San Elijo State Beach has 20 open nights left in October 2026.
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.
Which nights do you want at San Elijo State Beach?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
20 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7full | 81 open | 91 open | 101 open | |||
| 111 open | 128 open | 138 open | 143 open | 153 open | 161 open | 171 open |
| 183 open | 194 open | 202 open | 212 open | 224 open | 231 open | 241 open |
| 255 open | 263 open | 272 open | 28full | 29full | 30full | 31full |
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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
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Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
Recent openings we caught at San Elijo State Beach
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 27 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (≤203 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤135 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤608 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤85 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤34 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | still open at our last check |
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
Questions
How fast are alerts?
Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
How many campgrounds can I watch?
As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.
What does it cost?
Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.
How do I stop, or change my dates?
Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.
For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API
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
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