Sharp Park Beach

Sharp Park Beach is a quick, 15-minute trip from downtown San Francisco. One of California’s few black sand beaches, Sharp Park Beach gets its charcoal coloring from a high concentration of the iron oxide magnetite. The sand ranges from fine grains inland to pebbles at the water’s edge. 

A sea wall prevents waves from breaching Laguna Salada, the nearby freshwater marsh, during heavy winter storms. A beach promenade runs atop the levee for about a half mile as it connects the trails of Mori Point with Pacifica Pier (please note that Pacifica Pier has closed as of June 2026).