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San Diego Beach Vacations
A San Diego beach vacation is one that will appeal to all members of the family, whether your family is two newlyweds looking for a private beach experience, a family with small children, or couples of all ages looking for fun things to do in San Diego.
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One of my favorite beach vacations in the San Diego area is the quaint town and pristine beaches of La Jolla, which is a beach community just minutes north of downtown San Diego. La Jolla offers some of the most impressive shore lines in Southern California, with remarkable caves, cliffs, beaches, and sunsets.
Each beach at La Jolla will offer you something unique.
La Jolla Shores
La Jolla Shores is the most popular beach for families with the largest expansion of flat, sandy beaches. If you enjoy people watching, sunbathing, and lazy days on the beach - La Jolla Shores is where you want to be.
Within the City limits, La Jolla Shores has the only beachfront boat launch. Small boats can be launched directly into the surf at foot of Avenida de la Playa, which is south of the lifeguard station. This can be a rough terrain area, so you may need to have a four wheel drive vehicle.
If you like to surf, there are specified areas on the beach where the waves tend to be small. For scuba diving, the south end of the beach is widely used by scuba driving classes.
La Jolla Cove
La Jolla Cove is another excellent beach, with steep sandstone cliffs offering amazing views and the paradise of sparkling blue water the cove is known for. The La Jolla Cove is a swimmer's dream because of it's gentle water. Along with the Children's Pool, the Cove is rich with reefs that attract scuba divers and snorkelers to the abundance of marine life.
The La Jolla Cove, 1100 Coast Boulevard, is a very small beach that's tucked between adjacent sand stone cliffs. Due to it's amazing beauty, the Cove is one of the most photographed beaches in the Southern California area. Although it's within a short walking distance of the commercial community area of La Jolla, the Cove still retains a style of it's own.
La Jolla Sea Caves
There are several La Jolla Caves that were carved by nature into the sandstone cliffs between La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores that help attract ocean kayakers from around the world. There is one cave in particular, known as "Sunny Jim Cave" that can be entered through a man made tunnel that leads to a steep descent through a narrow underground tube to a wooden deck.
The Hike Bike Kayak company also offers a tour of the La Jolla sea caves, with no experience required. For more information you can email info@hikebikekayak.com
More San Diego County Beach Vacation Ideas
Silver Strand State Beach
Mission Beach
Okay, this beach is usally packed. But fun. May find a younger crowd, as it is popular with rollerbladers. Mission Beach is part of a stretch referred to as "The Strand," a two-bmile stretch beginning at the Mission Bay channel entrance and ending at the north end of Pacific Beach.
Cardiff State Beach
Located on the San Diego Coast, between Encinitas and Delmar, Cardiff State Beach is often called the "Riviera of the West." Swimmers will like the warm water, sandy beach. This beach is ideal for swimming, board surfing, windsuring and surcasting. There are boat launches at the north end, and tidepools at the south end.
Swami's Beach
No, not a beach for fortune tellers. Swami's Beach is a surfer's paradise in Encinitas; known for its spectacular waves, some of the best waves on the San Diego coast. Oh, the name? The name "Swami's" comes from the Self-Realization Fellowship Retreat located a few hundred yards north on Highway 101.
Black's Beach
You didn't hear this from me, but parts of Black's Beach is a favorite with nudists, though nudity is not officially sanctioned. (the "not officially sanctioned" part you did hear from me). Parking is available Torry Pines Pines State Beach and La Jolla Shores.
Del Mar
Del Mar offers a beautiful, 2.5 miles stretch of Sandy Beach, perfect for relaxing in the sun. Also popular for surfing, boogie boarding and swimming. If you're tired of the beach, Del Mar also offers a racetrack, the Del Mar Racetrack, "where the surf meets the turf" as the slogan goes. The horse racing season is from mid July to early September.
If you're curious as to what the San Diego coastline looks like from the sky in a powered paraglider, take a look here. It's a weird beginning, but will smooth out in a few seconds. Oh, yeah, and it's a little loud, so turn down your sound:
Synonyms: sandiego and San Diego are used synonymously. CA and Calif are used synonymously with California.
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