The beach at Bastendorff is beautiful. There is plenty of parking, either in the parking area or on the street and there is lots of room to enjoy the beach. I saw a review about some tide pools on the south side of the beach and sure enough, there is a great area to explore when the tide goes out. If you are up for traversing over a larger sand rock there is a secluded area with more tide pools as well as some bald eagles that fly around near the trees. We visited in late July and the afternoons were a bit more breezy than the morning but it wasn't bad. We also found a few smaller sand dollars which was pretty cool.