Laguna Beach Ocean View Homes

Main Beach homes are located near the Main Beach Park and beach area near the center of Laguna Beach.  This is the true meeting spot for many who live in Laguna Beach with it's wide open views of the sandy beach and Pacific Ocean and the famous lighthouse that resides on Main Beach.  Homes that are found in this area will offer close proximity to the beach but will rarely have a huge ocean views due to the low topography of the area.  Finding a home here with an ocean view will command a premium in price as view and location are the most desirable items when looking for a home in Laguna Beach.

One of the best places to find ocean view properties in this area is on the oceanfront street of "Gaviota Drive."  This is a great street to find single family

Situated in the Thousands Steps beach area in Laguna Beach is a rare offering for homes that are literally built and located on the sandy beach. There is very common to see this is neighboring beach towns like Newport Beach and Dana Point where homes have been built right on the sand. Laguna Beach is a much different topography with homes being built on the cliff side or on the ocean front and rarely on the sand. Thousands Steps Beach is located in the South Laguna area and actually has three homes that are located on the sand.

What makes this really unusual is that these homes are part of another home located at the top of the street known as "Coast Hwy." Since it literally takes 1000 steps to get down to the beach the homes have a cable system that

Camel Point is a quiet residential neighborhood of 15 homes located in a premier oceanfront location.  The community offers 8 homes located on the ocean front with an additional 7 ocean view properties.  This is a small gated community that offers direct access down to the beach as pictured below.  Since the community is home to only 15 properties homes rarely come on the market here.  The neighborhood has a nice mixture of contemporary as well as older historic homes.  An ocean view property is now being offered for sale for $4,595,000.  I had a chance to preview this home and the 5 bedroom home really did offer nice views of the ocean. 

The views are mainly over the rooftops of the properties located on the oceanfront as pictured below.  In addition,

The Mystic Hills area of Laguna Beach is one of my favorite areas with beautiful luxury homes that grace the hillside that sits directly above the downtown area.  Some of the first homes in this area were built in the mid 1920's and offered prime views of the valley and ocean.  In the 1960's we saw a big spike in the number of properties being built in this prime location and new construction continues to this day as Mystic Hills is considered one of the top areas to live.

The community is non-gated and and located approximately 10 minutes to the beach.  It adjoins the Park Avenue Estates and Top of the World communities and sits directly across the valley from the upscale Temple Hills community.  Lower Mystic Hills homes offer quick access to the

The Coast Royal area of Laguna Beach has some of the best panoramic views of the ocean in the desirable South Laguna area.  The Coast Royal is ideally situated in the hills with a short distance down to the West Beach which starts at Table Rock and ends at Aliso Creek beach.  This is a popular area with a nice variety of single family homes that are built in various architectural styles.  Some of my favorite contemporary style homes can be found in this area that have awe inspiring views with clean modern lines.  The streets wind up the hill and in some parts can be a little narrow but when you see the view it's worth all the effort to get up to this location.  The neighborhood is a non-gated community filled with custom homes built in the last 86 years. 

The Laguna Terrace Park is one of the best kept secrets for buying affordable homes in the Laguna Beach area.  These are manufactured homes situated in one of the best locations in Laguna that are located directly across the street from the upscale ocean front Montage Resort & Spa.  From this location it's just a matter of minutes to enjoy a drink at the hotel are make your way down to the beach.  Some of the lowest priced homes start at $69,000 for a one bedroom, one bath manufactured home that is located just blocks to the beach.

The community has some of the best ocean views that can be found in the South Laguna area with panoramic ocean and sunset vistas that overlooks the Montage Resort as pictured below.  Not all homes will have this spectacular

Rockledge Terrace is a small little community located next to Victoria beach and is home to 18 luxury properties.  The neighborhood consists of two streets known as Rockledge Terrace and Rockledge Road.  Rockledge Terraces has one row of houses between it and the beach and offers wonderful ocean views as pictured below.  Rockledge Road offers ocean front homes with only 8 properties located on the front row.  This is a very quiet area and people typically don't go down these streets unless they live in the neighborhood.  The neighborhood offers steps down to the beach that can only be used by residents of the community.  This can be found at the bottom of Rockledge Road.

Home prices in Rockledge Terrace can vary a lot depending if the property is water

The South Laguna Bluffs area is a small pocket of homes in Laguna Beach that are located on the ocean front or just blocks to the beach.  The Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach is situated in the middle of this community that offers a nice mixture of residential homes and condos.  There are several ocean front streets located in the South Laguna Bluffs area that include South Coast Hwy and Circle Drive.  Both of these streets offer ocean front homes that sit high on the bluff as pictured below.

There are also ocean front and ocean view condo buildings located in this area that include the luxury Laguna Lido building.  Condos here normally will be priced in the $2 to $3 million dollar range and offer resort style amenities including a community pool,

Another $50 million dollar plus home has come on the market in the exclusive Irvine Cove community in North Laguna Beach. 2431 Riviera Drive has just hit the market for $55 million dollars and is listed by Hilton & Hyland.  What makes this home unique is the location. Laguna Beach has very few beach front homes that sit directly on the beach and are located in a gated community. 2431 Riviera Dr features 180 feet of water frontage, arguably in one of the best communities in Laguna Beach and is one of only 5 beach front homes in the entire Irvine Cove community.

The home features six bedrooms with 10,000 square feet of living space with vaulted wood beam ceilings, sliding glass doors that open to the pool & spa. Some of the highlights of the home

The Temple Hills area in Laguna Beach has just got a lot more expensive due to one of the new listings located at 2095 Temple Hills.  I had the opportunity to preview this nearly $12.888 million dollar home and the home is very large at 7,000 square feet.  The views are very interesting as it looks down the canyon area on the south side of the Temple Hills area and offers a private driveway down to the home with direct view of the ocean.

The Master suite is located on the upstairs level with main entertainments spaces located on the entry floor.  Downstairs features a theater room, workout room and plenty of room to relax.  The home was nice but I was a little shocked by the price considering most homes in the area normally sell between $2,000,000 to