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List of beaches in San Diego County facts for kids

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This is a list of beaches in San Diego County, located in Southern California in the United States. 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

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Beacon's Beach in Leucadia
Cardiff Beach looking north
View from Cardiff State Beach

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.

  • San Onofre State Beach
    • Upper Trestles
    • Trestles
    • Lower Trestles, Church
    • Old Man's
    • Trails
  • Camp Pendleton a.k.a. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, has 17 miles (27 km) of coastline
    • Del Mar Beach Resort at Camp Pendleton— in order to visit you must have base access.
  • Oceanside:
    • Harbor Beach
    • Buccaneer
    • South Oceanside
    • Oceanside
    • Saint Malo Beach
  • Carlsbad:
    • North Carlsbad beaches
    • Carlsbad City Beach
    • Tamarak Surf Beach
    • Carlsbad State Beach
    • Terra Mar Point
    • South Carlsbad State Beach
      • Ponto Beach
  • Leucadia:
  • Encinitas:
    • Moonlight State Beach
    • D Street Beach, a.k.a. Boneyard Beach
    • Swami's Beach
  • Cardiff:
  • Solana Beach:
    • Tide Park
    • Fletcher Cove Park, a.k.a. Pillbox
    • Seascape Surf, a.k.a. Seascape Beach
    • Del Mar Shores
  • Del Mar:
    • Dog Beach, a.k.a. The River Mouth
    • Del Mar City Beach
    • Powerhouse Park

Beaches in the city of San Diego

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Children's Pool beach in La Jolla
Black's beach
The cliffs at Black's Beach, La Jolla

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.

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Tidepools at Cabrillo National Monument

Beaches in Coronado and South Bay

These beaches stretch from the mouth of San Diego Bay to the border with Tijuana, Mexico in the south.

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