6 beaches

Sea glass beaches in California, USA

6 beaches in California where sea glass hunters report finds, across Contra Costa County, Mendocino County, Monterey County. Each guide covers what turns up, where to look and any local collecting rules.

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Davenport Beach

Davenport, Santa Cruz County, USA

Rugged Santa Cruz County beach famed for rare art-glass nuggets and marbles washed out from the Lundberg Studios glassworks.

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Del Monte Beach

Monterey, Monterey County, USA

Long Monterey city beach named by local collectors as one of the best sea glass spots on Monterey Bay.

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Glass Beach

Benicia, Solano County, USA

Small bayside beach below a bluff on the Carquinez Strait, still giving clear, green and amber glass and old china at low tide.

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Glass Beach

Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, USA

America's most famous sea glass beach, formed from old town dumps, now a protected state park beach where the glass must be left in place.

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Point Molate Beach Park

Richmond, Contra Costa County, USA

Quiet San Francisco Bay beach near the Richmond Bridge, often scattered with sea glass and rarely crowded.

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Sand City Beach

Sand City, Monterey County, USA

Monterey Bay beach where eroding dunes over a 1920s to 1950s town dump still release plenty of white, green and brown sea glass.