Venice Beach: The Don'ts of Visiting Venice Beach, California 

Tip from a local: if you don’t care for the boardwalk/touristy stuff, head up to Zuma beach and park along the pch (it’s free). There isn’t a lot to do, but if you just want a relaxing beach day with the kids, it’s better than Venice. Neptune’s Net and Paradise Cove Cafe are fun places to eat, or you can buy stuff from the grocery store and picnic on the beach.

I live in Venice. You can really enjoy Venice during the week, especially in the mornings.

I love watching these videos! This Easter I'm going to Spain with my family for a couple of days. This is the first time being on a plane since 2017, I miss planes so much

I agree with water being cold. I went there in August and I was surprised how cold the water was at very high temperatures outside. I loved my time there.

Tips from a local: They really have significantly remedied the homeless issue in recent times (early 2022). Also, please walk Abbott Kinney Boulevard, just inland from the beach. Great small shops, coffee, and places to eat. Please also walk the Venice canals, day or night, very close to Venice beach. Very beautiful architectural homes located along canals, for which Venice gets its name!

Really helpful, Thank you so much Mark. BR Jorge

We were there just a couple of weeks ago during my daughter's school break. Having grown up in L.A. I knew it would be packed on a Saturday but it was beyond insane. There used to be a lot more canals in the first years of the 1900s but then oil was discovered and most of the canals were torn out although the oil boom did not last long even though you can still see some oil rigs here and there.

Awesome video

Just visited Venice Beach a couple of days ago. Really loved it and I would love to go there again in the future!

I am a native and I have to say this is spot on.

I love Venice Beach and don't care how many times I've gone,it's always the best time ever when I go again lol.

I went to Venice beach today, on a Monday & the weather was very nice! 70 degrees & sunny as heck! The beach itself is HUGE!! I was surprised by that, there wasn’t much homeless people there. The view was beautiful, some good souvenirs stores, skate park, trail to skate or ride your bike. I actually enjoyed it a lot personally for my first time visiting. The only thing sucks is finding parking

It might have helped that we were there during the week, but I got a chance to scratch an item off my bucket list at Venice Beach - working out at Muscle Beach for several days! It’s a pretty cool outdoor gym, I even got a picture next to one of the muscular locals who was easily twice my size… I’m a 6’2” guy!

Thanks Mark, your videos are probably the easiest and cheapest way to travel around the world without the hassle nor the expenses. Very entertaining and informative.

Pack on the weekend especially during the summer

You could ride all the way from long beach to there and back in a day its a great day for the soul .

“Hey there fellow travelers…” never gets old

My Son lives on the Canals. Love to visit from Long Island.

Well done.

Cool video

Tourist from New Zealand here. Been twice to Venice Beach, LOVE IT! Love the street art, street performers, tacky shops and the diversity. Don’t love the smell of weed but I did love getting a bit blazed for free 🤣 It was busy both times but that added to it in a good way. Great place to visit, love this place.

I love Venice beach best place I’ve ever been

Interesting video!!. Have you made a "Don'ts of Argentina"?. Wow!. I´m From this Country, I´m running to watch the video!! XD

What’s it like late February early March? Do you have any recommendations for places to stay?

You should do a video about shipping stuff home from your travels

Osprey... them funny planes you mentioned

You won’t really need a wetsuit in the summer and early fall months. That cold water won’t seem too bad after you get your whole body wet, especially on hot days. The ocean water is cold because the California Current runs from north to south starting in Alaska, whereas the current on the East Coast is a warm current that flows from south to north starting in the tropics. A big plus of the cold water is that it keeps California’s temperatures along the coast relatively mild with low humidity which is known as a “Mediterranean climate.”

Best tip for going into the Pacific Ocean - rent a SCUBA wetsuit. As long as you don't care what you look like, it's a blast. The suit will make you completely buoyant and keep you a lot warmer than a surf westsuit.

This is one of the best beaches in Southern California..the homeless will not bother you! I have been going since 1975! There is a lot of talent at this beach, magicians, cedics, artists, dancers!! You name it! It is fun, refreshing, great excercise, one tip, leave after 6:00 pm! Thrn the homeless, & other transients come out! It is their beach then! Have fun!

My favorite thing to do here is cruise on a long board, great area and great people. However, do not forget you’re in America. Anything can happen, always keep your guard up and watch your surroundings. Been there multiple times however, I had one incident regarding my safety. be careful!!

Did you see the GIV? German in Venice your fellow youtuber. You caught a shot of his henna tatoo shop at 4:53!

On a scale from 1-10 how much does the sand reek of piss? I've been to Waikiki so i'm cool with like a 4-5 but anything over that i'd have to pass.

