# Beach RV Pleasure Point > The only RV park in Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz — sixteen full-hookup sites a nine-minute walk to the surf, twelve to the Pleasure Point surf breaks, on the East Side of Santa Cruz on Monterey Bay. Owner-operated. The closest RV park to the beach in Santa Cruz. ## Key pages - [Home](https://beachrv.sc/): Location, the neighborhood, and booking. - [The Sites](https://beachrv.sc/sites): The 16 RV sites in four classes (Snug, Standard, Standard Plus, Longboard), with sizes, hookups and live availability. - [The Point](https://beachrv.sc/the-point): Pleasure Point — the surf breaks, beaches, creek, and lagoon within walking distance. - [Explore](https://beachrv.sc/explore): Day trips and destinations around Santa Cruz County and the Monterey Bay coast. - [Guides](https://beachrv.sc/guides): Practical, first-hand guides for Santa Cruz visitors and RV travelers: - [San Francisco to Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/san-francisco-to-santa-cruz): Highway 17 vs Highway 1 for an RV or rental, drive times, bus/train, and arriving from SFO. - [Highway 1 in a rental RV or campervan](https://beachrv.sc/guides/highway-1-santa-cruz): The rental side of a Highway 1 trip in an RV or campervan: one-way drop fees, mileage terms, the paperwork European visitors need, and what size rig fits Big Sur. - [Getting around Santa Cruz without a car](https://beachrv.sc/guides/getting-around-santa-cruz-without-a-car): Walk, bike, and bus from Pleasure Point — the East Cliff path, METRO routes 3A/3B, the Boardwalk by bus, and where to leave a tow car. - [Best time to visit Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/best-time-to-visit-santa-cruz): Month-by-month weather, the June-gloom marine layer and when it clears, and what to pack. - [RV overnight parking in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/rv-overnight-parking-santa-cruz): Where it is actually legal to park an RV overnight near the coast. - [Things to do in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/things-to-do-in-santa-cruz): A local's guide to the Boardwalk, the wharf, the redwoods, and the East Side. - [The best beaches in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/best-beaches-in-santa-cruz): Which beach for which day — family swims, surf, tide pools, and where bonfires are legal. - [The best hikes in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/best-hikes-in-santa-cruz): Old-growth redwoods and coast bluffs, with current fees and closures. - [Dog-friendly Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/dog-friendly-santa-cruz): Which beaches allow dogs, the one off-leash cove, and the bans that carry fines. - [Santa Cruz beach camping](https://beachrv.sc/guides/santa-cruz-beach-camping): No campground in Santa Cruz County is on the sand. The ocean-view options are the bluff-top state beaches, all reservation-only, capped at 31 to 36 feet, and none has a full-hookup site. New Brighton's 11 hookup sites are electricity only, and Manresa Uplands takes no RVs. - [Family campgrounds in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/family-camping-santa-cruz): Pools and cabins sit inland, tent sites sit at the state beaches, and the coastal state beaches cap rigs at 31 to 36 feet. This guide names which one fits, including the families we are wrong for. - [The Pleasure Point neighborhood](https://beachrv.sc/guides/pleasure-point-guide): The East Side surf neighborhood on foot — the morning walk to the Hook, coffee and dinner around Portola and 41st, the East Side coves, and the monarchs at Moran Lake. - [Capitola Beach](https://beachrv.sc/guides/capitola-beach-guide): Where to actually park, the colorful village and swimming cove, the rebuilt wharf, and when to go — Santa Cruz's closest big draw, five minutes from the park. - [Tide pools in Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/tide-pooling-santa-cruz): The reef a short walk from the park, Natural Bridges on the West side, and how to read a tide chart so you show up on a minus tide when the pools are actually open. - [Santa Cruz beach bonfires](https://beachrv.sc/guides/santa-cruz-beach-bonfires): A plain guide to where beach fires are actually allowed in Santa Cruz, the fire-ring rules, and how to grab a ring on a busy weekend. - [RV dump stations near Santa Cruz](https://beachrv.sc/guides/rv-dump-stations-santa-cruz): The two RV dump stations near Santa Cruz that actually work — New Brighton and Steve's 76 — plus the call-ahead Watsonville options and a correction on closed Seacliff and no-dump Sunset. - [California coast RV road trip](https://beachrv.sc/guides/california-coast-rv-road-trip-itinerary): The full Highway 1 RV road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles, laid out stop by stop, with a verified coastal RV park at each one and Santa Cruz set up as a three-night base. - [FAQ](https://beachrv.sc/faq): Booking, RV fit, pets, check-in, rates, and park rules. - [Getting Here](https://beachrv.sc/getting-here): Driving directions and RV arrival notes. - [Policies](https://beachrv.sc/policies): Reservation, cancellation, pets, and park rules. - [Contact](https://beachrv.sc/contact): Phone, email, address, and the contact form. ## Booking - Reservations run through the ResNexus booking system, linked from every page as "Check Availability" / "Book Now". ## Facts - Address: 2505 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 - Phone: (831) 462-2505 - 16 full-hookup sites (50/30/20 amp, water, sewer). No tent camping. - Rigs up to 45'. That ceiling is the Longboard class: three 60' pads at the back of the property, each of which takes a full 45'. Every other site is 38' or under. - 9-minute walk to the beach and the surf. - 12-minute walk to the famous Pleasure Point surf breaks — The Point and the East Cliff Parkway Trail. - Capitola 5 min, Santa Cruz Boardwalk 15 min, redwoods 20 min, Monterey 45 min (by car). - Pet-friendly (with policy). Owners on-site. Rating 4.6/5 (130+ reviews).