Best Pickleball courts in Newport Beach, Orange County for 2026

Newport Coast Community Center Pickleball Courts in Newport Beach

6 new outdoor courts with no lights, 3 indoor courts at Newport Coast Community Center in Newport Beach, CA. Pickleball courts opened in May 2024.

Gymnasium is for sporting events only. Gym floor is lined for basketball, volleyball, and pickleball.

Benches and water bottle filling station beside the courts. Scenic view of the ocean. Unfortunately the wind is an issue here.

There’s lots of parking space, a few tables with umbrellas outside of the courts and a water fountain.

Restrooms available in the community center, but they are not always open. The bathrooms are only open from 9-4 pm on weekdays inside the Community Center across the parking lot from the courts.

Operating Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday: call for times +1 949-270-8100

Outdoor Pickleball

Six outdoor courts are open to all skill levels.
Use courts for one hour while others are waiting. No Court Reservations.

Open Court Hours

Monday-Sunday 7 am-Dusk

Indoor Drop-In Pickleball

Three indoor courts are for doubles play, no partner required. Paddles and indoor balls available. All skill levels welcome.
Drop-in cards may be purchased at NCCC. Dates & times subject to change.
Required: minimum 5 visit drop-in card purchase to participate.
DROP-IN Participants are required to supply their own paddle from our approved paddle list found at newportbeachca.gov/sports.

Drop-In Fee

5 Visit Pass: $15
20 Visit Pass: $50
(non-residents pay an additional $10 fee)

Newport Coast Community Center

MNoon-3 pmAdult$3/visit (5 pass required)
FNoon-3 pmAdult$3/visit (5 pass required)

For more information visit: newportbeachca.gov/recreation or call +1 949-644-3151.

Pickleball League

Team Registration Fee: $400/Residents, $450/Non-residents
Newport Coast Pickleball Courts
Learn more & register for the pickleball league at: newportbeachca.gov/sports.

Outdoor Youth Pickleball Classes At Newport Coast Pickleball Courts

Youth Beginning Pickleball

Tuesdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190 | Ages 8-12yrs
YSP400: September 9 – October 7 | 4:00pm- 4:50 pm
YSP404: October 21 – November 18 | 4:00pm- 4:50pm

Wednesdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190 | Ages 13-17yrs
YSP401: September 10 – October 8 | 4:00pm- 4:50 pm
YSP405: October 22 – November 19 | 4:00pm- 4:50pm

Outdoor Adult Pickleball Classes At Newport Coast Pickleball Courts

Beginning Pickleball

Tuesdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190
ASP403: September 7 – October 7 | 12:00pm- 1:00 pm
ASP404: September 7 – October 7 | 1:15pm- 2:15pm
ASP416: October 21 – November 18 | 12pm-1:00pm
ASP417: October 21 – November 18 | 1:15- 2:15 pm

Advanced Beginner Pickleball

Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190
ASP400: September 8 – October 6 | 2:00pm-3:00pm
ASP405: September 9 – October 7 | 2:30pm-3:30pm
ASP406: September 10 – October 8 | 12pm-1pm
ASP413: October 20 – November 17 | 2:00pm-3:00pm
ASP418: October 21 – November 18 | 2:30pm-3:30pm
ASP419: October 22 – November 19 | 12:00pm-1:00pm

Indoor Beginner Pickleball

Thursdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190 | 5 weeks
NCC457: September 11 – October 9 | 8:00am-9:00am
NCC458: October 23 – November 20 | 8:00am-9:00am

Indoor Advanced Beginner Pickleball

Thursdays | Resident: $180 | Non-Resident: $190 | 5 weeks
NCC459: September 11 – October 9 | 9:15am- 10:15am
NCC460: October 23 – November 20 | 9:15am-10:15am

For more information, please email sports@newportbeachca.gov or call +1 949-644-3151

Indoor Adult Pickleball Classes

Advanced Beginner Indoor Pickleball Lessons – Melanie Wheatley

This class is designed to build the basic skills taught in the beginner class. In addition, it will include quick volleys, overheads, 3rd shot drops, resetting, deep serves, returns and court movement all set at a quicker pace. Requirements: instructor’s approval prior to registration.

