Glass Beach California: Is it worth visiting in 2023?

[@canyondiva493]

We visited Glass Beach a few years ago and there was very little glass there. As you approached the trail down to the beach there were two guys with five gallon buckets of glass they’d collected and they were trying to sell it to you. So disappointing. Despite the lack of glass, the waves were beautiful, sea birds posed for pictures and the air was fresh and clean.

[@cameleonfleuri]

Oooh, this is sooo sad 😔. At least, people could have have taken a piece or two as a souvenir, but huge bags or buckets...for sure there is barely nothing left. I would have loved though to see that beach 60 years ago!

[@foxystorm5450]

This is horrible. People used this place as a dump, nature turned it into a masterpiece, then people took it away again. Who knows if a place could ever be so beautiful again?

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, sadly that is how people are.

[@jackbranson2602]

I remember going to glass beach before it became so famous and there was so much colorful glass. I returned about 10 years later and most of it is now gone as the video shows. The beach itself is still magnificent despite this. Its sad to see the place lose some of its historical wonder but at the same time the glass was never a part of the natural environment so in a cosmic way people are cleaning up the mess left behind from the 1800s. I suppose we could start chucking bottles in the ocean for future generations to enjoy there is a fantastic brewery really close to the beach hahaha

[@nomadicmonkey]

@@jackbranson2602 Yeah, each time I returned, the sea glasses got smaller and smaller. I agree, the Mendocino Coast is still a beautiful area.

[@funlover4207]

Nature can turn trash into treasure

[@nicolegarrison7638]

I'm a local. Born and raised. And it's very frustrating that the glass is gone. And for future reference this place is not open to the public unless you're staying on the trail. We're trying to preserve it but tourists have made it a point to visit JUST FOR THIS GLASS

[@jassenclawson8936]

I'm a local also. 1984. Did all my schooling here. What do they mean adjacent to MacKerricher ?

[@melevolent8599]

Put up "LOCALS ONLY" signs And "TOURISTS WILL BE REPORTED"

[@EveryoneIsStupidButMe]

I don't think people are taking the glass, I think the waves are crushing it into smaller pieces. How much glass can one person carry out of there anyway?

[@KrishnaNilav]

🙁 sad

[@eddielombera5862]

@@EveryoneIsStupidButMelast time I went there In 2021 it was empty of any glass, few pieces here and there but 95% of people were digging into the sand trying to find some to take it. So yeah, you have over a hundred ppl visiting every day it’ll get scavenged the way it is now…

[@aesthete-]

I am literally so disappointed like why would these stupid people ruin this beautiful place by stealing the glass

[@nomadicmonkey]

Sadly, we can’t have anything nice anymore.

[@arielasteiner7801]

i used to live in cali and my papa used to take us every year to glass beach for the weekend i went to visit my dad last year and asked him to go and he said its just not worth it anymore. 😢 it was so sad but i had to see it for myself, i was devastated because of how precious that place was to me after my papa passed away.

[@nomadicmonkey]

@@arielasteiner7801 Yeah, definitely not the same as it used to be. Every time I visit, there are less and less glass.

[@bethschmidt1821]

I find that what is sad is the fact that the glass is there in the first place because of the people dumping waiste into the ocean.

[@nomadicmonkey]

@@bethschmidt1821 Yeah, back them there were no regulation and some coastal towns would dump trash straight into the ocean.

[@jcarpio28]

Thank you so much for taking the video and showing the real time of where the beach and the status is. The beach still looks gorgeous. I’m sure at one time it looks even more plentiful with Seaglass. I live in Southern California. And yes, you’re correct. Occasionally you’ll find a small piece of glass but what a treasure trove.❤

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Hopefully, you will get to visit it soon!😀

[@jassenclawson8936]

It was so much more colorful!

[@felicidadbelleza8664]

Its realy amazing to see that kind of sea shore with glass. Wonderful…thank you for sharing.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Yeah, it’s a beautiful area.

[@TSpeaks]

I just heard about this place and wanted to learn more about it. So sad to hear we already ruined it

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, its sad that good things don't usually last.