Venice Blvd. goes from downtown Los Angeles to literally the heart of Venice Beach right at Ocean Front Walk. It was designed that way from the start of LA! Best beach in America!

Looking to go with my 9 year old son. Where would you recommend to stay with a young kid?

I walked Venice beach at 3AM today. No people bothered me. I seen a cop cruiser driving the boardwalk. I went to use the portable restroom open 24 hours. I live off and on in my truck. They say Santa Monica California is more dangerous than Venice . Always praying 🙏

I visit it when I want to ( in GTA 5 )

Great video and tips! Fully agree.

Venice used to be VERY crowded on weekends....a long time ago. Kind of a ghost town now due to the homeless takeover. As others have mentioned, for a better beach experience, head south to Manhattan or north to Malibu.

I am the first one to watch it :)

Looks like a nice place to skate but why is Venice Beach completely empty as soon as it gets dark?

Hi Mark thank you for your videos i live a few mik s from Venice Beach and i love and i didn't know a frew things you mentioned so thanks. I'm originally from Guanajuato,Guanajuato Mexico I'm sure you've been there. Anyay if not? Let's plant it for your next travel video and i can go with you and help with the process? I'm serious bro Guanajuato has the Momias de Guanajuato,sierra de Santa Rosa, subterranean streets, University of Guanajuato, Alhondiga de granaditas, statua del pipila, Cerro del Cubilete ect ect ect and i have a place to stay so lets do it 🤙🤙🤙🤙 Fyi i love my birth state it is magical

I should know since I visited with etc etc or from a field trip and many are away and who's in the way to show it...

I'm gonna beach so hard, next time I'm visiting :)

Can you bring a sun tent?

The best part of Venice is the neighborhood behind the boardwalk.

Sand on the bike path can be hazardous !!! Cruising speed only.

This looks like Hollywood beach Florida beach 🏝️

Don'ts of Venice Beach from a local like myself... DON'T GO

I used to go there every weekend in the 90's and 00's. Rollerblading, hanging out, drum circle, eat. I avoid this place now- it's a dump. For the beach activities Santa Barbara is better and it's worth the drive.

1:07 uh yes and NO, the Pacific Ocean maybe cold where he's filming but south down to the equator it's actually warm

Do one for Australia!

You mentioned Santa Monica....by all means, make a full day out of it and do the entire stretch from Marina Del Rey to Santa Monica. A real cross section of different atmospheres. Dont miss the canals. If ocean swimming and body surfing is what you're into, travel north on 1 and go to Zuma Beach (as mentioned below). It's where the locals from the San Fernando Valley go for Beach Day. Along with Torrey Pines near San Diego, the best body surfing waves on the West Coast.

The food is good

I got jacked for $180 at the board walk yesterday.

@ 4:51 "German in Venice" His store.

I’m so glad I got to experience Venice Beach before it became such a sad place, my first job was selling hot dogs from a cart on the boardwalk. It was so much fun, I even got to meet David Lee Roth from Van Halen. My friends and I would roller skate from Venice to Santa Monica every weekend. Now, I wouldn’t go there at all. Too crowded and too dirty! Another don’t you forgot to mention. Don’t be there when the sun goes down!

Best way to go is be respectful to everyone, don't act like you own the place, don't litter and have fun while visiting.

I went here yesterday with a visiting friend and a homeless guy was fighting the air a few feet from us, three separate guys tried giving us their mixtapes and then asking for tips (instantly handing it back at that point lol), and a guy get jumped by two guys. The guy that got jumped then improperly sat at the top part of the because he’s such a rebel and threw up his gang sign even in defeat. There’s so much potential here with the beach vibe, history, and architecture but it all goes to shit when all the cops parked around don’t to anything.

I'm a native Angeleno and have never visited Venice Beach 😂 Manhattan Beach is the superior beach hands down!

I just visited Venice Beach and I ran into the reggae guy he signed the cd for me but on the side that the cd player reads it I just said i couldn't donate i thought it was a funny experience

Venice Beach is the one place in LA where I go to paint some graffiti. And they have some fine walls there.

I def love Venice Beach but it was def pack everytime I travel here

Actually I was able to work out At the muscle beach gym It is $10 For A-day pass They accept cash only And you do not have to be A rip body builder To work out there There are a lot of body builders working Out There And they are very cool As long as you're there to work out Respect everybody's workouts And you will be good To work out at muscle beach gym I did not even had a problem Working out there Everyone Was very cool Happen me there working now

I live in Venice Beach and I ride my bike on the boardwalk because there are too many pedestrians on the bike path.