Newport Coast Community Center

Th9/11-10/99:15-10:15amAdult$180NCC459
Th 110/23-11/209:15-10:15amAdult$180NCC460
Advanced Beginner Pickleball Lessons – Melanie Wheatley

This class is designed to build upon the basic skills taught in the beginning level 1 class. In addition, it will include quick volleys, overheads, 3rd shot drops, resetting, deep serves, returns, and court movements all set at a quicker pace. Requirements: instructor’s approval prior to registration.

Newport Coast Pickleball

M9/8-10/62-3pmAdult$180ASP400
M10/20-11/172-3pmAdult$180ASP413
Tu9/9-10/72:30-3:30pmAdult$180ASP405
Tu10/21-11/182:30-3:30pmAdult$145ASP418
W9/10-10/8Noon-1pmAdult$180ASP406
W10/22-11/19Noon-1pmAdult$180ASP419

Intermediate Pickleball Lessons – Melanie Wheatley

This class builds upon all the skills in the prior classes with an emphasis on controlling the flow of the game. Course is designed for the advancing player who wants to enhance their court awareness, positioning, and strategy. Players should have the ability to control a forehand/background, serves (depth placement), overheads, approaching NVZ and can sustain volley and dink exchanges. Requirements: instructor’s approval prior to registration.

Newport Coast Pickleball

M9/8-10/63:15-4:15pmAdult$180ASP401
M10/20-11/173:15-4:15pmAdult$180ASP414
W9/9-10/82:30-3:30pmAdult$180ASP408
W10/22-11/192:30-3:30pmAdult$180ASP421
Th9/11-10/91:15-2:15pmAdult$180ASP410
Th10/23-11/201:15-2:15pmAdult$180ASP423

Private Pickleball Lessons – Melanie Wheatley

Melanie Wheatley competed on the National Senior Women’s Tennis Circuit and won 4 National Championships, received the #1 ranking in the Nation by the USTA for 2 years in a row and won 2 Bronze medals at the World Championships in Perth, Australia and Amsterdam. She is transferring her vast knowledge of tennis to the game of pickleball through instruction and coaching to beginners and intermediates. She tailors her teaching to the needs of the individual or team to improve their technical skills and strategy to help them take their game to the next level. Melanie is a PPR certified professional pickleball instructor.
Participants may sign up for as many lessons as they want and pay at one time.
Dates and times must be confirmed with instructor
prior to registration.
Email melwheatley54@gmail.com; text or call +1 562-760-1319. No refunds.
Pricing is per person:

1 person2 people3+ people
$100/hr/person$70/hr/person$60/hr/person

Court Information

Address: 6401 San Joaquin Hills Rd, Newport Beach, CA 92657
City: Newport Beach
County: Orange County
State: California
Postal Code: 92657
Website: Website
Phone Number: +1 949-270-8100
Google Maps Link: Google Maps
Google Location Link: Location
Place Type: Community center
Number of Tennis Courts: 0
Number of Pickleball Courts: 6
Court Location: Indoor & Outdoor
Access Type: Public

Working Hours

DayHours
Monday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
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Amenities & Features

CategoryAvailable Features
Core Amenities
No LightsRestroomsWater FountainBenchesFencing
Court Condition
CleanWell MaintainedQuietSafe Area
Court Surface
Hard CourtConcrete CourtAcrylic Court
Equipment & Services
Lessons AvailableTournaments Available
Environment Features
No ShadeTreesFoliageScenic ViewOpen Air
Access Details
Free EntryFirst Come First Served
Parking
Free Parking Lot
Nearby Facilities
Pickleball NearbyPicnic Area NearbyBarbecue NearbyBaseball NearbyBasketball NearbyGym NearbyMall NearbyCafe NearbyRestaurant Nearby
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Dog & Pet Information

Dog Rules: Dogs must be leashed and under control. Dog owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs.
Dogs Allowed Near Courts
Pet Friendly

