San Onofre Beach Camp Pendleton

You must be military to bring your RV travel trailer or tent to this beach area. Full hook ups available as are just water and electric. Sites are quite close together. You must show your active military or veterans ID at the Camp Pendleton gate before entrance. Once inside you need to go and register & be assigned the campsite. Wonderful ocean views and the sound of the pounding surf in addition to far- away sounds of machine gunfire and artillery in addition to helicopters overhead on the Marine base. Still, a very beautiful place. Each campsite has a table and a fire pit.

This beach is not very kid friendly due to the rocks and sometimes big waves, the water also gets deep really fast so if you don’t know how to swim you can’t really go here. I stayed in the cottages and they are low quality cottages. Outside of the water it isn’t too bad, there is a playground and good views.

Pretty amazing campground. Focus is on surfing, watching or participating and there is quite a bit of beach action going down. Some complain about the highway noise and trains at night, we were cool with that. Laundry is right there, sites are level with campfires, picnic table and a great view. We have returned here again and again and the only thing I can say negative is FIX THE WEBSITE.

View- priceless we had a beachfront site #4 and paid $76 a night. The view is absolutely amazing sunset and sunrise view of the water literally the sand is across the street the beach is there. Our spot was sloped but he had a motor home and that was fine. It sounded like a previous guest cancelled with a travel trailer because of the incline was too steep for them to be level. Check in- booking online is super easy the down side is you don't know what site number you are booking thankfully when we got there we were able to see what was available for our size and choose from there but it would be nice to see the site number online unless I missed it when booking. Check in area has games to rent for $10 a day frisbee game corn hold connect 4 or Jenna they have snacks and small important items you may have forgot to pack hats sunscreen and boogie boards and surfboards for rent. Beach- so beautiful we loved the rocks and there is an area where it is rock free to get all the way in which we did the water was warm enough. It was probable in front of sites 25-40 where it's walk up and walk in beach no rocks. We saw dolphins and a lot of birds and crabs. On our first upper campsite it's in a second level there were a lot of bees but once we moved to site 4 by the water there were no bugs a few flys but no mosquitoes or anything biting or stinging early or late at night Showers/restrooms- super clean we loved that my husband always compliments the cleanliness of a base bathroom usually. This place was stocked with toilet paper and super clean bring shower sandals and enjoy hot showers. Playground/ work out area- we loved the playground my little guy sprained his ankle jumping from up high and landing wrong but I don't think it was the playgrounds fault my 6/3 year old loved it it was big enough for both to enjoy not too big not too small challenging for both of them.! We went to muscle beach workout area daily to get a quick workout in every single day and loved it! My kids loved it and it was fun. I would come back and high recommend this space to fellow Yelp family and friends. Noise level- we did not have any loud neighbors at all everyone was respectful and quiet. There is a train near by but it didn't wKe my kids or bug me. I'm an early riser and it wasn't that bad for us and worth the view but I could see how someone would be bothered or unable to sleep in late or if you're a light sleeper. It was amazing I recommend this location 5/5 stars family fun!

⛱️Absolutely Epic Beach 🏖️ Right next to Camp Pendleton. Can witness training operations often and they run every kind of scenario. LCAC & other amphibious assault ships along with both fixed wing and rotor aviation 🪽. Photo posted shows Marines Corps Osprey-22 cruzN.along the beach showing off the rotor cells in action... pretty cool! Lots of activities. Surfing can be stellar 🌊...tho beach is rocky and "graviley." Trestle's 🌊 🏄 is right up highway I-5 by Pacific Coaster 🛣️ Train railroad tracks. Lots of great ⛳ tracks near by. But is now mostly a giant landmark Old San Onofere Nuclear Power is still looking good 👍. Should turn back on! Along the 5 freeway in North San Diego County near Orange 🍊 County (San Clemente CA) border. San Diego proper is around 35 miles further south. Train 🚆 Station is close by this entire state beach and Camp Pendleton area btw. Enjoy... bSafebHappybWell 🤙