Shell Beach. Photo: Tim Mossholder timmossholder, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Shell Beach

Surf town · United States

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Beds: 10 places

10 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 10 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 21 surf spots

Surf · this week

Pismo Beach · about 10 min by car · stays in Pismo Beach
50 out of 100
Sunset Palisades · about 10 min by car · stays in Pismo Beach
44 out of 100
Hippo Rock · about 15 min by car · stays in Oceano
43 out of 100
Oceano · about 15 min by car · stays in Oceano
43 out of 100
Corners · about 55 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
41 out of 100
The Pit · about 55 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
41 out of 100
Sand Spit · about 45 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
38 out of 100
Magics · about 55 min by car · stays in Oceano
32 out of 100

All 21 surf spots

Main Street · about 40 min by car · stays in Oceano
32 out of 100
A-Frames · about 45 min by car · stays in Cuesta By The Sea
31 out of 100
Hazard Canyon · about 45 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
31 out of 100
Left Spot · about 45 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
31 out of 100
Lonesomes · about 45 min by car · stays in Cuesta By The Sea
31 out of 100
Spooners Cove · about 45 min by car · stays in Cuesta By The Sea
31 out of 100
Widdows · about 55 min by car · stays in Morro Bay
29 out of 100
Diablo Deck - San Luis Obispo · about 35 min by car · stays in Los Osos
27 out of 100
Avila - Fat Cats · about 15 min by car · stays in Avila Beach · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Avila Beach - Waters point · about 10 min by car · stays in Avila Beach · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sand Spit - Port San Luis · about 15 min by car · stays in Avila Beach · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sewers · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
St. Annes · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Shell Beach.

Map

the town and every place near it

Shell Beach on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Shell Beach.

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Photos of Shell Beach

Pismo Beach — Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Pismo Beach, CA, USA - panoramio - Sergei Gussev (13) — Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Shell Beach

where it is, what is near

Shell Beach is a town in California, United States.

From Shell Beach you can reach 21 surf spots.

The nearest is Sewers, a surf spot 1.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), 9 km away.

In California · West · United States

10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), 9 km, Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (SMX), 35 km, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), 111 km

Forecast updated Mon 2 Nov, 03:27 UTC. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).