Orange County - Crystal Cove Beach

[Jimmy D]

I have seen people laying out nude without being hassled here lately.. Is this a new Orange County nude beach???

[BillyD]

Where is Crystal Cove?

[Jimmy D]

Newport Beach/Newport Coast

[Jimmy D]

Does anyone know if this beach tolerated nude bathing? It is a California state beach...

[rudedogii]

Just got back from Crystal Cove State Beach CA.
I stopped by there after work for a couple of hours.
Better to be at the beach than sitting in traffic for a couple of hours!
I did see one couple nude sunbathing.
I wish I could have done the same but I didn't want to get in any kind of trouble!
I'll just have to wait for the weekend and maybe hit Blacks Beach.
But the price of gas is killing my travels!

[Greedouw]

I totally doubt it, I live near Laguna Beach and I haven't heard anything of this

[Jimmy D]

Originally posted by Greedouw:
I totally doubt it, I live near Laguna Beach and I haven't heard anything of this

No, I've heard the same thing... It's a state beach and it's being permitted.

Anyone else seen the same thing?

[Greedouw]

Well isnt that interesting! I live 10 mins from there, definetly a lot closer than good ole San Onofre

Where is everyone sunbathing there? Do most state beaches permit nude sun bathing?

[Naturist Mark]

No, I've heard the same thing... It's a state beach and it's being permitted.

As long as it is a state beach and not also under local concurrent jurisdiction I suppose the Cahill policy applies - which doesn't make it 'legal' to be nude, but makes it OK as long as there are no complaints.

[Bicycler]

Originally posted by Naturist Mark:

quote:

No, I've heard the same thing... It's a state beach and it's being permitted.

As long as it is a state beach and not also under local concurrent jurisdiction I suppose the Cahill policy applies - which doesn't make it 'legal' to be nude, but makes it OK as long as there are no complaints.

I think you are right about that Mark - in theory. In practice I'm not so sure. Maybe someone could pose the legality question to the local beach authorities and see what the answer is. And I'm afraid that the "local concurrent jurisdiction" rule could easily be applied if any of the nearby residents decided to complain. After all, this beach is only about a 20 minute drive down the coast from the (now infamous) Huntington Beach.

But, I must say, it would be a nice thing to see this beach develop into San Onofre North.

[luvnaturism]

This is an interesting possibility, particularly as we'll be there in a couple of weeks. We stay nearby, and walk every day on the beach.

However, it's hard for me to think that it will be allowed to develop into a popular clothing optional beach. There's a large state park above it, with several roads leading down to the beach. Cars, other than park vehicles, can't come down, but the roads make for easy beach access. In other words it isn't very secluded, and there's no history of clothing optional use.

My guess is that the occasional nude use won't attract much attention, but if it becomes popular people will begin to complain. If you look at the development above the park, you see that it's inevitible that a lot of wealthy, well connected people come down to that beach. When they get unhappy, they can complain far above the level of the lowly rangers who do the enforcement.

[toofeelgood]

I would love this to evolve into an excepted nude beach we live so close. Potential for more gawkers though.

[carbuff]

I live in Orange county as well so I willbe interested ifthis is true .how about some news . I know where Crystal cove is but where is it seem to be permitted to go nude? How long has this been going on ?

[sliver]

I was at the Newport beach Aug 22 and observed a young couple allow their children (about 2-3 yrs) to play in the sand nude. Nobody said anything. Wish I was as brave. Rick