Good Sea Glass Beaches in Northern California?

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Good Sea Glass Beaches in Northern California?

by Primas
(Dublin, Ca)

Good Sea Glass Beach - Northern California - Cannery Row Beach
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunkfordbraun/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

My family and I have been slowly getting into collecting sea glass and looking for good beaches in Northern California.

We went to glass beach in Mendocino in July and that was incredible.

Also we went to the beach at Cannery Row in Monterey and that beach had almost as much sea glass but just smaller.

We tried one of the recommendations on the site for Miramar Beach in Half Moon Bay and after a hour he found no one piece of sea glass.

We moved to Seal Cove in Moss Beach and that had some about 8 small pieces. Are there any good sea glass beaches in San Francisco area???

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I will leave this question open for y'all in California to chip in on.

Thank you for the up-to-date information, Primas. This kind of information is invaluable to other collectors. Although Miramar had been reported to have sea glass, it had not been verified (first hand accounts and/or photos). I will update that info.

I have long desired to check out Cannery Row but haven't been able to get down to that area for a number of years.

You might check out Pescadero. It is reported to be a good sea glass beach in Northern California.

Here's the beach list report:

Pescadero, San Mateo County, California. Located 17 miles south of Half Moon Bay, 34 miles north of Santa Cruz. "...there was just so much. Select pieces of dark blue and teal were also..." Added by: Josh Schneider (Thanks, Josh!)

You can be sure the report of sea glass there is good, as it was my #2 son who reported it, and he does know what he is doing (he better)!

We also have Toshi's verified report on a good sea glass beach near San Francisco listed on that page:

Pillar Point Beach (click for details) - near San Francisco, California. "I found red, violet, three different shades of greens and many many more colors there." Added by: Toshi Kanno (Thanks, Toshi!)

Although Toshi doesn't say how much there is, it is obvious that there are some real "gems" to be found there.

Have fun, take photos, and please be sure to let us know your new experiences.

David (editor)

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Good Sea Glass Beaches in Northern California?

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Aug 15, 2011

Sea Glass Beaches
by: TravelCacher

I had the good fortune to spend my summer vacation walking beaches California, Oregon and Washington hunting for sea glass.

Glass Beach, Port Townsend, WA. was a great experience and my first introduction to hunting sea glass. The glass I found was plentiful and of excellent quality with much of it being jewelry grade. The pieces I found were mostly 1/2 inch in size with well rounded edges and highly decomposed, creating a rich and beautiful frost finish. The colors were mainly white and brown with some green.

Glass Beach, California was another excellent location for sea glass. The sea glass here is EVERYWHERE!! You'll have no need to search for it as the entire beach is covered in glass. The pieces I found here were bigger ranging from 1/2 inch to 2 inches in size. The colors were more varied with white, green and brown being predominant. However, with diligence I was able to discover blues, reds, gray and lavender. Here too the pieces were excellent jewelry grade condition with decades of decomposition creating rich frost and smooth edges.

Seaside State Beach, California was worth the venture though the glass was scattered and had to be searched for. The pieces I found were relatively young with light frost and rough edges. I threw back many pieces I found for further "cooking". The sea glass was mainly white and brown with some green. However, they were small in size measuring from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch in size. As has been said by others, this is a place where you'll need to get wet to find the glass. Chasing waves and stirring up the sand is recommended to find the good stuff.

Nov 03, 2009

San Francisco Beach Glass
by: Patrick Stevens

Just under the southern pier of the golden gate bridge there is a 120 foot beach, often I found plenty of beautiful beach glass specimens.

Sep 23, 2009

Seaside, Monterey Bay North Cal sea glass
by: David (editor)

I don't know if you have seen the comments on Seaside, but here is the main page about this beach:

Seaside, Monterey, California Beach Glass

and the good glass found there.

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