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Venice Beach Boardwalk
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Venice Beach Boardwalk

Venice, CA

★★★★★4.5(2,569 Google reviews)

What parents say

AI summary of 5 Google reviews — not a first-hand visit. How we write these

Worth knowing before you bring kids: reviewers describe homeless encampments, open drug use and open smoking along the boardwalk, and one urges caution with children. Others find it clean and friendly, with a skate park, basketball courts and performers. Food options on the boardwalk are thin.

Famous oceanfront boardwalk with street performers, the skate park, Muscle Beach, and bike paths.

Good for

  • Ages 0–2
  • Ages 10+

Happening near here

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Beach pavillion in, 517 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291, USA

Free; paid parking

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Tides today

Next low tide

2:42 PM

1.3 ft — best for tide pools

Next high tide

9:13 AM

5 ft

Predictions from NOAA · Santa Monica station

What visitors say

  • Jem Star★★★★★

    Love it. Lots to look at. People watching. Good drinks. Wide selection of shopping. Tasty food. Amazing weather. You can ride your bike, roller skate, skate board, walk around, look at the ocean ( too cold for me, I like the Atlantic Ocean better) you can bring family or friends...its even nice alone. They have the skate park. Basketball courts. Tennis courts. It has sand or grass areas. And lots of art.

    6 months ago

  • Tommy Ramsey★★★★★

    Venice Beach Boardwalk — The Reset I Needed I had one of those days that reminds you what all the work is really for. Being out on the Venice Beach Boardwalk with my family felt different. The air, the noise, the people, everything had energy. Music playing, performers doing their thing, people just living. And right there in the middle of it, it was just us enjoying it all. The beach always does something to me. It slows everything down. You stop thinking about problems and start paying attention to what is right in front of you. The sound of the waves, the feeling of the breeze, the way the sun hits the water. It brings you back. Walking with my family, laughing, talking, not worrying about anything else for a while, that is what matters most. That is the part of life that actually sticks with you. I love getting to the beach. Every time I go, it feels like I get something back that I did not even realize I was missing. Days like that are not small moments. Those are the ones that count.

    5 months ago

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