Toes Beach — Attraction in Los Angeles

As a local, I’ve loved this stretch of trail and sand as home base! It’s tucked away behind a well-to-do Playa Del Rey neighborhood, has amenities of the more crowded beach parks without the crowds and it’s located by Playa’s Lagoon Park. I can park for free around the park, meet friends and family and have the park, beach and bike trails for activities, all while enjoying the ocean air and awesome views! I’m thinking hang ten with the name, yet with the jetties now in place to help protect the harbor of Marina Del Rey and the ecosystem of Ballona Creek, surfing stunts are not as likely here now, as it was in the early sixties. It’s great for kids with parents to go wading, swimming or relaxing with floatation devices on the calmer waters. There’s also lifeguards looking out to ensure safety! Now it can said that we dip our feet in the water, toes in the sand! The beach and ocean are fairly clean, tho some of the public areas are trashed early on, on the weekends and holidays. Visitors may include vagrants, who may be here loitering, tho usually few and far between and not so much a problem as other beaches. There’s public restrooms at Lagoon Park and at Toes Beach. Toes Beach can be accessed from Lagoon Park, just over the dunes along Pacific Avenue, or from the west end of Culver Blvd or just over the dunes along...

The last few times I have visited this beach I was shocked and disgusted by the amount of garbage strewn across the sand. On two different occasions I found a used needle just a few feet away from barefoot children playing on the beach. Whoever is in charge of cleaning this beach is seriously slacking and it has become a biohazard area at this point. Really disappointing to see this cute beach in such horrible shape! Update: I visited at the end of 2023, it’s still trashed and I found a used needle in the sand. I safely disposed of it in the garbage. This has become a ritual for me now. The city really needs to do something about this garbage...

Arrived just after sunset. The sky line was orange, white and blue to black with a partial moon. Just listening to the waves and enjoying the effect of the negative ions was wonderful. I was an LA native born & raised in LA. Moved to Phoenix 2 years ago. The only things I missed about it were the beaches and my friends. With I could bring it back with me...