The prior comments are somewhat confusing about the home's location vis-à-vis the beach. Here's the scoop: the patio faces west, toward the beach and the ocean; between the patio and the beach there is a narrow sidewalk and then a relatively narrow public lot (four rows of parking - I would guess 70 feet (23 meters) across); the beach begins just on the other side of that, and it's very nice. To us, the home felt like it was "on the beach."