Del Monte Beach is in Monterey, CA. This is the main Monterey city beach and is easily accessible. From Highway 1 heading south take the Del Monte Ave, Pacific Grove exit. This will merge with Del Monte Ave heading into Monterey. After the fourth stop light you will be able to see a large park on the right hand side of the street, on the left is Lake Elestero. Del Monte Beach is adjacent to this large park. Immediately after the fifth stoplight, parking is available at a metered lot on the right. You will need lots of coins, $0.25 only gets 15 minutes or so. Parking is also available along Del Monte and Camino Elestero, along the lake. The monitoring site is on the beach to the right as you face the water. There is a large cement block or small building on the beach near the trees, this is at 50m along the transect tape, 0m is closer towards the wharf.
Parking:
Immediately after the fifth stoplight, parking is available at a metered lot on the right. You will need lots of coins, $0.25 only gets 15 minutes or so. Parking is also available along Del Monte and Camino Elestero, along the lake.
Restrooms:
Public restrooms are available in Monterey Bay Kayaks, a kayak rental shop along the parking lot/beach, and in the back of another kayak shop, Adventures By The Sea, along the bike trail towards the wharf (left as you are looking at the beach). There is another bathroom at the base of the wharf.
