Sea Glass at Hendry's (Arroyo Burro Beach) in Santa Barbara, CA

by Patrick
(Santa Barbara, CA)

Arroyo Burro Beach is called Hendry's by locals

Arroyo Burro Beach is called Hendry's by locals

~ sea glass beach report submitted by Patrick, Santa Barbara, CA

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Hendry's Beach (Arroyo Burro Beach)
Santa Barbara, CA

Went out January 4th at 3:00 pm.  Very Low Tide.

Without trying hard, I found about 50 pieces in 1 hour.  Most are small, clear/green/brown.  Standard colors.  Found some small frosted baby blue pieces too, 1 small dark blue piece, some pottery shards.

The beach is amazing, but can get VERY crowded VERY quickly.  Parking is very limited. 

There are numerous 'back doors' to this beach, but I'll leave those for the locals to know about. 

It is also a dog friendly beach, which kinda sucks as the dogs tear up the place and bother you when you are hunting for glass.

I have more beaches in the area to report. 

We hit 4 beaches in 4 days in town and hauled away over 500 pieces...

~ sea glass beach report submitted by Patrick, Santa Barbara, CA

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Sea glass poster - the sea does not reward, waiting for a gift

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Jan 03, 2019
 California beaches
by: Bbqpony

The sand builds up during the summer. Making it more difficult to find seaglass. Even the best sea glass beaches will return nil during the summer. Our rainy season is winter. The storms erode the beaches of much of the sand and increases the likelihood of good finds.
Aug 14, 2017
 Sea Glass Beach
by: Anonymous

Aug 2017

Just visited Arroyo Burro Beach. There was no sea glass, not even one shard. Sea glass collectors, don't waste you're time on this beach. Very disapointing.
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