2
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.3
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.1
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.3
6 km/h3 mph wind, Great
8.5
7 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
4 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to 4 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C59°F
- Water
- 22°C71°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph E
- Gusts
- 85 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.8 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 7%
- Sunset
- 6:14 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 am, 1.1 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Arroyo Burro Beach
Arroyo Burro Beach is a public beach located in Santa Barbara, California, United States. The beach is 0.44 miles long and has a nearby bus stop 570 feet away. There is free parking available nearby, with the closest parking 360 feet from the beach.
Arroyo Burro Beach, also known as Hendry's Beach by local residents, is a public beach in Santa Barbara, California. Located off of Cliff Drive, it is the terminus of Arroyo Burro Creek, and stands at the foot of the Santa Barbara coastal bluffs of the Wilcox Property (i.e. Douglas Family Preserve), which is adjacent to the east. The community of Hope Ranch is about 1 mi (1.6 km) to the west.
Arroyo Burro has a reputation as a dog beach and is a popular location for dog owners to walk their pets off leash, though Arroyo Burro itself is actually on-leash (the off-leash area is just east below the Douglas Family Preserve). Surfers also frequent the beach's waters, and outdoor showers facilitate the sport.
Source: Arroyo Burro Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms70 m230 ft away
- Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 110 m360 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 50 m150 ft
- Picnic tables60 m200 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 180 m570 ftArroyo Burro Beach
- Nearest town
- 4.3 km2.7 miSanta Barbara (city)
- Nearest airport
- 38 km24 miSanta Ynez Airport (SQA)
Nearby places
- BoathouseSeafood50 m150 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Hendrys Beach0.7 km0.4 mi south-east away8.1 Great tomorrow
- Hope Ranch Private Beach3.2 km2.0 mi west away8.1 Great tomorrow
- Leadbetter Beach4.2 km2.6 mi east away8.3 Great tomorrow
- More Mesa Nude Beach4.5 km2.8 mi west away8.1 Great tomorrow
- West Beach5.0 km3.1 mi east away8.3 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Sat9.4 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.8 GreatBest 10 am to 1 pmWind up to 7 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.2 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 0%