Bolsa Chica State Beach
Orange County, California, United States
- Free parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 9 am to sunset, sunset 6:08 pm7.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
8.2
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
8.1
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.0
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.2
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.8
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 9 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C65°F
- Water
- 23°C73°F
- Wind
- 75 km/hmph NW
- Gusts
- 149 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.9 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 14%
- Sunset
- 6:08 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.2 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 1.0 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 Bolsa Chica State Beach
Bolsa Chica State Beach is a beach and state park in Orange County, California, USA. It spans 2.9 miles in length and covers an area of 160 acres. OpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station at the beach.
Bolsa Chica State Beach is a public ocean beach in Orange County, California, United States. It is surrounded entirely by the city of Huntington Beach to the north and east, and to the northwest by the Huntington Beach community of Sunset Beach and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The beach extends 3 miles (5 km) from Warner Avenue in Sunset Beach south to Seapoint Avenue, where the Huntington City Beach begins. The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is located across Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) from the beach and is a popular spot for birdwatching. The Bolsa Chica Bicycle Path runs along the length of the park through Huntington City Beach.
Source: Bolsa Chica State Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 200 m660 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms140 m470 ft away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 300 m970 ft. Listed as free
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 5 km3.1 miHuntington Beach (city)
- Nearest airport
- 16 km10 miLong Beach Airport (LGB)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Sunset Beach3.2 km2.0 mi north-west away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Surfside Beach4.5 km2.8 mi north-west away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Seal Beach7.1 km4.4 mi north-west away8.2 Great
- Mother's Beach9.4 km5.8 mi north-west away8.2 Great
- Huntington State Beach9.6 km5.9 mi south-east away8.2 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.
- Fri8.8 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 5%
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.3 GreatBest 10 am to 11 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.3 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 1%