Leadbetter Beach

 

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Joan H.

Santa Barbara, CA

7/28/2008

Leadbetter Beach is one of the more crowded beaches in Santa Barbara.  It is located right near the harbor and is usually packed with lots of tourists and families.  

There is plenty of parking in the lot nearby.  The free lot allows up to 90 minutes, or you can choose to pay for parking and stay as long as you want.  Shoreline Cafe is close by if you get hungry or want a scoop or two of ice cream for a snack.  And there are plenty of restrooms and shower facilities for you to use if needed.

We headed here for a day of fun in the sun, and there was a rowing competition which was really fun to watch.  But with all of the people who beat us there, there wasn't much room for all of us to play volleyball or Frisbee.  There was also a lot of washed up seaweed, and we were too lazy to pick it up so we decided to head over to East Beach.  Overall, Leadbetter is a great beach, but really.. what beach isn't?

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Mary J.

Riverside, CA

9/2/2009

Nice enough, but when you're used to the beaches in So Cal from San Diego to Los Angeles, it's not easy to be impressed by this beach that seems to be the local popular beach.  The sand is a bit dirtier than I'd like.  There is more of a presence of street people (nearby, not out on the sand) than I'd like.  And the waves don't lend themselves to body surfing -- probably due to the off-shore islands and the effect of being somehat in a harbor.  But hey, it's still a beach and there's no such thing as a bad beach.

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