Marina Dunes RV Park

This RV Park is a nice park however, Hwy 1 is close and the constant traffic noise is a bit much. There is a walking trail close by that goes down to the beach, but it is quite a hike with a sand dune hill to climb up and down. The biggest problem is the two times we went to the beach there were people there with their dogs off leash! While I realize this is no fault of the park, being close to the beach is why we booked here, but I never felt safe going back to the beach.

Yes, this campground shows it is near the freeway, but a more accurate description would be that it is ON the freeway! It is way to loud to sleep or even socialize around a campfire. As far as access to the beach it is way to far to walk with kids. If you are looking for a family trip, this is not the beach for you. The water is at least a mile away from the campground. We went with three other families and none of us felt it was doable toting kids & beach gear do we drive to other beaches everyday. Lastly, the office girls are very… I mean very rude!!!

This place is very nice and clean. It was everything I could have hoped for in a campground with my small kids. We meet Johnny and Penny the caretakers they were very helpful and it seemed like every time I saw them they were cleaning something to make the place nice. Showers were a lot nicer than I expected with soap and shampoo. Bathrooms were also nice. Nice trail to the beach. A little long with small kids so drive to the beach at end of reservation road. We will definitely be back soon.

Customer service is non existent. I have called several times during office hours to make a reservation, despite leaving messages with a call back number nobody has returned my calls. Was tired of waiting around so have found another RV park.

The staff was nice, the walking distance to the beach and the park was good. I would not stay here again because the freeway noise was very loud all night long and doesn’t really quiet down.

Perfect spot but filthy facilities :(- it was one of those bathrooms that you didn’t even want to touch anything in the restroom — if they cleaned them on a daily basis, I’d totally recommend it but we left early as they were so gross. Staff is nice and helpful.

For how rundown this place is the cost is ridiculous. Beach or not would rather go off grid or go a bit farther away.

Our stay was in Jan.
Exactly what I expected from a RV park close to the beach… actually better than my expectations.
Staff seemed friendly and the check in process was easy and fast.
The 2 nights we spent here were used as a ‘home base’ to explore Monterey. Served our purpose just fine at a fraction of the cost of area hotels. We stayed in site 12. Nothing wrong with the site at all… other than at night we had a fantastic view of the very well lit hotel.
Road noise would have been an issue had the RV park itself been our destination… but we spend most of our time exploring. Inside our RV the road noise was not an issue.
Marina beach was beautiful.
Didn’t see or use the restrooms…
Didn’t even attempt to use the wifi. Anytime I’m asked to sign up for an account to use wifi I know it wont work worth a darn anyway… so I didn’t bother.
Cable had a lot of channels but none of the channels matched up to the guide they handed out at check in.
Having stayed at a few other places on the California coast I have seen much worse. We had a very quiet (other that the road noise) and pleasant stay. We would stay here again.
It’s all about location location location… and this place is great for that.

First the good points:
1) The staff was friendly and helpful. They even offered to back my camper into my spot if I had trouble.
2) The camp ground is pet friendly.
3) The beach is fantastic and also allows dogs despite what other reviewers have said. If you exit the RV park at the end of the street, there is a path to the beach with signs saying to pickup after your dog and a dispenser for plastic bags. If you go to the beginning of the street (much further away) and enter the State beach, there are no dogs allowed, buy why would you walk a half mile down the street when there is an entrance right across from the RV park? The walk for reasonably healthy people is 10 – 15 minutes from your camping spot.
The mediocre:
1) The restrooms and shower facilities are showing their age. Given the number of guests, the single cleaning in the morning just isn’t sufficient. Were the bathrooms disgusting, not to me, but if you are expecting 5 star cleanliness, don’t book here. My wife said the women’s restroom was bad but not disgusting. Maybe that is a guy vs. gal thing as I play sports and the locker rooms in most hockey rinks are a lot worse. The owners chose to spend their money building new beach «condos» that you can buy for $ 100k and then pay a monthly land rental fee. They should have spent the money on the restrooms first.
2) The walk to the beach is short, but the path is up and down dunes and has really soft, deep sand. If you have a disability or are unstable walking, you will have some trouble.
3) The camp spaces are tight. We have a small camper that is about 7′ wide. We just had enough room to put up our 10×10 canopy. Our neighbor’s RV was about 12″ from the end of our canopy. Fortunately, all the spaces are designed for the normal «passenger side» door openings, so you aren’t staring at your neighbors, just their rig.
The bad:
1) You are right on the Pacific Coast Highway. It is reasonably loud ²⁴⁄₇. It didn’t bother us, but if you are a very light sleeper and don’t have good sound proofing on your RV, then you will find it a pain. On the other hand, you only have yourself to blame if you didn’t look at a map before you booked your reservation. There should be no surprise by this one.

