Niles Beach

Finally, a freshwater beach close enough to South Bay where we can go swim with the kids!
They have lifeguards, cordoned off shallow swimming sections and a decent sized beach area. Good for families with young kids. We even saw small fish swimming in the shallow water. The water temperature was nice and warm-ish, which is a refreshing change from other water bodies here :) It was also nice and breezy, not cold and windy like, say, Shoreline in Mountain View.
Above that there’s a grassy area with some picnic tables- beware the goose poop and ants in summer, though.

Beautiful beach for outdoors activities, sport, swimming, and picnic.

Our default weekend destination..peaceful and serene place with beautiful lake view

It advertised for dog friendly beach but couldn't find one. Still beautiful walking trails.

Swimming beach is closed but the website says it’s open

Looked nice but was closed.

Now closed off because of a private road that leads to a missionary looking place. Very sketchy.