[@mariedolezalova8470]

As everything 😢

[@ljslw]

Ruined it? The people trashed this place for decades. It probably smelled horrible for miles in all direction. It’s a good thing our planet heals itself, and this is proof of it. The churning of the waves has been pulverizing what’s left of the garbage, the glass. Sure, humans have helped themselves to the larger pieces, but tat is a small amount compared to all that has been ground up to to pieces as small as grains of sand.

[@Jazzyhanz]

LOL it was ruined the second humans dumped trash in it. As much as I love sea glass there should be zero signs of humans on our beaches

[@deannaroberts9857]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@catladyjai1113]

This is my first time hearing about Glass Beach. Its such a beautiful place with a not so beautiful past. Thank you for sharing

[@neangtouchd8233]

Thank you for sharing this video! I never knew this would existed. Will encourage my husband to go but we have little kids probably be hard to walk around at the beach. Very beautiful glass

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. The Mendocino coast is very beautiful as well.

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

What a great video. Thanks for going to the trouble to make this video. I live in Portland, Oregon, & will likely never get a chance to see Glass Pebble Beach. Even with the bigger pieces gone, the glass bits are still so pretty.

[@nomadicmonkey]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words. Yeah, there are still plenty of sea glasses to see. Just not the large ones like it used to be.

[@geniusoraneanderson144]

Yeah THX Bro 😎🇯🇲🇨🇦💯✨😇🙏,that was great

[@dianemarieklotz4567]

Beautiful photography of the Mendocino coastline, the ocean, and the glass beach. Thanks.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Yeah, the Mendocino coast is beautiful.

[@furioza5701]

People was like Let’s dump the garbage there. Mother Nature have an idea to recycle and turn the garbages to a pebble sand. Then people sees it turned to beautiful then steal and ruin it.

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yep, you are spot on!

[@LeiaH171290]

Absolutely gorgeous ❤ it would be a dream to visit there ❤ imagine all the treasure in the ocean!

[@juanmigueldominguezarce8004]

Cool sea glass beach I loved ☘️

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, it is.

[@ScottyInHawaii]

I see you're traveling the California coast. I lived in Cambria and Arcata both on the coast. Very beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen that beach. Thanks for sharing😃🤙

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Yeah, I was in both Cambria and Arcata last month. Both beautiful places. It’s a 3 hours drive from Arcata.

[@BigDawgCooking]

go tigers

[@AbdurRazzak-sn8cc]

Beautiful

[@Abhi_xing]

Expectation:-😃 Reality:-💩

[@sharonadcock8500]

This is really cool , I never been there but one day I will

[@erikam8445]

So beautiful!!

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, it really is.

[@omnamahshivayah-g8k]

I would like to thank the creative mind for creating this glass pebbles beach... amazing thought....

[@nomadicmonkey]

It was actually created by human mistake of throwing trash into the ocean.

[@JonathanJayWalker-rs5sm]

Great video. Thank you.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem and thank you!🙏

[@nathanaelavshalomgeovannal9524]

Amazing beach, thanks for the information

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, definitely. And no problem.

[@davidrobinson9114]

I used to dive and spearfish at this beach. That was in the early 60’s. Super fishing because of the dump.

[@ephemerabluetit335]

In the 1800s, when people didn't respect the ocean or worry about the environment, they used the cliff outside of town as a dump. There's no point in pointing fingers anymore. Everything is gone except glass, which is getting smaller by agitation from the waves and scavenging. I found some watch parts once.

[@carolinekanini6342]

It's nice back then the people had more glass waste than plastic waste.

[@Captain_Spaulding]

Very helpful video, thanks!

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Glad you found it useful.

[@mrobert251]

This circle is funny in a way....people dump trash and nature turn into beautiful amazing things then people pick up their trash....God doing what He does best. God bless everyone and everything.

[@solomontufail5418]

Very beautiful 😍

[@TheCman5015PLPro]

I came here when I was four with my family, so around 20 years ago. Definitely remember more glass. Shame it's not open to the public anymore, apparently. Good memories, though at least I still have pictures of that time.

[@C.L.190]

It's still open.

[@keekeewaleriasadd88777]

That’s sooo Sade I wanted to see the Glass Beach 😢❤

[@joannekwong3045]

What camera do you use for your video? Good quality. Thanks for sharing.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. iPhone 14 Pro for this video.

