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pconroy328
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Jun 23, 2015

A plug for Emma Wood State Beach, California

Stumbled across this on our travels last week. I really enjoyed it. We had no reservations but they had a dozen spots or so left open, even when we arrived early evening.

$40.

We found a spot with the Pacific Ocean about 8' from the back of the motorhome (thankfully, high tide). No facilities, but it was a real nice way to spend a night with the surf lulling you to sleep.

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  • my choice in the general area would be near Point Mugu Thornhill Broome it is separated from the highway with a fence and has table and firepit and permanent porta potties. However as others have stated spots along the coast here are tough to come by during the summer.
  • You were lucky. We tried Rincon Parkway, which is very close to there last Wednesday. Nothing. I will admit I might have been able to just sit and wait to see if anybody left. We did a quick visual of Emma Woods, but it didn't look like there would be a place to turn around a 37'er pulling a dinghy if I needed to. Maybe I panicked, but even mid-week, mid-June I suspected it would be a problem. We went a mile or two further and stayed at Ventura Beach RV resort. Much nicer than I expected it to be. And I did review it. Although rvparkreviews has yet to publish it.
  • lucky you got a spot in June!

    lived near there and surfed there, for nearly 20 years. but there are a couple of Ventura County campgrounds farther up the coast, that are even nicer. they're tough to get also, during the summer and weekends.
  • It is nice.. went through there in March. I camped along the road on Rincon highway.