Davenport Beach

About Davenport Beach

Davenport's glass is unlike ordinary bottle glass: it comes from offcuts and 'end of day' scraps from Lundberg Studios, an art-glass workshop uphill from the shore, which a flood of San Vicente Creek carried into the sea. The resulting multicoloured, often swirled nuggets are prized by collectors. Hunting is genuinely dangerous, with heavy surf and slippery rocks, and the hunters who find the best pieces often work in wetsuits.

Sea glass at Davenport Beach

Multicoloured art-glass nuggets, marbles and stoppers rather than bottle glass. Finds depend heavily on winter storms and big surf; on many visits there is nothing to be had.

Visiting Davenport Beach

Safety

Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and follow the collecting rules above.