Reviews & Ratings

Overall Rating
4.9 out of 5 stars (9 reviews)
What Visitors Say
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Positive Reviews:
Savanna Iozzo: ★★★★
Beautiful courts for those who want to come with their own group as there are no pick up games here. Unfortunately the wind is an issue here. If they put up thicker pads on the fences that would probably help a lot. There’s lots of parking space, a few tables with umbrellas outside of the courts and a water fountain. The bathrooms are only open from like 9-4pm on weekdays inside of the building across the parking lot from the courts. If they found a way to block the wind a little better these courts would be perfect!
Tony Alfiere: ★★★★★
Great place for pickleball. 6 courts but no real pickup game situation. So bring 4 or join a group to play here. Restrooms: Hard to find and not always open in the community center. Dog-friendliness: Dogs welcome. Picnic area: Benches and water bottle filling
Mitchell Neller: ★★★★★
Ended up going to this place with a group of friends and we were thoroughly impressed to see how many quarts they had to offer. The courts are all cleaned up and very nice and everybody there was also extremely welcoming and willing to play if you didn’t have enough players. We ended up also bringing the dogs as well and the dogs were able to stay on the fence, leashed up and it was nice to be able to have a park outside of the Pickleball courts to take them on a quick little walk or a little bathroom break. But the actual courts themselves again were great quality and there are plenty of courts for anybody that is wanting to go with a big group or a small group and a lot of the people are also super respectable and respectful of your time and being aware that there’s players coming to play and opening up the courts for those that are waiting. Would highly recommend for beginner players or even the expert players to come and take a visit to this spot for Pickleball and enjoy the love of the game. Restrooms: Have not found them yet. Dog-friendliness: Absolutely! Little grass area for the dogs to run! Picnic area: Huge Grass area inside the gated area to enjoy a picnic and the views
Robert Acton: ★★★★★
Very new, neat, clean and a very good place for older people to do some physical exercise and exercise classes. As well, a community center for kids.
I.I floring I.I floring: ★★★★★
nice view
steve smith: ★★★★★
Javiers is one of the best Mexican Restaurants out here. A must.
Michael Van Wyk: ★★★★★
The gym floor is usually dusty. Other than that it is a really nice place.
Roman Miranda: ★★★★★
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Quinn N.: ★★★★
tl,dr: nice new pickleball area.Likes:+ Fresh new pickleball center. 6 open-play, 2 private courts. + The pickleball courts are pristine and fresh. Lines clearly drawn.+ Lots of fencing around each court, highly reducing ball-on interferences.+ Water refill station right by the courts.Pretty big parking lot.The restroom is accessible inside the Community Center during their business hours.Non-likes:- Not a lot of people come here for pick-up pickleball games. You likely have to bring your own people. Others bring their own people for private play or coaching. If you're lucky, you might find nice people there who'll let you join in.- It's near the beach, so strong breezes should be no surprise to you. Despite the wind tarps layered all along the surrounding fence, gusts still definitely affect gameplay.The day I went, there was a boxing tournament inside the Community Center, so parking was PACKED. Struggled to find parking for 10 minutes. What's worse is the other side park prohibits parking there for pickleball players. However, I just got off the phone with an associate who said that this was actually a rare event, and that normally parking is pretty open.
Neen M.: ★★★★★
What a great option to learn sports and participate in new things as an adult. I recently signed up for the pickleball classes here and the instructors are fantastic!! Learning with people from the community who are all also beginners and it's simply a great program and facility. Would highly recommend you check out the offerings.
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Negative Reviews:
Richard LLones: ★
1st time here and couldn't play cause everyone had there own court. I asked if I could join in they said no!!! courts is open play and I could not play. That is so sad. Never coming back here again.
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Tony Alfiere: ★★★★★
Great place for pickleball. 6 courts but no real pickup game situation. So bring 4 or join a group to play here. Restrooms: Hard to find and not always open in the community center. Dog-friendliness: Dogs welcome. Picnic area: Benches and water bottle filling
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