California
Glass Beach
Small bayside beach below a bluff on the Carquinez Strait, still giving clear, green and amber glass and old china at low tide.
About Point Molate Beach Park
Point Molate is a calm, little-visited bay beach just north of the Richmond to San Rafael Bridge. Local families describe it as frequently full of sea glass, and volunteers collected glass during a community clean-up there. Facilities are basic and there are no lifeguards.
Sea glass at Point Molate Beach Park
Bay-tumbled bottle glass and interesting pebbles along the shoreline; check the tides before going.
Visiting Point Molate Beach Park
- Getting there
- From Berkeley take I-580 west and leave at Stenmark Drive, the last exit before the Richmond Bridge toll plaza; continue a few minutes and the entrance is on the left.
- Parking
- Ample free parking (510 Families).
- Toilets
- Portable toilets (510 Families).
- 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 only take sea glass and other man-made rubbish: pebbles, sand and shells should stay on the beach.
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Sources
- 510families.com : Family blog: beach 'more often than not' full of sea glass; parking, toilets, directions
- richmondconfidential.org : Richmond Confidential 2012: volunteers collected glass during Point Molate Beach clean-up
Last updated 24 October 2026
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