Located along the western half of Broad Beach Road and Pacific Coast Highway, this is one of the most beautiful stretches of beaches you can find. The beach along Sea Level Drive and beyond its end, a 2700 foot section where there are no private homes directly on the ocean side, is sandy Lechuza Beach. The public owns the beach frontage here, purchased with a $9,000,000 grant from the State Coastal Conservancy to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), augmented by private donations. There are three access gates, the first is at West Sea Level Drive, the second is at Bunnie Lane, and the third is at East Sea Level Drive, all off of Broad Beach Road. The entrance at West Sea Level Drive is concealed down what is posted as a “Private Road”. Both public access gates for West and East Sea Level Drive are connected to the residential auto gates. Parking is on the street and there are no facilities, but there is a shopping center at the eastern intersection of PCH and Broad Beach Road with a Starbucks and a Chevron station.

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