Oceano County Campground

Pros: Close to the beach. Affordable, especially considering each spot has power and water.

Cons: Lots of homeless day camps near by, watch for needles. Bathroom was in disrepair. Dumpster was overflowing all 4 days. Coin operated showers, but no change machine. Also, kinda noisy.

Check in is between 3-4pm at a different campground. If you miss it, they expect you to check in the following day. So don’t set up camp.

This campground came to my rescue on a Sunday night when most everything else in the area was full. Coastal Dunes RV Park down the road handles the check-ins for Oceano. This is a small campground with just a single loop, but all the amenities: full hookups at every site and a central bathroom. My site was neat and clean, and there were bushes that provided some privacy.

The bathrooms at Oceano have high-flow faucets, but that's about all they have going for them. The men's room was in dire need of a cleaning and general tune up when I visited. The bathrooms at the nearby Oceano Memorial Park were marginally cleaner, but a superior alternative is the clean, modern, single occupancy bathrooms at Pismo State Beach campground, a minute's walk down the road. I would have preferred a porta potty to the bathrooms at Oceano.

It is a beautiful place despite being in a city. Love how close it is to the beach. Easy parking for any size rig.