McWay Falls

McWay Falls
McWay Falls
Location in California
Location	Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California, United States
Coordinates	36°09′28.1″N 121°40′19.7″W / 36.157806°N 121.672139°W / 36.157806; -121.672139[1]
Type	Plunge tidefall
Total height	80 feet (24 m)[2]
Number of drops	1

McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles (60 km) south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean. During high tide, it is a tidefall, a waterfall that empties directly into the ocean. The only other tidefall in California is Alamere Falls.