An diesem RV Park ist wirklich nur die Nähe zum wunderschönen Strand positiv zu erwähnen. Ansonsten muss ich leider sagen, dass das Personal extrem unfreundlich ist, und die sanitären Anlage dringend geputzt gehören. Der Mülleimer läuft über, aber das scheint das Personal nicht zu stören! die Rezeption ist von 8.00 –17.00 besetzt, was für amerikanische Verhältnisse auch sehr ungewöhnlich ist. Wir bewerten diesen Campingplatz als den Schlechtesten RV Park, den wir auf unserer ganzen Reise durch Californien kennengelernt haben!!!

Our stay here was pleasant from the time we arrived, until the time we left. First and foremost, I want to give thanks to the sweet girl at the front desk, Eden. We did not have a reservation and Eden was very friendly and made us feel welcome. Costumer service always takes precedence over everything else for me. Our spot was directly by the dumpster, which was over flowing from Labor Day weekend, but it was empty and clean by morning. I did not use the facilities, but I always have a look see, and the lounge area definitely needed some cleaning up after the busy weekend. Road noise from the highway was not an issue for us. Sure, you can hear it a bit while you are outside, but if you are staying in an RV, you should not have any problems. The location was perfect! A short hike will get you to the beach. My husband and I sat on the bluff and watched whales breaching out of the water for a few hours until the sun sank into the ocean. Beautiful!!! (Bring binoculars) I would stay here again in a second.
Monterey is close by, and it took us about 15 minutes to drive there. If you are looking for a great place to eat, there is a Mexican restaurant in Monterey, called La Bahia Mexican American Restaurant. The portions are hefty, and the prices are very reasonable.

This RV campground is convenient to the beach, a Super Walmart, and the Monterey area. It’s obvious that this was once a charming place to stay, and it still has the potential to be so again. It’s unfortunate that the owner is reluctant to do necessary maintenance, particularly with regard to the bathrooms, they are borderline disgusting.
Fortunately we have a decent shower on our trailer, if not, we would have been in trouble.
On our next trip to the area, we’ll stay up the road at the Moss Landing KOA, we heard it’s much improved over this place.

Where to start? I would put 0 stars if I could… Very Noisy next to the highway my ear plugs couldn’t cancel out the noise,. awkward site shapes… but O my word the bathrooms is what made me so mad… the bathrooms are DISGUSTING! There was poop on the toilet for 3 days… who knew when it got there!?? The staff said they are cleaned everyday… I beg to differ!!!
The showers were nasty filthy and 2 of them were completely dark as they needed lightbulbs. For $ 85 a night, I would expect clean bathrooms. I worked for a campground as a teenager and we checked the bathrooms every 2 hours… not here!!!
I doubt every 2 months, except maybe for toilet paper. The staff girl was very apologetic, and said the owner needs to hire more people. These were worse than any gas station bathroom I’ve ever been to.

We RV camp A LOT, up and down the west coast. I have stayed at good and bad campgrounds, some just OK.
Marina Dunes is a dirty hot mess. While I knew it was right off the highway, there is no breakage or barrier installed to help with the noise. And it’s all. Night. Long… the staff is unfriendly and not helpful, and very uniformed. Can you fish off the preserve area directly in front of the rv park? Not according to the state but perfectly fine according to the staff.
We are in a 26 ft class C, and towing a small SUV. We told the park this when we booked. They put us in a spot that should fit a 20 – 25 ft ride, with no room for the car or tow dolly. We had to disconnect in the loop, hand drag the dolly into he bushes between our site and the next, and park the car partially in our site and the road. Next time we know to tell then we have a 30 ft rig so maybe we can get an appropriate sized stall… (and no, they weren’t booked full so there would have been many other site options)
By the way, the «easy» beach access noted on their site is a ¹⁄₃ mile hike over soft sand hills. No dogs, no fishing, no fires, just FYI. The hike is not easy with kids. Drive south a short ways to Marina State Beach.
The bathrooms are filthy. We stayed for three nights, and the first night here someone had missed the toilet in the men’s room and left presents all over the floor… well checkout morning cones around and it’s STILL there. Meaning the bathroom has not been cleaned on at least four days. They smell disgusting and the stench permeates the air as you walk up. My kids were not allowed anywhere near the bathrooms, and I chose to shower in the RV instead of using the free offered camp showers.
Pros? Easy access to Monterey if you can’t book a stall in Monterey.
Cons?
Price — for $ 75 I at least expected clean bathrooms
Noise
Unfriendly staff
Difficult beach access
Poor assignment of stalls
Lack of extra car parking
Impossible to get them on the phone

Not as bad as some say. Yes garbage should be emptied more frequently. Yes they should sweep in common areas. Yes need to clean bathrooms more. Yes there is freeway noise but hey you knew freeway next to park when you booked it so thats on you. With that being said we had a very nice time. Short walk to beautiful beach. Camp spot nice you park on gravel but there is nice pad with picnic table and firepit. I would stay again.

