Cave Landing

Beautiful scenery. Some tagging and junk though. Be careful if you have a low car parking can be rough

So far this is my favorite part of Central California's beaches. From hearing the seals at night to the waves crashing on the rocks. This place is truly magical, and spiritual!

There is a bit of trash and some broken bottles here so be careful but the views are really great.

Trash every where and graffiti on the rocks. View is beautiful, but seriously does no one clean up the area? It's gross

Awesome to site to see. Drive up to the parking lot, which has really been overrun by homeless people in tents, old RVs, and their cars. Trails are cool but the view of the peninsula is the best.

This place is very kewl. Would be 5 stars except the parking lot is filled with entrenched homeless RV's/encampments with their dogs running wild so keep your guard up if you kids are weary of canines.
The short 5min walk is on a trail wide enough to avoid the poison oak. No railings, so stay well away from the cliff edge overlooking a 50ft drop above the rocky water below.

Really great views of the ocean and the beach is nice and secluded. However, the caves are honestly quite disappointing and the amount of graffiti all over it ruins the natural beauty.
Worth a stop but don't plan a day just for this.

A beautiful place that is absolutely trashed by people. There are graffitis all over the rocks and broken glass and cigarette butts and filth everywhere! It is really sad!

Some of the most beautiful coastline in California, you almost forget about the pretentious locals that like to judge anyone not driving a tesla

Not sure if the is actually the Avila Sea Caves but we did go to the sea cave accessible from the Pirates Cove parking area. Good sea cave for a picture but took a star of for the fact that there was quite a bit of litter and graffiti around, probably from recent spring breakers. They do seem to pile it up in a couple of places rather than throw it everywhere. Good photos of the ocean through the cave on one side and the mountains with high end houses on the other.

Parking lot is completely full with transient campers, trash, and unleashed dogs. Not a welcoming or safe place for visitors.

Grate place to go and relax. Nobody bothers you while you get to lay out in your birthday suit.

Pretty hike not the cleanest place and would not take young kids because of the people living out there and the trash.

Great place to visit. A bit off the beaten path. There are a variety of folks there, so if you are weirded out by counterculture, this may not be the stop for you. That said if you're comfortable with counter culture, you should absolutely stop by here. The 'cave' is actually more like a 'window rock', but the views are spectacular.

So many transients living in tents and Van's in the parking lot. So much trash. And it felt scary and dangerous to be walking past them to access the trail.

A beautiful naturally formed cultural & historical destination to explore & a complex of trails through brush, steep cliff walls, overhangs, caves, some climbing setups, beaches, a great creative autonomous community & a rich Native significance, later a smuggling port during prohibition, & a 19th century deep water port used by French, Russian, British, American, etc ships before Port San Luis replaced it for larger ships incapable of risking the Shallow waters of Pismo or Avila. Old Large Iron stakes & fastenings can be still found pounded into the highest rocks nearest the water supposedly used to attach chain/pulleys/cable to ships, as well as the partly overgrown remains of an old sleugh used to slide cargo down the slope to be loaded onto the ships below. The far side of the beach is more peaceful & isolated, whilst the side closest to the trail is a little more raucous & sociable. The community is kind & self governing. An experience & destination to cherish and respect.

Absolutely gorgeous views and cool little adventure to the caves. You have to climb down 20 ft using two climbing rope that are tied up to the metal bolt. As of this date it was safe to use. Just be careful

Enjoyed the view from inside the cave overlooking the ocean. We also wish visitors would pick up the trash they hike in to keep this place beautiful ️!

The sea caves are a seriously fun adventure. The trails in are very easy but a lot of the best views and experiences require some light scrambling or climbing. This is a great place to see some marine life and to listen to the ocean crashing.