Ocean Beach Photo Gallery

Picture a 3.5-mile stretch of white beach with few tourists and no highrises. It's just you and the waves and the seabirds at Ocean Beach, on the westernmost border of San Francisco, adjacent to Golden Gate Park. Great for strolling and flying kites, but the water is frigid and the currents hazardous for all but the most experienced surfers.

Aerial view of Ocean Beach showing waves lapping against the shore before San Francisco, along with the Golden Gate and Marin Headlands in the background.
An aerial view of Ocean Beach.

Frank Schmidt / National Park Service

Park stewardship volunteers help to remove graffiti from the Ocean Beach seawall.
Park stewardship volunteers remove graffiti from the seawall at Ocean Beach.

Maria Durana / Parks Conservancy

Aerial view of beach goers gathering around sand art at Ocean Beach.
Ocean Beach visitors enjoying the sun and some sand art.

Alison Taggart-Barone / Parks Conservancy

Park visitors are going for a jog along the gorgeous red sunset and lapping waves at Ocean Beach.
Park visitors going for a run before the gorgeous sunset at Ocean Beach.

Paul Myers / Parks Conservancy

Snowy Plovers, an endangered species, graze along the sandy shore of Ocean Beach.
Snowy Plovers, an endangered species, graze along the sands of Ocean Beach.

Kirke Wrench / National Park Service

Ocean Beach visitors warm up beside a bonfire in the iconic fire pits as a golden sunset illuminates the sky.
Ocean Beach visitors keep warm around a bonfire at one of the provided fire pits.

Kirke Wrench / National Park Service

Visitors and families bask in a golden sunset where the water meets the sands of Ocean Beach.
Families and friends gather at Ocean Beach to enjoy the radiant sunset.

Paul Myers / Parks Conservancy

A surfer surveys the blue water and waves at Ocean Beach
A surfer surveys the waves at Ocean Beach.

Ryan Curran White / Parks Conservancy

Park visitors and stewardship volunteers for Coastal Cleanup day mingle about on a busy day as the Cliff House restaurant looks over Ocean Beach.
Park stewardship volunteers comb the sand to collect litter at Ocean Beach on a Coastal Cleanup Day.

Ryan Curran White / Parks Conservancy

A large ship floats over the waves, along the horizon of Ocean Beach as park visitors enjoy the view of a sunset.
Ocean Beach visitors stroll amongst the sights of Ocean Beach.

Russell Bombon / Parks Conservancy

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