Venice Beach: The Don'ts of Visiting Venice Beach, California

When visiting Los Angeles there are a number of beaches you can visit. One of the most popular is Venice Beach home of Muscle Beach and wide beaches and cold water. Here we go through the do's and don'ts of visiting Venice Beach.
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[BubblyViolin]

Tip from a local: if you don’t care for the boardwalk/touristy stuff, head up to Zuma beach and park along the pch (it’s free). There isn’t a lot to do, but if you just want a relaxing beach day with the kids, it’s better than Venice. Neptune’s Net and Paradise Cove Cafe are fun places to eat, or you can buy stuff from the grocery store and picnic on the beach.

[Mppprovo]

I live in Venice. You can really enjoy Venice during the week, especially in the mornings.

[nalahisrael]

I am a native and I have to say this is spot on.

[iesha]

I love Venice Beach and don't care how many times I've gone, it's always the best time ever when I go again lol.

[filb]

I agree with water being cold. I went there in August and I was surprised how cold the water was at very high temperatures outside. I loved my time there.

[BradThePitts]

Tips from a local: They really have significantly remedied the homeless issue in recent times (early 2022). Also, please walk Abbott Kinney Boulevard, just inland from the beach. Great small shops, coffee, and places to eat. Please also walk the Venice canals, day or night, very close to Venice beach. Very beautiful architectural homes located along canals, for which Venice gets its name!

[ellemontgomery]

Tourist from New Zealand here. Been twice to Venice Beach, LOVE IT! Love the street art, street performers, tacky shops and the diversity.
Don’t love the smell of weed but I did love getting a bit blazed for free 🤣
It was busy both times but that added to it in a good way.
Great place to visit, love this place.

[yanni]

My Son lives on the Canals. Love to visit from Long Island.

[ProfessorRed]

I love watching these videos! This Easter I'm going to Spain with my family for a couple of days. This is the first time being on a plane since 2017, I miss planes so much

[theneutravels]

“Hey there fellow travelers…” never gets old

[johndornoff]

We were there just a couple of weeks ago during my daughter's school break. Having grown up in L.A. I knew it would be packed on a Saturday but it was beyond insane. There used to be a lot more canals in the first years of the 1900s but then oil was discovered and most of the canals were torn out although the oil boom did not last long even though you can still see some oil rigs here and there.

[mercedeswilkins]

Pack on the weekend especially during the summer

[janski]

Just visited Venice Beach a couple of days ago. Really loved it and I would love to go there again in the future!

[boarderdude]

It might have helped that we were there during the week, but I got a chance to scratch an item off my bucket list at Venice Beach - working out at Muscle Beach for several days! It’s a pretty cool outdoor gym, I even got a picture next to one of the muscular locals who was easily twice my size… I’m a 6’2” guy!

[jeffreybailey]

You could ride all the way from long beach to there and back in a day its a great day for the soul .

[scotttoro]

You won’t really need a wetsuit in the summer and early fall months. That cold water won’t seem too bad after you get your whole body wet, especially on hot days. The ocean water is cold because the California Current runs from north to south starting in Alaska, whereas the current on the East Coast is a warm current that flows from south to north starting in the tropics. A big plus of the cold water is that it keeps California’s temperatures along the coast relatively mild with low humidity which is known as a “Mediterranean climate.”

[michaelrae]

Best tip for going into the Pacific Ocean - rent a SCUBA wetsuit. As long as you don't care what you look like, it's a blast. The suit will make you completely buoyant and keep you a lot warmer than a surf westsuit.

[theshadowman]

I visit it when I want to ( in GTA 5 )

[jeanwoodhouse]

Did you see the GIV? German in Venice your fellow youtuber. You caught a shot of his henna tatoo shop at 4:53!

[JohnSkyLey]

Don'ts of Venice Beach from a local like myself... DON'T GO