Hobson Beach Park

Hobson Beach Park is a Ventura County campground beach on Pacific Coast Highway, immediately north of the Rincon Parkway camping strip and south of the Mussel Shoals community. The park sits between the Pacific and the base of the Santa Ynez foothills, with views of the Channel Islands directly offshore. A 31-site campground operates first-come, first-served and includes 10 full-hookup sites. Day-use area, restrooms, and showers sit at the parking lot at 5210 Pacific Coast Highway. Tide pools develop along the cobble shoreline at low tide. Migrating gray whales are reported transiting offshore through the winter.

The sand and cobble entry with breaking waves is a surf zone biome. Just offshore, the cobble and boulder structure along the shoreline, with intertidal pools at low tide, is a rocky reef biome reached on foot at low tide and by short swim at higher tides.

Surfing is common at the beach, and surf fishing produces surfperch. Snorkeling around the inshore cobble structure happens on calm days, and summer swimming is common when the water settles. Spearfishing on the inshore structure is legal but uncommon, and the limited relief of the inshore structure keeps scuba uncommon as well.

The day-use lot is operated by Ventura County Parks with a posted fee. Campsites are first-come, first-served and fill on summer weekends. Fishing and spearfishing are legal here under standard California regulations.