Crystal Cove State Park Tunnel

Easy walk from the parking lot to the beach through the tunnel. The couple times we have been here, there has been water in the tunnel so expect to have to walk through it. It appears it fills up during the evening from the high tide and slowly drains during the day. The water is pretty clean and actually helps clean the sand off on the way back to the parking lot. If you don't want to get your feet wet because you want to take a stroll along the beach or something, I would avoid this route. Otherwise, it is fine.

There are restrooms and showers here.

The beach is beautiful and is a part of Crystal Cove State Park. Walk about half mile north along the beach and you will find tide pools, which are fun to explore.

We camped at Moro Campground twice now, which is just above the parking lot to the tunnel. Because we got there prior to early check-in time for the campground, we went ahead and paid for the day pass to access the parking lot. The day pass that day was $15 and couple be used at any of the state parks.

There are other hiking trails to the wilderness area from this parking lot.

So cool! Don't let the water in the tunnel scare you. It's safe and at the end of the day cleans all the sand off your feet. It really is some beautiful engineering to get us to the most beautiful beach. We spent the day and didn't want to leave.

Very cool location for a hike! Beautiful, clean and quiet place. The rangers and lifeguards take their jobs serious and are very helpful and friendly. I discovered this Bay when searching for a local hiking spot that was near the beach; this location surpassed any expectation that I had. The hike ended on the beach, doesn't get better than that, especially after a moderate hike on the hottest day this year. What's great about crystal cove state park tunnel hike is there are different lengths you can choose from. When parking (minimal cost), they have clear signs posting the different hikes. I went on the shorter one. Love this beach and I will be enjoying many more experiences there.