Cayucos is a sleepy hollow of a town just off State Highway 1 on the Central Coast in San Luis Obispo County Cayucos, five miles north of Morro Bay, at the foot of Cayucos Drive. Local activities include walking along the beach, bicycle touring, flying a kite, fishing off the pier and shopping. Historic buildings with the old-West flair located on or near the main street of Ocean Boulevard, are home to restaurants, a saloon, half a dozen antique shops and gift boutiques.

The name Cayucos came from the Spanish word cayuco which means a fishing canoe. It is the Spanish version of the word "kayak". Aleuts hunted sea otter along the California coast in their bidarkas or kayaks but the Spanish name has stayed with the town ever since it was founded around 1875.