Sycamore Cove Beach

Located in the city of Malibu, Sycamore Cove Beach is an excellent beach and is a part of the five-mile-long Point Mugu State Park in southern Ventura County. Sycamore Cove Beach is adjacent to a long and awesome campground that has an extensive hiking trail network.

The beach welcomes dogs and offers many amenities including lifeguards, restrooms, showers, barbecues, nature center, and picnic tables.

You can have a great time at Sycamore Cove Beach doing several fun activities including swimming, surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, tide pooling, hiking, biking, fishing, picnicking, and camping. If you love hiking, several trails start near the beach and lead to the Boney Mountain State Wilderness Area at the northern end of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Getting here is easy – Sycamore Cove Beach’s paid parking lot is situated near 9000 Pacific Coast Highway at the intersection of the highway and Sycamore Cove Road. You can easily access the beach from the lot.

If you are looking for attractions near Sycamore Cove Beach, you can drive 20-minutes to Point Dume, a beautiful and large promontory that projects into the Pacific Ocean and forms the northern end of Santa Monica Bay. Point Dume offers an incredible view and is a fantastic place for Instagram-worthy pictures, and is also a perfect spot for hiking, especially for beginners because of its natural climbing wall with moderate single-pitch rock climbing routes. Spread across 1,000 acres on the Saddleback Ranch, Malibu Wine Safaris features wine tastings, a visit to the ancient Chumash cave paintings, and safari trips to see zebras, camels, alpacas, bison, and a giraffe named Stanley. Heal the Bay Aquarium, also known as the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, is a short drive down Pacific Coast Highway that offers educational programs, and events to spread awareness for marine conservation, pollution prevention, and environmental education to over 100,000 visitors every year. Another attraction near Sycamore Cove Beach is Paramount Ranch, a national park with several multi-use trails for mountain bikers and hiking which will take you through chaparral, riparian, and valley oak savannah plant communities – it’s also a great place wildlife sightings that include red-tailed hawks, acorn woodpeckers, blue heron, and deer. Paramount Ranch has been featured as an old western town in many famed Hollywood movies and television series, most notably Caught in the Draft, The Lake House, and Westworld.

If you're looking for restaurants near Sycamore Cove Beach, Neptune’s Net is a biker-bar-cum-restaurant situated six minutes away and has been featured in films, television series, and games, including Iron Man 3, The Fast and the Furious, Gossip Girl, and GTA 5. If you love Italian food, Spruzzo Restaurant & Bar offers pizza, pasta, sandwiches, cocktails, drinks, and desserts. Another good option is the upscale restaurant Geoffrey’s, which has a great view of the Pacific Ocean and was mentioned in "The 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in the US" by Business Insider.

If you are looking for a hotel near Sycamore Cove Beach, you can drive 20-minutes to nearby options. The upscale Jet Luxury Resorts Malibu Estate sits on an acre of oceanfront land and has many amenities including a pool, spa with waterfalls, tennis court, basketball court, and wine cellar. Holiday Inn Express Port Hueneme is a pet-friendly 3-Star hotel with a pool, bar, spa, and fitness center. As other affordable options, the pet-friendly Malibu Country Inn has a pool and an outdoor fireplace, and the 2-Star hotel Native allows pets and provides hiking tours.