San Elijo State Beach is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
Cardiff's bluff-top campground above a famous surf break, walkable to town — one of the most requested reservations in the California system. ReserveCalifornia opens reservations six months ahead at 8am Pacific, and summer coastal weekends are typically gone the morning they open.
We check San Elijo State Beach availability live when you subscribe — no stale numbers on this page.
San Elijo State Beach books through ReserveCalifornia. Cancellations happen every day and are usually re-booked within minutes; your Scout's first email tells you exactly where things stand for your dates.
Get emailed the second a site opens at San Elijo State Beach. Your Scout starts checking the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody cancels, the next email in your inbox is your nights at San Elijo State Beach — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
Still measuring how fast cancellations here get rebooked.
Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when something actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to adjust dates or stop.
Want to change more — different dates logic, extra campgrounds, push instead of email? Open this Scout in the builder. Check ReserveCalifornia yourself →
Recent openings we caught at San Elijo State Beach
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sep 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Sep 22 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Sep 1 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Sep 2 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Sep 3 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Sep 4 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Sep 7 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Sep 8 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Sep 9 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Sep 10 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Sep 11 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Sep 12 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Sep 13 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Sep 14 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Sep 15 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Sep 16 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Sep 17 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Sep 18 | still open at our last check |
No coverage Jul 27, 10:44 PM – Aug 8, 2:56 PM (no successful checks recorded).
Watching since Jul 23, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/california-state-parks/san-elijo.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment San Elijo State Beach opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"california-state-parks/san-elijo","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a site opens for your dates; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link instantly; booking stays in your hands.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan.
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