Waking up with itchy welts along an arm, finding pepper-like specks on a pillowcase or spotting a flat, rust colored bug in a mattress seam usually means bed bugs. Our licensed technicians inspect and treat bungalows, duplexes, apartments, townhomes and student rentals all over Seaside, and you see the plan and the full price in writing before any treatment is booked. Phone us, or fill in the short form, for a free bed bug control quote.
All of Seaside sits inside one ZIP code, 93955, so the city has a single area page. The ZIP runs from the Del Monte neighborhoods near Monterey Bay and the Broadway Avenue and Fremont Boulevard business streets, up through Del Monte Heights, to the Seaside portion of the former Fort Ord, home to part of the CSU Monterey Bay campus and the Bayonet and Black Horse golf courses. Sand City, a separate small city, shares 93955 as well.
Bed Bug Help Across Seaside
Bed Bug Control Services in Seaside
We begin every Seaside job with an inspection. A 1940s cottage with original floors, a fourplex off Broadway Avenue and a newer home on the Fort Ord side give bed bugs very different hiding places, and what our technician finds sets the method.
Bed Bug InspectionOur licensed technician confirms whether bed bugs are present and records each room and piece of furniture involved.Learn more 
K9 Bed Bug InspectionA trained scent dog finds live bed bugs and eggs hidden in furniture, trim and wall gaps.Learn more 
Bed Bug Heat TreatmentRooms are heated past the point bed bugs and their eggs can survive, usually in one day.Learn more 
Chemical Bed Bug TreatmentProfessional products placed in the cracks where bed bugs hide, with return visits timed for eggs that hatch later.Learn more 
Bed Bug FumigationThe house is covered with a tent and filled with a gas that reaches every wall void and stored item.Learn more 
Bed Bug Steam TreatmentVery hot, dry steam kills bed bugs and eggs on contact in mattresses, cushions and upholstery.Learn more Why a Can of Spray Will Not Clear a Seaside Bedroom
Bed bugs spend most of their lives tucked into box spring frames, floor gaps and couch seams, where a mist from a store can never land on them. Foggers tend to push survivors into a second room and stretch a small problem across the house.
Eggs a single female bed bug can lay in her lifetime.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionFrom egg to a breeding adult at room temperature, so a small problem grows fast.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionStore-bought foggers tested by Ohio State researchers had little or no effect on bed bugs.
Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, 2012Why Bed Bugs Turn Up in Seaside
Bed bugs do not come from dirt or clutter. They hitch rides on luggage, backpacks, clothing and secondhand furniture, then feed on people at night, so any bedroom in any part of town can end up with them.
The 2020 Census counted 32,366 people in Seaside, a city of about 9 square miles on the east shore of Monterey Bay. It began in 1888, when Dr. John L. D. Roberts laid out a resort tract next to the Hotel Del Monte, and it was first called East Monterey before taking the Seaside name. The city incorporated in 1954. Today about 59% of its occupied homes are rented, the average household holds just over 3 people and the median age is 34, which makes Seaside one of the younger and more renter heavy towns on the Monterey Peninsula.
Two things set Seaside apart for bed bug work: a university campus built on an old Army post, and a housing stock that is older than most people expect. Both shape the advice below.
CSU Monterey Bay Move-In and Move-Out Weeks
CSU Monterey Bay opened in 1995 on the former Fort Ord, and its main campus spans Seaside and Marina. About half of its roughly 7,700 students live on campus, and the 8 residence halls around the main quad are renovated Army barracks. The rest rent rooms, apartments and houses in the surrounding towns, and many of them change addresses every summer.
That yearly shuffle moves a lot of mattresses, futons and couches between rentals, and furniture left on the curb at the end of a lease often gets picked up by the next tenant. Bed bugs travel the same way.
- Inspect before you unpack: look at mattress seams, box spring corners and couch joints in any furnished room on day 1, and photograph what you find.
- Skip curbside mattresses and upholstered chairs, or check them closely in daylight before they come inside.
- Heat your laundry after a move: run clothing and bedding through a hot dryer for 30 minutes before it goes into drawers.
- Tell the landlord in writing if signs appear in a shared house, since housemates sleeping down the hall may need a check too.
Parents helping a student move home for the summer can follow the same steps: unload bags in the garage, dry the clothes on high heat and vacuum the suitcases before storing them.
1940s and 1950s Homes in a City Where Most People Rent
More Seaside homes date from the 1940s than from any other decade, with the 1950s close behind, according to Census figures for ZIP 93955. Much of the city filled in during the Fort Ord years, and Del Monte Heights, about 1 mile east of downtown, was laid out as early as 1909. Many of those older houses are now rentals, and some have been split into units or have a second dwelling behind them.
- More cracks to cover: after 70 to 80 years, wood floors, baseboards and window casings open up, and bed bugs settle into those gaps. We inspect and treat the room edges as well as the furniture.
- Older wiring: some homes from this era need a power check before heat equipment is used, so we look at the electrical panel during the inspection.
- Shared walls in converted units: when a house has been divided, we check the units on each side of the one that reported bites.