[@Harlowe-the-cat-person]

Its beautiful

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, it is.😀

[@gurasismaheel4115]

Thank you for sharing. So very interesting

[@nomadicmonkey]

You’re welcome! Glad you like it!

[@RedwoodTheElf]

This place demonstrates how nature can heal just about anything. Garbage underwent a sea change into something beautiful, and the pieces got smaller and smaller until they were basically gone. It wasn't all carted away. If you want it to look like it did before, you would have to start dumping glass bottles there and wait for the waves to do their thing again. It was a transitory thing unlikely to ever be repeated, at least not in the US with the environmental regulations.

[@lisapurplehayes]

I think there should be controlled glass dumping. It would be a fun way to recycle glass which is really just sand so why not! ❤

[@julzdavis1]

Thank you for sharing!! I struggled finding a video about this beach. I feel like I have seen it now through this video. Thank you!

[@laviesuriyaquang9812]

Omg wish I can see

[@adityagiri2201]

California ❤❤❤❤

[@VINODREDDY-KOLAR]

Wt a beautiful place❤❤❤❤

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, it is.

[@angelicahoyos7323]

Sorrybto brother but would you mind if I ask about what camera did you use? The stabilizer is great!

[@nomadicmonkey]

That was with iPhone 14 Pro and DJI OM5 gimbal

[@huzaifazkansa]

Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow ❤❤❤❤❤ glass glass glass beach wow wow wow wow ❤❤❤❤ wow wow 👏😍🎉.

[@M99804]

It’s still beautiful…

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, it is.

[@mlara67]

We will be visiting next month for our 20th anniversary. Hopefully there’s still some glass on the beach to see. Thank you for the video.

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Nice, that will be a fun anniversary. Yes, they have been around for decades. Should last another month or so.😃 The coastline is also rugged and beautiful. Great views and wonderful walk.

[@eeveestudios]

There is none

[@4kFamilyFunWalk]

Love to visit this beach some day!

[@nomadicmonkey]

Highly recommended. It’s a beautiful area. The sea glass is just icing on the cake.

[@4kFamilyFunWalk]

@@nomadicmonkey worthy visiting here

[@호엦쳐슝조에]

To steal remaining glasses?🤭

[@sirleviatandoom]

y esa introducción con cumbia Colombiana?

[@mjuhanil]

Great video to watch in snowy cold Canada. The video quality is amazing, what kind of camera is it?

[@nomadicmonkey]

Thank you very much! Film on iPhone 14 Pro.

[@ganakkathuria4893]

It's entirely different from the one I saw on yt shorts

[@nomadicmonkey]

You probably saw a computer generated video. Most of the KZbin shorts videos are CGI, not real life Glass Beach.

[@DaleCao]

Beautifully taped. Thank you for sharing.

[@wilapblkhistory8310]

The history and story is mind blowing… God is amazing! Humankind trashed God’s beautiful creation, only for the ocean to forgive us just as God does over and over again… Thank you Jesus for grace and mercy. It’s absolutely amazing to see that the ocean gifted our trash back to us in the form of miraculous beauty/gems 💎!

[@cindymiller7296]

I am sure people have taken much, but is it possible that over the last 100 years, the waters have turned the glass enough that it has gotten to the smaller sizes?

[@jassenclawson8936]

That's just not the case.

[@dustinduffy5870]

Wow when I was a child in the early 90s there were tons of glass still all about the size of a half dollar and bigger

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, the first time I went there, they were about quarter size.

[@nimfette]

Is there any video recorded from the 90s? Or even 00s. I’d love to see it

[@nomadicmonkey]

@@nimfette I didn't record anything back then. You can try searching on Google.

[@heleneGelle]

Public beach. Glass is everywhere

[@DEIYIAN]

If you take a glass, or better not, just brake a bottle of interesting color to help recycle ♻️ the beach...

[@C.L.190]

🙄 don't say that. There are a lot of dumb people who might go do that

[@DEIYIAN]

@C.L.190 well, it might help, but in a long run... I know what you mean. ✌️ ☮️

[@darkemperorsnake3070]

I kept seeing pictures or advertisements for this beach, was hoping to get some beautiful shots if I ever visited, but damn... this seriously disappoints me that it's just a plain beach now.

