Hours and directions

Gaviota Pier

Gaviota State Park, about 30 miles north of Santa Barbara.

Pier is 300 feet long; open 7 a.m. to sunset.

Goleta Pier

Goleta Beach County Park, 5986 Sandspit Road, Goleta. Pier is 1,500 feet long; open 24 hours.

Stearns Wharf

At the foot of State Street, Santa Barbara. Pier is 1,978 feet long; open 6 a.m.-1 a.m.

Ventura Pier

At Harbor Boulevard and California Street, Ventura. Pier is 1,600 feet long; open 24 hours.

Port Hueneme Pier

Northbound on U.S. 101, exit Las Posas, turn left, right on Hueneme Road, left on Surfside Drive, left to the beach.

Southbound on U.S. 101, exit at Wagon Wheel, go right to Ventura Road, turn left and continue to the beach. Pier is 1,282 feet long; open 24 hours.

Paradise Cove Pier

28128 Pacific Coast Highway, north of Malibu Pier. Pier is 200 feet.; open sunrise to sunset.

Malibu Pier

Half-mile east of Cross Creek Road, Malibu. Pier is 700 feet long; open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Santa Monica Municipal Pier

At foot of Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica. Pier is 1,080 feet long; open 24 hours.

Venice Fishing Pier

At the end of Washington Boulevard, Venice. Pier is 300 feet long; open 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Manhattan Beach Municipal Pier

At foot of Pier Avenue, Manhattan Beach. Pier is 928 feet long; open 24 hours.

Hermosa Beach Municipal Pier

At foot of Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach. Pier is 1,150 feet long; open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Redondo Beach Pier

At foot of Torrance Boulevard, Redondo Beach.

A complex of three piers, 550 feet long; open 24 hours.

Green Pleasure Pier

In Avalon Bay, Avalon. Pier is 407 feet long; open 24 hours.

Cabrillo Fishing Pier

3720 Stephen White Drive, Cabrillo Beach. Pier is 1,200 ft. long; open 5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Shoreline Aquatic Park

and Shoreline Marina

Shoreline Drive, at Shoreline Village, Long Beach.

Three fishing piers, each about 30 feet long; open dawn to 10 p.m.

Belmont Veterans

Memorial Pier

At Ocean Boulevard and 39th Place, Long Beach. Pier is 1,800 feet long; open dawn to midnight.

Seal Beach Pier

At the end of Main Street at Ocean Avenue, Seal Beach.

Pier is 1,865 feet long; 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier

At Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach. Pier is 1,850 feet long; open 5 a.m. to midnight.

Newport Beach Pier

McFadden Square at the end of Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach. Pier is 1,032 feet long;

open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., 24 hours for fishing only.

Balboa Pier

On Balboa Boulevard at Main Street, two miles south of Newport Beach Pier. Pier is 919 feet long; open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., 24 hours for fishing only.

Dana Point Harbor Pier

At foot of Street of the Golden Lantern, Dana Point.

Pier is 200 feet long; open 6 a.m. to midnight, 24 hours for licensed fishing only.

San Clemente Municipal Pier

At the west end of Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente.

Pier is 1,200 feet long; open 4 a.m. to midnight.