Only music from 60's made it happened and a few considered bands of 2000's.

Can’t believe they made the Tony Hawk level into a real thing

There a game call GTA that almost same but it's call Los Santos & Trevor Philips new apartment complex.

Don't walk on the parts of the bike path that are only for bikes (there is always a pedestrian pathway or the Boardwalk in that case)!

When I was younger southern California seemed like the place to be , I'm not a Californian but went there to visit family. The ocean, Beverly Hills, bikini girls, fancy Malls/shops, Bel air, sports cars, music, yachts , movies. That's all gone now, it's disgusting and I don't even want to travel through let alone stop there.

My 'don't' tip: just don't go there. Its not my style, I don't like all the hucksters, buskers, homeless, and others who get in my face all the time, and most of the shops are simply selling trinkets to tourists. Plenty of other beaches in L.A. are where you can have a quiet, calm, relaxing day in the sun. I'll take out-of-town relatives and friends there for the 'show' (as I call it), but that's it.

If you do rent a bike or other vehicle, do not ride it on the boardwalk. The boardwalk is for walking, the bike path is for wheeled vehicles, period.

The water is very refreshing in contrast to the east coast. You get use to it in just a few minutes

Can you make a video about the DONT'S of North Korea?

Parking?

Since Hulk Hogan came it changed "!" or marvel tremendous people.

Don't let them write your name on the cd they're trying to sell you. In their eyes, you've already bought it.

“A very wide beach” like every fucking major beach ever haha

Careful swimming in the water there it is very dirty

4:54 GIV henna tattoo shop....

Good advice ..be aware homeless are sometimes most of all are mental illnesses people .

Venice Beach is just one big don't lol

in Dead island 2 😜

Don't go to Venice Beach. Much nicer beaches to visit, I recommend Huntington beach if you are closer to Anaheim.

Another don’t: don’t feel the seagulls!!!

Don’t feel bad about not accepting something being handed to you they get denied hundreds of times a day

Lol, there's really nothing you can't do at Venice beach except don't drop your guard because it's an open air mental hospital and tourist destination. The Santa Monica section is nicer than the Venice beach section. If you take the bike trail all the way north, you end up by a parking lot and a Lifeguard tower that has the perfect spot to watch the sunset.

Pro tip don't mess with the homeless anywhere on the globe have some humanity

I live in Clearwater, Florida and it amazes me what you Californians try to pass off as a beach lol.

But no sunchairs to rent

Rip all the npc's that suffered on gta5

Oh yeah.....tons of homeless. Don't mess with them and those 'sellers' can be bad also. Parking is a pain also. In my opinion eat off the waterfront. Go a couple of streets over to the main drag because the food is ridiculously bad. Other than enjoy the show. Lots of dudes in g-string thongs rollerblading.....it's a freak show for sure

As a street performer myself, please tip

What fresh air? It's L.A.

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My one question is about then his speeches can I bring my own skateboard and Venice Beach if I were to drive from Lubbock Texas clear across the country to Venice Beach California You know I never been to California so I am a skater boy and I volunteer at a local roller 😊rink you know Venice Beach invented rollerskating in the early 1990s including the early 2000’s Whenever nickelodeon rocket power filmed in Venice Beach 90s Nickelodeon remember that yes I actually volunteered at a roller rink One other thing about Venice Beach is don’t film in front of an angry Skate mom yes I’ve seen those RU-vid videos about kids skateboards been banned by angry Skate moms Including cops on Venice Beach saying he busted his noggin are you from the county or something do you know when you take it vantage of other skaters or street performers on Venice Beach that 90s slang talk plus the real fight club Tyler durnan some of the stuff they do can lead to an actual fight club with Tyler durnan that transfers to the LAPD Here in Lubbock it’s The Lubbock Police Department then they usually put on the 11 o’clock news yes you’ve seen those stories online about angry skate moms including angry skate cops burning RU-vid with skateboards it’s not a joke so one other thing is don’t film in when you’re on Venice Beach 🏖 If you have a mom and dad with you like a guardianship go with them And yes I understand the street performer scam stuff Lubbock Texas is more like round one but there is no dress code it’s like a free-for-all in Lubbock Texas if my friend Drew baker Were there he would tell you because he’s too On adventures Skate Park that had to shut down 50 years at a retirement home it’s the skate Ranch opened in 1967 The day modern Disco die

It’s a hole

Here's another tip: don't go there.

Great experience, disgusting place. yeah......

I repeat, "DON'T WALK ON THE BIKE PATH"

Dont patronize the gentrifier businesses. Ignore the gentrifiers. Theyre not Venice