Oxnard, CA Travel, Photos Information and News

We love staying in Oxnard because of its beaches and tantalizing Channel Islands accessible by a boat cruise on the concessionaire, Island Packers. There are lots museums, several beach hotels and Oxnard shares a border with the City of Ventura, fill the trip with expansive options all the way to Santa Barbara (north) or Los Angeles (south).

The city of Oxnard is home to over 20 miles of scenic, relatively uncrowded coastline. The beaches in Oxnard are large and the sand is exceptionally soft. The sand dunes in Oxnard, which were once much more extensive, have been used to recreate Middle-Eastern desert dunes in many movies, the first being The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino. There are very few rocks or driftwood piles at most beaches, but Oxnard is known to have dangerous rip-currents at certain beaches. Oxnard is home to world-class surf at most of its beaches. Beaches in Oxnard include: Mugu Rock State Beach, Ormond Beach, Hueneme Beach, Silver Strand Beach, Hollywood Beach, Hollywood-By-the-Sea, Mandalay Beach, Oxnard State Beach, Oxnard Shores, 5th Street Beach, McGrath State Beach and Rivermouth Beach.

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