Cloisters Beach, Morro Bay
Cloisters Beach is the part of Morro Strand State Beach that is north of where the creek meets the sea. The south part is called Morro Rock Beach. Cloisters Beach is lovely, wide and open! It is more secluded than the southern part of the beach, and you can take a much longer walk along the shore too. You can sit on it and get lost in your thoughts without anyone walking near you, since it is so gigantic! An abundantly sandy path leads through the dunes to the beach. It is quite strenuous to walk through the deep sand. The dunes are covered in clusters of yellow and purple flowers. On the beach, you can find hundreds of sand dollars on lucky days, some sweet and small, fitting in the palm of your hand. The beach can be windy so bring a jacket. On late summer and fall mornings, you can enjoy windstill, sunny weather, and it is bliss. The rest of the year it will be foggy in the morning. There are clean restrooms at the parking lot on Azure Street.
Azure Street is where the Cloisters Beach Path begins. It is sheltered from the cold sea air by the dunes, so it makes a great alternative when it is just too windy on Cloisters Beach. In spring there are flowers galore on this lovely path! The path goes through Cloisters Community Park where there is a playground.
The dunes at Cloisters Beach are fenced off. So the only way to enter and exit the beach is at three openings: 109 Azure Street, 110 Atascadero Rd, and 1700 Embarcadero. You can get almost stuck on the beach because you can't see where you entered! The dunes are just a blur. This is quite scary! I walked for a long time trying to find how to get back to my car!
Morro Rock in all its splendor. What a view as you walk along the shore!
A baby sand dollar!
Looking back toward the hills, at the path to the beach. Patterns in the sand.
Morro Rock, past the dunes.
Sand with ocean in distance.
Pelicans bobbing in the waves.
The amazing patterns at the shore, and Morro Rock in the distance.
Fisherman and birds at the shore.
Driftwood at the beach, with Morro Rock in the distance.
Horse-riding on the beach with Morro Rock in the distance.
Horse-riding on a clear day at Cloisters Beach.
Path and dunes at the Azure Street beach access.
Dune flowers.
The dunes are so sweet, with the blue ocean behind.
Pristine dunes, and Morro Rock in the distance, at the Azure Street beach access.
Sand dollar! So perfect.
Birds galore.
Sand path leading to the beach at the Atascadero Rd beach access.
Morro Rock is so lovely and unique.
Amazing flowers at the Azure Street parking lot, in late April.
Looking toward the hills, on the sandy path to Cloisters Beach.
Silver lupine- purple flowers with silver leaves, along the beach access path.
Sandy beach access path and dune flowers called silver lupine.
Flowers beside a picnic table at the Azure Street parking lot, in late April.
Narrow dirt path through the flowers and past driftwood, at the Azure Street parking lot.
I love these flowers at the Azure Street parking lot, end of April!
Looking toward the parking lot, past flowers and driftwood along a narrow dirt path.
Flowers galore and beautiful trees, by the Azure Street parking lot in April.
I love these flowers! With a bench and ocean view. By the Azure Street parking lot.
Incredible purple flowers on the narrow path by the Azure Street parking lot.
Yellow and purple flowers in the field by the Azure Street parking lot, with Morro Rock in the distance.
Purple and yellow flowers mixed together, like easter eggs, with Morro Rock in the distance.
Purple and yellow flowers mixed together, with the ocean in the distance, at the path that leads from the Azure Street parking lot.
Wow! Purple flowers on the narrow dirt path north of the Azure Street parking lot.
You can also park in the small parking lot at 109 Azure Street, Morro Bay. There is also parking at 110 Atascadero Rd, Morro Bay.
There is a large muddy dirt parking lot at 1700 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.
Last Updated: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:28:23 GMT
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