Dana Strands Beach(Strand Beach)

Located in the city of Dana Point, Dana Strands Beach is situated below a private housing community named The Strand that features huge beachfront and hillside homes. Dana Strands Beach is three-fourths of a mile long and a popular surfing destination. Dana Strands Beach offers many amenities including lifeguards, restrooms, showers, and a boardwalk. 

There are many fun activities here including swimming, surfing, tide pooling, and beach walking. 

Getting to Dana Strands Beach is easy – the beach’s paid parking lot is situated near 34199 Selva Road from where you can hike down a fenced-in path and stairway that leads directly to the beach passing through the private houses. You can also use the cable car on the north side of the lot to reach the beach.

If you are looking for attractions near Dana Strands Beach, you can drive six minutes to the upscale oceanfront golf course Monarch Beach Golf Links that hosts many annual events and has a resort, spa, and restaurant. Mission San Juan Capistrano, Landmark, Chapel, Museum, and Gardens is a historic Spanish museum featuring cultural and religious history-related artifacts and photographs, exhibitions, an antique shop, private VIP tours, and student field trips. Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall is a fun tourist attraction that is a fantastic place to click Instagram-worthy pictures and camp. Another great attraction near Dana Strands Beach is Pilgrim, a full-sized replica of a 19th-century ship of the same name that has been the setting for many famed movies and television series including Steven Spielberg’s Amistad and Power Rangers Turbo.

If you get hungry, you can drive five minutes to many restaurants near Dana Strands Beach. Jack's Restaurant is an upscale and elegant vegan restaurant featuring grass-fed meats, wild-caught fish, salads, tiramisu, and an excellent martini list. If you like Italian food, Luxe Restaurant, and World Famous Martini Bar has a nice bar and offers brodetto, gelato, polenta, pizza, pasta, and risotto. Another good restaurant near Dana Strands Beach is The Little Kitchen Asian Café, a Chinese restaurant that was awarded the Travellers’ Choice 2020 Award by Tripadvisor.

If you are looking for a hotel near Dana Strands Beach, there are many hotels within an eight-minute drive. If you are looking for a luxurious hotel, the 5-Star pet-friendly hotel The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel is located on a 150-feet tall oceanfront bluff and features a pool, poolside bar, rooftop bar, lounge, spa, sauna, steam room, restaurant, fitness center, ping-pong table, and two tennis courts. Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa is an incredible 4-Star hotel offering a spa, sauna, gym, kids’ splash zone, squash court, bowling alley, miniature golf course, two pools, and canoeing, snorkeling, and hiking tours. The 3-Star Blue Lantern Inn, A Four Sisters Inn, was awarded the Travellers’ Choice 2020 Award by Tripadvisor. If you are looking for an affordable hotel near Dana Strands Beach, the 2-Star Dana Point Marina Inn welcomes pets and provides fishing tours.