{"id":398843,"date":"2026-07-15T03:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398843\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T03:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:39:29","slug":"list-nude-beaches-in-the-bay-area-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398843\/","title":{"rendered":"List: Nude beaches in the Bay Area \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Gregorio State Beach, known for its stunning beauty off the San Mateo coast and clothing-optional practices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/07\/13\/famous-nude-beach-to-become-part-of-california-state-parks-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will soon become the newest addition to California\u2019s state park system.<\/a> This means that bathing suits will soon be required.<\/p>\n<p>There are still a number of nude beach options in the Bay Area, however:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parksconservancy.org\/services\/black-sands-beach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Sands Beach:<\/a> As its name implies, this beach has stunning dark sand and is located in the Marin Headlands. Each end of the strip is considered a clothing-optional beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/presidio.gov\/explore\/attractions\/marshalls-beach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marshall\u2019s Beach:<\/a> This stretch of beach extends from the Golden Gate south to North Baker Beach in San Francisco. It is a secluded area below steep cliffs, which makes it popular with nude sunbathers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parksconservancy.org\/parks\/baker-beach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Baker Beach:<\/a> This is the clothing-optional north end of Baker Beach. There is a steep bluff in that area, so swimming is not advised due to rising tides and rip currents.<\/p>\n<p>Red Rock Beach: Located just south of Stinson Beach this is another clothing-optional option. Access to the beach can be steep and rocky so come prepared.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Gregorio State Beach, known for its stunning beauty off the San Mateo coast and clothing-optional practices, will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,1785,7,137892,8,643,1533,181,971,23,992,100,993,1727,395,182,101,396,103,102,397,104,106,105,420,2422],"class_list":["post-398843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bay-area","tag-beaches","tag-california","tag-california-beaches","tag-california-news","tag-environment","tag-keywee","tag-latest-headlines","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-marin-county","tag-news","tag-north-bay","tag-outdoors","tag-peninsula","tag-pm-report","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-san-mateo-county","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}