Go south for five miles on Pecho Valley until you reach the park entrance. Typically, the crowd is a mix of suited and non-suited users. The surrounding park offers camping, fishing, and horseback riding. A long drive from Highway 101. It's a gorgeous beach with a young, intellectual crowd.
Women feel very safe there.
A haven for rumrunners during Prohibition, the long, sandy cove features rocky cliffs and a whale-shaped cave. The area began attracting nude sunbathers in the 1960s. Years later, squatters set up a tent city on the cliffs, which led to complaints about garbage. The last tent city resident departed in the early 1990s, and today Pirate's Cove is one of California's cleanest beaches. Expect suited visitors too.