Lovely Beach, not to be missed. Easy walk from parking lot. We saw surfers, dolphins swimming-really nice.

Beautiful hidden beach with cool purple sand! Neat rocks! Easy to miss the turn off of CA 1. Narrow road to entrance of park, but worth the effort. Fun place to explore

This beach is not marked well at all - just do some research or ask around and you will be given directions. Entrance is limited as the small parking lot does fill up. We felt fortunate to get in and are glad we made the effort to find the beach. The views truly are spectacular and the purple sand is... More 

Not an obvious beach to find on Highway 1 but worth looking out for. Going south it's a sharp right handed just before Big Sur Bakery. It's the usual $10 entry but worth it for a few hours to top up your tan. The road down twists and turns but it's ok. Nice views with purple sand and didn't seem... More 

Definitely worth checking out ion the road trip through Big Sur area.. the Julia Pfeiffer National Park is also stunning.

Beautiful beach that has purple sand! water was too cold for swimming without a wetsuit but its very beautiful

Wish I had planned for a longer stay. Beach is beautiful, great views. Will be coming back. A little hard to find, needs better signage.

You need to go there: you need to see the power of the elements.... if there's no wind? then a beatifull day on the beach!

You have to get advice from locals on where to turn to get into the park. It was nice, however, not the prettiest beach I have seen. "Purple" sand was a stretch.....