Plaskett Creek Campground

No running water!

I've been camping at Plaskett Creek for over 10 years when the road is open, maybe 5 times. The camp continues to decline. Each time I camp there the bathrooms are closed, the camp roads have deteriorated, and the staircase to the beach becomes more and more dangerous to navigate.
But this time the water was posted as being outright dangerous! Do not drink, do not wash with it. Even though the spigot still worked?
As SOON as you know the water is bad, an email should be sent to all reservations to warn people to bring more water with them. I camped with a travel trailer, so I had some water with me. But others who were car camping were stuck. Any year now the staircase to the beach will collapse, and we will be told that Sand Dollar beach is closed, and it will take years to fix it. You make a lot of money from what are PUBLIC assets. You need to do better.

I've been camping at Plaskett Creek for over 10 years when the road is open, maybe 5 times. The camp continues to decline. Each time I camp there the bathrooms are closed, the camp roads have deteriorated, and the staircase to the beach becomes more and more dangerous to navigate.
But this time the water was posted as being outright dangerous! Do not drink, do not wash with it. Even though the spigot still worked?
As SOON as you know the water is bad, an email should be sent to all reservations to warn people to bring more water with them. I camped with a travel trailer, so I had some water with me. But others who were car camping were stuck. Any year now the staircase to the beach will collapse, and we will be told that Sand Dollar beach is closed, and it will take years to fix it. You make a lot of money from what are PUBLIC assets. You need to do better.

Last 5 years I've come to this campground with friends, and we always enjoy ourselves. I think the only thing we were surprised about was how the water tank that connects to the spigots/bathrooms was compromised, but we had no clue until we pulled up on the day. It would be helpful to be notified to plan ahead. Even a quick email would be great. It didn't make the trip miserable, but it certainly threw us off, and we had to buy additional water. That's it tho! We always love visiting there.

Very nice location, camp host seemed nice albeit we didn’t chat much. No data but that’s part of the appeal for some folks. Wake up seeing the ocean and the beauty of the los padres. 🔥

We heard in advance that there would only be porta-potties available (that the restrooms were closed), but we did not know in advance that there was no potable water at the Plaskett Creek campgrounds.
My understanding is that it is basic a public health practice to at least have potable water available at any type of event or place where people will eat and cook. Shouldn't the entity charging for the campsites have shut the facility down because they could not provide the basic service of providing potable water?

Great camp ground, but the toilets are atrocious! Out of order pit toilets that it appears the state parks are just letting go. Filled up with locked doors and insanely bad aroma that permeates the campground. Not sure why they don’t have them pumped empty, but I’m sure they have a reason. Just make sure your site is not near one. You will regret it.

Site 23 is very private but slightly sloped so finding a flat spot for a tent is a challenge. Proximity to Sand Dollar Beach is amazing!

Not a great experience with portable bathrooms and no potable water (and signs by spigots that say no washing, rinsing, drinking etc - everything a human would want to use water for)

Being an easy walk to Sand Dollar Beach and Jade Cove makes this site a dream. It's fairly small which is also nice.