Even if you're a first-timer you can get into a volleyball game and everyone will treat you like a friend. U.S. Marines sometimes stop nudists from crossing the fence at the southern tip of the beach onto Camp Pendleton, but we've heard reports of some users walking as far as a mile south.
Police remain vigilant about sex on the sand.
Follow Basilone past the power plant to the state park, then take the entrance road 3.5 miles to the end of the parking lot. Or you can park several miles away and bicycle in. It's fairly steep, but should only take 10 to 15 minutes. Give yourself another 20 minutes to walk from the trail south along the shore, past the lifeguard station. San-O is a big, flat, sandy expanse backed by rugged sandstone bluffs.