Cayucos Pier

Wonderful place, but watch out for inconsiderate people like this who bring their dog to the beach and crap multiple times without picking any of it up. Stay classy

Cayucos is a small beach town. Plenty of small, mom and pop businesses, eateries, a decent beach that has public restrooms with showers outside, and a playground at one end for the young ones. The beach is well maintained and parking is adjacent the beach (for no additional fee), if you time it right.
We were lucky to enjoy the beach in the late afternoon on a lovely May day, two grandchildren in tow. The children’s slide and swing area is sandy, but was the sole purpose of our visit. The playground is not much to offer, but the little ones really didn’t mind. And there was a place for the mommies and daddies and grannies to sit, against the sea wall, while they played. All quite sandy.
Mind you, the surprisingly uncrowded beach was only so because it was still off season and mid-​week. That is the key to enjoyment here, in my opinion. I am talking a fast getaway once the summer crowds arrive. No Bueno.
But while we were doing our thing on the playground equipment and also taking a short jaunt out to the waves, an astounding thing occurred. In the distance, about where the buoy defines where the boats are not allowed, I saw a spout of water. Then another. Then many, many more. Unplanned, just pure luck, we were witnessing a pod of grey whales as they migrated north. Close enough for us to see, far enough for them to be safe. And sure enough, May is their month, as we found out some time later. I guess they head south in the fall, so if you want to witness another of Mother Nature’s treats, there you go… prime times come twice a year.
Then, on to visit the elephant seals north from here!

This pier was closed due to construction. :-(
This pier has many good memories for me when I was fishing off this pier.
The pier will be nice once construction is finished.

The pier is a great place for visitors and families. It offers great views of the Morro Rock and the Pacific Ocean, of course. I’m very excited that the pier will soon be repaired and reopened thanks to the efforts of the local community, donors and the county. Way to go!

It is a true joy to live on the Central Coast. One of my favs is to go watch the sunset at the Cayucos pier. Never crowded and always a treat. There was some heavy damage after the last storm season but they are going to rebuild and make the pier wider. Can wait for the upgrade.

We were just there the other day and the pier is closed off, except for about ¹⁄₁₀^th the length of the entire span. There is a poster about fund raising to keep the pier alive, but apparently it seems not much is happening so far. The pier is over 100 years old and should be taken care of, it would have been nice to walk to the end of it and from far away it seems like you can. Up close there is some beams holding floorboards together and big holes where it would be unsafe to walk on. The seagulls have taken over the entire thing now, like zombies taking over a graveyard. Hopefully some money will flow this way, the city of Cayucos deserves better and this pier is a highlight of any visit. Even in it’s sorry state, it was nice to walk on it part of the way. One day I would like to walk to the end and see the sights, it would be a disgrace to knock this old structure down. I hope they can fix it, not destroy or redo it.

Beautiful views! We saw schools of fish just below the pier, an otter! a spotted seal! and about 6 – 7 dolphins just offshore! It was beautiful. Weather was great. Fishermen on pier so watch little ones — they aren’t supposed to «overhead cast» but signs don’t stop people

Rickety old creaky wooden pier that was built in the late 1800’s with beautiful views. The End.

This is one of my all time favorite places in the world. I love Cayucos.

The Pier was really friendly, I found myself put at ease with it’s demeanor and quite reflection on the surrounding beach and ocean. It seemed to be built well, it hasn’t fallen over yet. I’ve never seen it complain about people walking all over it. Overall this pier was a lot less stuck up then Venice so that’s why I gave it a 5 star review!

I don’t know how piers get reviews, but this is a great pier…

~a Wonderful spot for all who Love Fun&Sun!!~

After we ordered our cookies to go, we decided to walk on the pier. The weather was cold out so it was chilly out there. It’s nice to watch the birds and people surfing out on the water. I even saw a couple kayaking and having a great time with their family.

Simple — Park your car and go for a walk. Day or Night, Cold or Hot, Windy or Still, take a walk! A view of the ocean, a look back at Cayucos, A vista to Morro Bay, and a gateway to the north coast and Big Sur. It is just really nice for a stroll!

What, we can rate the pier now? Of course this gets 5 stars. :)
A trip to Cayucos would not be a trip to Cayucos without a sunny afternoon stroll along the Pier. You can even fish legally here without a license and catch some perch or sardines.
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can even jump overboard. But don’t do it during prime time in summer, or you’ll get a tanning from the lifeguards on duty.

Cayucos is the last beach in Southern California as you go north on Hwy 1. Because it has not changed much in the last 50 years and faces southwest out of most of the beach fog and wind makes Cayucos Pier a very special place. A «dog friendly» beach is very rare too. Fun for the entire family and or all your beach activities.
Cayucos, the way California used to be… come experience this very special place.
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Simply beautiful. Located on a cool beach that has dogs ripping around and lots of kids playing. Great place to wait for a seal to pop its head up. People jump off the pier and swim all of the time too!

Fishing, Beers, jumping off the Pier for a wave, enjoying a sunny or/​and event foggy day too many memories from years and years and years of living next to the Cayucos pier. I may not remember them all but I have been there through many events of this pier. I have seen it before waves took it down or I have seen fireworks shot off the pier I have seen it closed down and full of people enjoying it as much as I have.
One memory I may never forget is someone asking directions to the pier when we were across the street but instead we told them to get on the freeway and drive south towards Cambria. The funny part is they did not realize they were across the street and got on hw1 and proceeeded to go that way. Yes we were mean little kids.
I need to come back to the hometown and do some fishing for old times sake.

Wonderful pier on the Central California Coast. It’s a great place to walk out and watch the waves break over the rocks and on the beach. Occasionally you will see surfers, and there is usually someone fishing.

spent manyy nights on this pier… on nice clear nights… and many freezing windy nights. all thanks to my «big brothers» who are relentless…(o i miss those nights)
then in the years after i took some of the younger kids fishing out on this pier. good times. its a rather long pier. with good amount of seating as you wait…
several of my friends have caught sharks, crab, rays, lilbait fish here.