Beaches in San Diego CA

Looking for things to do in Southern California?

San Diego has many of the best beaches in California to visit, including:
- Beautiful beaches overlooked by sandstone cliffs
- Exciting beaches with strong waves for swimming and surfing
- Family-friendly beaches with calm waves
- Popular beaches with plenty of free parking, restaurants and shops
- More than 45 hotels and resorts on the beach, including 3 Marriotts and 3 Hiltons
- RV resorts and tent camping on the Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay and San Diego Harbor
- Two world-class golf courses that overlook scenic beaches
- And even several dog-friendly beaches!

The San Diego CA Beaches app provides a list of more than 60 beaches. Some of the most popular include Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores.

Sort the list by beach name, or sort it by distance to your location to find "public beaches near me" and the "closest beach to me."

Click a beach in the list to find it on a map and find your location in relation to the beach. Use map settings to change the map type between geometric (normal) view, satellite image view (useful for finding parking lots and walking paths) and terrain view. Click the "MORE INFO" tab to see the beach's web site, request directions, or view weather,
surf and tide reports.

You can also search for keywords in the beach titles and descriptions. Try these search examples:
- To find hotels on the beach, use the search tool to submit the word "hotel" or "resort"
- To find beaches with calm waves, search for "mission bay"
- To find beaches with great tide pools, search for "tide pool"
- To find RV and tent campgrounds, search for "campground"
- To find dog-friendly beaches, search for "dog"
- To find California marine mammals lounging on the sand and rocks, search for "seal"

Plan your visits by marking your favorite beaches and filtering the master list by favorites. On the map, you can select which map markers to display: just the beach selected from the list, all beaches, favorites or search results.

This mobile app works on both smartphones and tablets, and contains banner ads.