List of beaches in San Diego

La Jolla Shores Beach

This is a list of beaches in the San Diego area in Southern California, USA. This article actually contains two sequential lists: a list of beaches in San Diego's North County, and a list of beaches that are within the city limits of San Diego. The beaches are listed in order from north to south, and they are grouped (where applicable) by the community in which the beach is situated.

Some beaches in the San Diego area are long continuous stretches of sandy coastline, others, like many of the beaches in the Village of La Jolla (which was built on a large rocky promontory), are small sand beaches within rocky coves or between rocky points. A number of beaches in the San Diego area have cliffs behind them, usually composed of rather soft sandstone; some other beaches front freshwater lagoons where rivers run into the coast.

Beaches in North County

This list of beaches in San Diego's North County is arranged from north to south; the beaches are grouped by the communities in which they occur. Although in some areas there may be a continuous long stretch of sand along several miles of coastline, especially so during low tides, nonetheless there may be different beach names at different locations, according to where the beach is accessed.

Beacon's Beach in Leucadia
View from Cardiff State Beach

Beaches in the city of San Diego

These beaches are within the city limits of San Diego. The beaches are listed from north to south and are grouped by the name of the community in which they are situated. Note that names such as "Pacific Beach" and "Ocean Beach" refer to the name of communities, as well as being the names of the beaches situated within those communities.

The cliffs at Black's Beach, La Jolla
Children's Pool beach in La Jolla
Tidepools at Cabrillo National Monument

See also

References

  1. ↑ sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, San Onofre Accessed 2014-5-4
  2. ↑ City of Oceanside government website, Beaches Accessed 2014-5-1
  3. ↑ Carlsbadca.gov Visitor Info, About Carlsbad Beaches Accessed 2014-5-1
  4. ↑ sandiego.org What to Do, Beaches, Leucadia Beaches Accessed 2014-5-1
  5. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Encinitas Accessed 2014-5-1
  6. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Cardiff Accessed 2014-5-1
  7. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Solana Beach Accessed 2014-5-1
  8. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Solana Beach Accessed 2014-5-1
  9. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, La Jolla Accessed 2014-5-2
  10. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Pacific Beach Accessed 2014-5-2
  11. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Mission Beach Accessed 2014-5-2
  12. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Ocean Beach Accessed 2014-5-2
  13. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Point Loma Accessed 2014-5-2
  14. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Coronado Accessed 2014-5-2
  15. ↑ Sandiego.org website, What to Do, Beaches, Imperial Beach Accessed 2014-5-2

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