I’ve tent camped in private RV parks all over the world and this is probably the worst one. Pulled in a bit late and couldn’t find the tent camping area, it was not marked in any way. Had to track down an employee to find it. There was no functioning running water and no trash cans in the tent camping area. There was trash everywhere. (See photos) My neighbors had their tent set up on top of my barbecue and it was tied up to my fire pit. It was late and I didn’t want to create an issue so I let it be. I figured I’d deal with it in the morning. The whole campground is 50 feet from the freeway and so loud we could hardly sleep.
In the morning, I went into the office to talk to them about not exactly getting what I paid for and what could we do to make it right. There were young girls running the counter. They couldn’t give me any satisfaction, they could only give me attitude. It was an extremely frustrating experience.
This place is a trashy dump, it’s noisy and the employees are untrained in customer service and their demeanor is nothing but rude. NEVER GO THERE! It only gets one star because it has to!

We are first time RV tripping from San Diego. Our park requirements were to be close to beach and be able to bring our dog. The each is a trek across a thick sandy trail but worth the walk. Dog friendly beach, beautiful water and clean sand. Staff and other visitors were very friendly. The showers were hot & clean and the lodge area has free coffee for guests. We took an über to Monterey for the day, and found they have RV parking in Monterey. Was with the über though to not have to navigate our 34′ RV through town. Fun time!

Their ads and brochures do not tell you that you are parked right on highway 1, NOISY HIGHWAY 1. How are you supposed to enjoy your stay with all of this noise. As one other reviewer mentioned, the bathrooms are a stinky mess! When we checked into our space, it was dirty! The fire pit was half full, there were cigarette butts all over and I spent 30 minutes cleaning it.
I talked to the onsite manager and the response was, «oh sorry», WHO CLEANS THIS PLACE?
In the first 2 days here, we watched several people come and go, but not once did we see any personnel go check on any of the vacated spaces. Nor did we see them walk or drive through to just check on things.
Another issue you is how they make you enter your space, they make you back in from your blind side. If you are going to set up an RV park, set it up the correct way. They driveway is just barely big enough to get into your space.
WHO IN THE HELL IS IN CHARGE OF THIS PLACE?
Another issue is that some people walk their dogs and let them crap but don’t clean it up.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO AVOID THIS PLACE.
This place needs real management that cares, not someone who just wants a job.
At $ 75.00 per night, I expect a clean place to stay.
I wish I didnt have to give it any stars.
I WILL NOT be coming back.

It was very nice here. The spaces are spread out, have their own BBQ, fire pit and fenced off area, plus they are wide and not too close to others which offers a great deal of privacy. It’s close to town yet far enough to be quiet. You can hear the cars behind on the freeway once in a while it more of a low solid sound rather then the sound of traffic or cars in the city so it’s not very noticeable.
The laundry room was nice and not too expensive and gave you enough time to actually get the clothes clean and dry.
We will come here again, very enjoyable!

We stayed here 2 nights in 2014, and yes, it’s expensive, but remember, it’s in California, and a 5 minute walk from the beach. Wireless access provided by most RV parks is going to be spotty and throttled down in the evening; best to bring your own internet connection. Friendly staff, clean accomodations, good location. One less star for the price, but otherwise an OK deal. They could use some more competitors in the area to keep their prices a bit more reasonable. ;).

Our first time!
Only complaints were that the wifi never worked and you can hear hwy 1.
1) site level with ample space for a 38 foot toy hauler with 3 slides. Nice picnic table — was finished and clean. Fireplace nice and clean. Site even had a BBQ. Site was pea gravel with a patio
2) utility tower has a light for night time hook up.
3) staff professional
4) if you come after the office is closed they have a board with your reservation info out.
5) beach access across the street
6) full play ground for kids
8) 15 min to aquarium and 1 hour to roaring camp railroads
9) thy give you I for about repair shops and hospitals in your arrival packet.