[@nomadicmonkey]

There are a lot of fake CGI Glass Beach videos spreading on social media right now.

[@maryjflanagan1922]

Thanks for sharing

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem

[@veritydixon2445]

I think it's actually better for the beaches to look clean, yeah sea glass is cool, but it isn't from the sea, it's man made and then it was eroded by the ocean and spit back onto the beach. Little treasures here and there are cool, but it's better for a beach to look clean and natural. IMHO.

[@drmodestoesq]

What they could do is have a massive glass bottle drive. And then the city could dump thousands of tonnes of glass bottles in the surf and replenish this unnatural wonder. Of course they would have to warn bathers to wear shoes for the first few days until the glass got rounded up and no longer posed a threat to people's feet.

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, that would definitely replenish the sea glass, but it would take 20-50 years for them to be sea glass smooth.

[@konstantkreationzEvents]

Great idea!

[@drmodestoesq]

@@nomadicmonkey I dunno...I've seen people make artificial beach glass in a cement mixer and it only takes them half a day to get it smooth. Or smoothish.

[@RickSmith-qz2tg]

I've been dumping glass in lake erie for 5 months

[@leviathan32]

If you want a beach you should come in Greece 😊😊

[@karenm5436]

Every piece of sea glass is GONE. I've enjoyed going even year to gaze at the beautiful glass, but no more. I'm guessing it's been pilfered, regardless of the large sign telling people they are not allowed to take it. It makes me sick.

[@rinku5028]

Where did the big glass pebbles go?😢😢😢

[@nomadicmonkey]

People take them by the bags.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

well done on the finds gl&hh

[@nomadicmonkey]

Thank you 🙏

[@Mr.Cool6361]

Hello World... sorry to say but please don't pick up these beautiful sea glasses... I really wondered how this place used to look like before and what it has become now... I have not visited California yet but will definitely come to explore beautiful places like this in America...

[@nomadicmonkey]

The beach used to be filled with large pieces of sea glasses. You can still see the images on a Google search.

[@shellywarren3198]

Oh my goodness PRAYERS

[@44steveo]

Wondering about the site #2? Is it marked? GPS coordinates? I expect to be close to there in June. Your thoughts please.

[@nomadicmonkey]

You can't miss it if you walk south from the main Glass Beach. A football field away.

[@jmavierpayne9726]

6:10 Only in California are there signs telling you not to pick up trash at the beach

[@bengalichic9333]

Could you share the exact location of site 2

[@nomadicmonkey]

It’s about 200 meters south of the Main Glass Beach.

[@bengalichic9333]

@@nomadicmonkey thank you so much goibg tomorrow so wanted to know

[@nomadicmonkey]

No problem. Enjoy!

[@barbarabattaglio8450]

I don't think you're supposed to remove it.

[@игорьгейко-68]

великолепный ролик спасибо за маленькое путешествие очень красиво ка будто ты сам идешь по берегу здорово

[@CarolinaMauer]

is glass pebble beach pretty and real?

[@nomadicmonkey]

This is Glass Beach and it is real. Glass Pebble Beach on Instagram, TikTok, or KZbin Shorts are usually just CGI videos with random beaches with fake sea glasses.

[@amidstsunshine]

Why can't we have anything nice anymore? We gotta gatekeep beautiful places from the social media now.

[@tripurak616]

After seeing it in many shorts ...it became like my destination so it's sad to hear about this

[@nomadicmonkey]

Sadly most of the KZbin Shorts and Instagram Reels are just CGI and not real.

[@chericelong1994]

People need to use their head if you see something on a beach or anywhere for that matter and you think I'll just take one imagine you taking one the next person taking one somebody else we can take two or three because they're not going to even think about taking one it goes on and is really disappointing to people that haven't seen it or experienced it then you think about the tourism now that little town doesn't get many tourists. This is why indigenous people put guardians and curses on their sacred lands bc respect is lacking when there is no punishment there's no respect. That's sad

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, people were taking them by the large ziplock bags and shopping bags. They probably even took the sign 🪧 not to saying not to take the sea glass.

[@salehahmmed369]

Where the all glasses 😢

[@IMar320]

Ppl really mess everything up..

