Solimar Beach

'''Solimar Beach''' is within western Ventura city, in Ventura County, California. It is a small Southern California beach and one of the few that still allows dogs on a leash.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vcportal.ventura.org/GSA/parksdepartment/docs/Guide_Dog_Beach_Broch_v7.pdf|title=Ventura County Parks - Dog Beach Guide|website=ventura.org|author=Ventura County Parks Department|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=24 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624101045/https://vcportal.ventura.org/GSA/parksdepartment/docs/Guide_Dog_Beach_Broch_v7.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Location== Solimar Beach is located approximately one mile north of Emma Wood State Beach.

Solimar beach is the stretch of sand and ocean that lines the ocean front housing and extends southeast towards the city of Ventura. The southern portion of the beach is considered the "public beach" because the sand is accessible and there are no houses. To the north are two separate private gated residential communities. Solimar Beach Colony, the first of the two communities, is the first beach community north of the city of Ventura along the Pacific Coast Highway.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boero |first=Kristina |date=September 11, 2014|url=http://www.ventura.org/rma/planning/pdf/ceqa/nd-archive/PL14-0039%20NOI.pdf |title=Initial Study for the Sandefer Tentative Parcel Map and Coastal Planned Development Permit|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075939/http://www.ventura.org/rma/planning/pdf/ceqa/nd-archive/PL14-0039%20NOI.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |publisher=County of Ventura}}</ref> Most of the time the tide is too high to completely walk the full stretch of the beach. Professional surfer and winner of MTV's Surf Girls, Mary Osbourne, is from Solimar. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/yfld0d/mary-osborne-mtv-surf-girls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201140820/https://www.mtv.com/news/yfld0d/mary-osborne-mtv-surf-girls|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2022|title=Mary Osborne Of 'Surf Girls'...Where Is She Now?|website=mtv.com|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>

"Soli" breaks well with a 3'+ southerly swell — conditions varying on the shape of the sandbar.

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==External links== *[http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=604 Emma Wood State Beach website] - adjacent park

Category:Beaches of Southern California Category:Ventura, California Category:Parks in Ventura County, California Category:Beaches of Ventura County, California Category:Populated coastal places in California