- One report for everyone: our written findings let the owner and each tenant see the same results at the same time.
From First Call to a Clear Bedroom in Seaside
4 steps cover the whole job, start to finish.
- 01You call
Let us know you are in 93955, the type of home and the signs you have noticed. Quotes are free.
- 02We inspect
A licensed technician goes through every bed, couch and chair where someone sleeps or sits for long stretches, then the floor edges and trim.
- 03Written quote
You receive the method, the prep steps and the total in writing before you commit.
- 04We treat and recheck
We treat each room with confirmed activity and come back later to make sure no new bugs have hatched.
6 Signs of Bed Bugs in a Seaside Home
Start with the mattress, then move to the futon or couch where people nap or study.
Itchy red marks in a line or small cluster on arms, neck or shoulders.
Tiny black or rust colored dots on sheets, mattress tags and seams.
Light brown, hollow skins left behind each time a young bug molts.
Pearly white dots about 1 millimeter long, often glued into seams.
Wingless and rust brown, flat as paper before a meal and close to 5 millimeters long as adults.
A sweet, stale odor that can build up where many bugs gather.
Seaside Areas We Cover
The 93955 page goes into Seaside's neighborhoods, its older and newer housing and the kinds of bed bug calls that come from each part of the city.
Seaside Service Area Map
We treat homes everywhere in Seaside, from the blocks near Highway 1 and Fremont Boulevard, along Broadway Avenue and up the slope to Del Monte Heights, to the eastern side of town near the CSU Monterey Bay campus and the golf courses on the old Fort Ord.
Nearby Cities We Cover
We also work around the Monterey Peninsula and northern Monterey County, including Sand City, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey, Marina, Pacific Grove and Salinas.
- Monterey3 mi
- Pacific Grove5 mi
- Marina6 mi
- Pebble Beach6 mi
- Carmel By The Sea6 mi
- Carmel6 mi
- Spreckels11 mi
- Carmel Valley11 mi
- Salinas11 mi
- Castroville12 mi
- Moss Landing14 mi
- Chualar19 mi
Seaside Renters Have Bed Bug Rights
Close to 6 in 10 Seaside households rent, from students sharing a house to families in apartments and duplex units. California's AB 551, found in Civil Code 1954.600 to 1954.605, covers every one of them.
- Landlords must give tenants a written bed bug notice.
- A landlord cannot show, rent or lease a unit they know has bed bugs.
- After a licensed pest control operator inspects, the landlord must share the findings with affected tenants within 2 business days.
- Tenants who report bed bugs are protected from retaliation.
Put your report in writing, date it and keep a copy along with clear photos of what you found. Students in off campus rentals have the same protections as any other tenant.
Bed Bug Treatment Costs in Seaside
Because so many Seaside homes are modest single story houses and apartments, the number of rooms with bugs usually matters more to the price than the total floor area. As a starting point, Angi's 2026 US averages show $65 to $200 for a visual inspection, $300 to $600 for a K9 search and $200 to $400 per treated room, while whole home treatment runs about $1,500 to $6,200. Plan around the figure on your written quote, since national averages cannot account for your rooms or furniture.
Seaside Bed Bug Questions
What ZIP code do you cover in Seaside?
Seaside has 1 ZIP code, 93955, and it covers the whole city, from the old Del Monte tract near the bay to Del Monte Heights and the Seaside side of the former Fort Ord. The same ZIP also serves the tiny separate city of Sand City. Del Rey Oaks and Monterey use 93940, and Marina has its own ZIP and its own page.
I am a CSU Monterey Bay student moving into a shared rental off campus. What should I check first?
Before you carry anything in, pull back the fitted sheet on any mattress that came with the room and look at the seams, the tag and the corners of the box spring for dark specks or pale shells. Check the joints of any bed frame or couch left by the last tenants. If you see signs, tell the landlord in writing before you unpack, and keep your own bags zipped and off the floor.
Is it safe to bring home a couch someone left at the curb in Seaside?
It is a gamble. Couches and mattresses set out during move-out weeks are a common way bed bugs travel from one rental to the next. If you take one, look under the dust cover and along every seam in daylight before it goes inside, and leave it in the garage or on the porch until you are sure. Anything with dark spots or shed skins should stay outside.
Our house in Seaside was built in the 1940s. Does that make bed bugs harder to treat?
It can mean more places to check. In homes this age, bugs often hide in gaps along wood floors and baseboards, around old window and door casings and behind loose switch plates, not only in the bed. Our inspection covers those spots so the plan matches where the bugs really are.
How much does bed bug treatment cost in Seaside?
The price follows the number of rooms involved, the size of the home and the method we use. For a Seaside ballpark, Angi's 2026 national figures run $65 to $200 to inspect, $200 to $400 for each room treated and near $1,500 to $6,200 when the whole home needs work. We give you a written total after the inspection, and the quote is free.
What happens when you reach out: Bed Bug Control CA is a licensed California bed bug service. We schedule a licensed technician to check your Seaside home. You get a written quote before any treatment.