[@nomadicmonkey]

Sadly, that is what people do!

[@michaelhatzigeorgiou470]

I was there less than a week ago. No glass to be found. Very disappointing.

[@rinku5028]

I have seen it very nice in many videos before but now it is very bad. I had made up my mind to visit but now my mind has changed. 😢

[@nomadicmonkey]

Most of the videos out there are AI generated videos.

[@TheReal_Indian]

Pebble beach is history now

[@dawdles1182]

Am I missing something? It was a dump, and people took all glass away. Shouldnt it be better this way?

[@nomadicmonkey]

They cleaned the trash from the area already. And the ocean charmed the ordinary glass into desirable sea glass.

[@Sarah-gt2tv]

they should put some security to check if those stupid people take something with them

[@nomadicmonkey]

Can’t stop all of them. People come all hours of the day and night.

[@user-fq1y7b8td]

It's funny how humans were dumping trash into the ocean and then just collected those trash again.

[@GodsFistFighter]

I bet people step on glass their all the time.

[@C.L.190]

I'm sure they're wearing shoes knowing this is glass

[@jerryzachery6668]

It's illegal to collect the glass on the beach, but if course most idiots ignore it, so a lot of the glass is gone

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yeah, most people ignore just the sign 🪧 posted they used to have there.

[@JamesRabdau]

@@nomadicmonkey someone probably stole the sign too. humans are the BEST.

[@nomadicmonkey]

Probably. Doesn’t surprise me.

[@beinlaiden2692]

It’s just Indians and Chinese who steal glass from there

[@braylens1822]

It’s so bare there now

[@nomadicmonkey]

Sadly they are mostly gone.

[@KristalMacleod]

seen blues any marbles ?

[@Lazyperson345]

This is what I mean by I hate people how could they be so selfish and pick away this beautiful beach instead of leave it for everyone to see and isn’t it illegal to take the glass

[@nomadicmonkey]

You are not suppose to take the glass because it is in a state park, but people ignored the posted sign 🪧.

[@user-wo7rp6bc6t]

Why are no one recycling

[@centralcal6604]

We're is the glass?

[@nomadicmonkey]

On the beach

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

why does this video get so bright on my iphone and how to disable? I cant even watch now

[@nomadicmonkey]

Video is in HDR to have brighter highlights and a wider range of colors.

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

@@nomadicmonkey thanks, however it turns screen brightness to max which is too blinding.

[@nomadicmonkey]

You can control the brightness with your iPhone brightness 🔆 settings.

[@anitamadero4222]

Yea😢😮

[@missym877]

So sad because this place looks more like a landfill than a pretty natural wonder. If it’s this bad, idk why no one’s gotten the idea of guarding the beach completely making it only accessible via a nature guide with the park. And maybe a metal detector for people leaving the beach reserve to check for stones. Leaving it to do not touch stones is just stupid and too trusting.

[@Light_ChallengeEz]

Pov: Japan beaches in a certain day:

[@MartinAston00]

“illegal” to take, but unfortunately all p.o.s tourists TAKE. Most large colored pieces, GONE! Sad..decades ago it was something GORGEOUS nature made from trash.

[@JA-ec1nz]

Is the glass from glass bottles? Because why can’t we just dump more bottles. I know it will take forever but it’s better than nothing.

[@nomadicmonkey]

Ordinary glass, glassware, car glass. Because it is not good for the marine life.

[@JA-ec1nz]

@@nomadicmonkeyyea that makes sense

[@Savehumanitykindpeoples]

Hello namaste 🙏🕉️🙏

[@rinku5028]

Is this reality or hoax? very disappointing 😢😢

[@nomadicmonkey]

It’s a reality. No hoax.

[@peter8488]

I love that it is ruined, everywhere humans go they ruin everything.

[@arletemartins9820]

São birfo

[@ExplorewithSarahlouise]

Wow that’s some glass

[@nomadicmonkey]

Yep, there used to be more.😀

[@AprilSummerlin-w6o]

This place should have had security I think glass beads should be restored with glass cops

[@gerrygrandy8636]

Been collecting sea glass for yrs I just live on the other coast on s large islsnd

[@nomadicmonkey]

Nice! Hopefully, I can visit the Atlantic coast later this fall.😀