Contributing Author
Dwight M.
Dwight M. is a contributing writer covering clothing-optional beaches and naturist clubs across Southern California and the American West. He has been active in the naturist community for over two decades, with a focus on publicly accessible locations — from the state beaches of Malibu and Ventura County to the desert resorts of the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs. His work aims to give first-time visitors accurate, practical information without the gatekeeping that sometimes surrounds naturist culture. He writes from personal experience, verifying access conditions and visitor logistics at each location he covers.
Guides
Getting Started · 6 min
Sunscreen at a Nude Beach: What First-Timers Actually Need to Know
Most people know to bring sunscreen. Fewer think about what it means to apply it to skin that hasn't seen the sun in years — or ever. Here's how to avoid the burn that turns a good first visit into a painful week.
Getting Started · 6 min
Erections at Nude Beaches: The Question Every Guy Has Before His First Visit
You've thought about it. Every man considering his first nude beach has. Here's what actually happens, why it's less of a problem than you're imagining, and what to do on the off chance it becomes one.
Destination · 9 min
Black's Beach: The Complete Visitor Guide
San Diego's clothing-optional beach requires a cliff descent from the Torrey Pines Gliderport, offers two miles of sand with paragliders overhead and no facilities below. Here's how to get down safely and what to know before you go.
Destination · 8 min
Glen Eden Sun Club: Southern California's Oldest Naturist Cooperative
Operating continuously since 1958 on 55 acres in the Temescal Valley hills, Glen Eden is the AANR cooperative-club model in Southern California — members-only, community-driven, nothing luxurious, and exactly what that tradition is supposed to be.
Destination · 8 min
More Mesa Beach: Santa Barbara's Hidden Clothing-Optional Shore
A 300-acre private mesa preserve, a long wooden staircase down to the Pacific, and a clothing-optional tradition that has persisted through decades of development pressure. Here's how to get there and what to expect.
Destination · 8 min
San Onofre Beach: Clothing-Optional at Trail 6
Trail 6 at San Onofre State Beach has been Southern California's semi-official nude beach for decades — tolerated but not designated, enforced inconsistently, and worth visiting if you understand what you're getting into.
Destination · 22 min
Clothing-Optional California: The Complete Guide to Nude Beaches, Resorts & Hot Springs
California has the most diverse clothing-optional landscape in North America — Pacific cliff coves, Sierra hot springs, palm-shaded resorts, and a state legal framework that mostly leaves naturism alone. Here's where to go, what to expect, and what the law actually says.
Best Of · 10 min
Best Clothing-Optional Resorts in California
California's clothing-optional resorts range from coastal hot spring retreats to inland desert resorts. Here are the ones worth booking, by region and trip style.