Fun beach to spend a little time. Clean beach, good strolling, biking and roller-skating. The pier is great! Great little carnival with rides for kids and full of people. This is an historic pier with a lot of charm. We had a good time.

Kids loved it \ the guy at the start with the Mc Caw birds and all the entertainment on the pier was fantastic

I had never been to a beach in the Pacific before, I expected a surfer's place with giant waves, instead it was similar to other beaches I know, which is not bad at all. The good things: The view, the sunset, the pier with stores, restaurants and music, the roller-coaster and other rides which I didn't use but which add... More

Great beach with lots of activities happening but still much room for just chilling! Loved the beach cafés, CLEAN washrooms and ability to rent bikes. If you visit you must rent a bike and ride the beautiful path along the beach. Rode from Malibu to Marina Del Ray, stopping along the way in Venise beach. What a day!

What an absolutely lovely beach in fact the best I've seen in a long time. Go for a stroll before breakfast when it's desolate and at its most beautiful. Super healthy walk away from traffic in Santa Monica.

Santa Monica Beach was clean and full of sunworshiping people. We rode bikes along the path and saw lots of people playing volleyball and making sand castles. Patrons ranged from families with young kids to couples on a romantic getaway. It would be nice if there were more food choices, but there are only a string of "Perry's Beach Cafe's".... More

Kind of disappointed with the beach. Thought it would be fun to let the kids play in the surf after visiting Santa Monica Pier but left rather quickly. The beach was dirty and the waterind of smelled weird. Maybe if we were farther from the Pier it would be better.

All kinds of people! Beach was clean and the police were visible giving you a feel of security. It started to get crowded when we were leaving on Saturday afternoon, but the beach is huge and free just pay to park.

The beach is fun, there's a small theme park inside th beach. If u had watched baywatch before, their office now become a restaurant. If u going by car, the parking fee is $12 /car. Quite expensive :(. But overall the beach was fun ;)