La Jolla Beaches
From the family beaches that are most often preferred by tourists to the more secluded coves most desired by surfers, divers, and swimmers, La Jolla beaches offer something for everyone. From Blacks Beach to the north and Windansea Beach to the south, the La Jolla shoreline consists of steep sandstone cliffs that are seperated by coves and sandy beaches.
They sunny yet beautiful breezes and picture perfect views are a vacation paradise for tourists and a water recreation highlight for locals. There are seven unique beaches that dot the seven mile coastline against a backdrop of real estate, resorts, cliffs, tall palm trees, and lush scenary.
Downtown La Jolla is conveniently located near most of the beaches which not only provide parking for beach visitors but plenty of fine restaurants, intimate cafes, culture, art galleries, and other types of commercial convenience.
Between mid day and 4 PM, the crowds at any of the La Jolla beaches can be very big. The best advice when visiting any of the beaches in La Jolla is to come to the beach early and stay late – so that you can enjoy the magic of the sunsets and dusk views from across the ocean horizons.
Each beach at La Jolla will offer you something unique with different ways to enjoy the bliss of your vacation. 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.
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 come true 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.
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.
With plenty of beaches all along the coastline, La Jolla is the place to be during the summer months. La Jolla is a well known tourist attraction, with well over 7,000 people visiting on a daily basis. If you enjoy the beach, La Jolla is going to feel like heaven on earth.
I am wondering why those were hidden near to me and i didn’t know that. I am wondered to know number of daily visitors.
I love the beaches of La Jolla and I have many great memories of hanging out on those beaches when I was younger.
Good info! I’m a La Jolla native and you covered it all. Actually, don’t forget to check out seal rock. You can see seals bathing in the sun right in front of you.
La Jolla beach definitely sounds like a nice place to visit on a trip to mexico.
I have heard from many colleagues and associates of mine that Mexico has some of the finest beaches. I haven’t been there myself, but it is on my list of places to tour.
ohhh i did surf there.. i know wich beach you are talking about. nice to here about it, i love that beach.
I have spent many a great summer time with my wife on La Jolla beach and also then heading down to San Diego. Happy days.
La Jolla beaches are wonderful!
I am in searching for some good places. And this article is really informative for me thank you for sharing.
This sounds like a great vacation idea. I’ll have to look more into the Sunny Jim Cave. Is the area it’s in suitable for toddlers?
Nice information about La Jolla Beaches. I am searching for a place to spend my holidays and it looks very nice place.
Great article! It is funny I found this article, because I just returned from the San Diego area about two weeks ago, and while I was there I went kayaking in La Jolla. It was beautiful, and I saw a few leopard sharks while I was out there. Very Cool!
keep up the great work here!!
Don’t forget Mount Soledad. While touring this charming, affluent beach town, be sure to take the drive east along Nautilus Street until you reach the pinnacle of the city. From this vantage point, you can see far out into the blue Pacific, north to the North County beaches and past downtown as far south as the U.S. border. This view is also spectacular at night. Sunrise services are offered here on Easter morning
I haven’t heard of La Jolla beach. Is it private? what kind of sand is there, is the tide high? I would like to hear more about this picture perfect beach.
I’ve never been to Mexico.I defentately want to go now.Thank you for sharing.We will get down there someday.We want to go to that beach it sounds beautiful.
The national and international awards that Hillside Beach Club receives demonstrates the club’s care in details, the excellence in service quality, the unique and innovative approach and the guest focused policy. Besides the festival of delicious top quality food and beverage all day long, Hillside Beach Club offers the guests innovative opportunities for a different vacation experience to enrich him/herself and to learn something new. Do you want to start playing Beach Tennis. Thebeach is around one mile east of the Las Olas shops, and will take you on a verypleasant journey through the Las Olas Isles and over the Intercoastal waterway.
It sounds like such good times!!! I would love to take a vacation down there. Aaawwww!!!!
My wife and I are planning to get over there in the summer, and I can’t wait! Can you tell me if there is any scuba diving around there? If so, what are the popular dive sites?
It should be a really great place,Mexico has one of the best beaches of the world I think.Good post,good luck!
Wow,it is very beatifull place,if to believe your words.We must visit it…Mexico has wonderfull beaches.
Sounds like a great destination. Thanks for the advice.
Sounds like a paradise… Thanks for the share
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Mexico has been on the rise as a tourism destination for the last decade, i believe they have an interesting culture and of course good food and beaches. I wonder how much the swine flu will hurt the tourism industry, it should be fine since I recently heard it was under control
This sounds like a true beach paradise. Perhaps sometime we will plan a 2 week vacation in California….first a busy week in the LA area and then a nice relaxing week around La Jolla.
Its very good place for tourist. Its very wonderful.
If you’re looking for beauty, go no further than La Jolla Cove and Ellen Browning Scripps Park.
La Jolla Cove Beach is a small, rocky alcove south of La Jolla Shores that is part of the San Diego La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve. The expansive Ellen Browning Scripps Park sits above it. Together, the cove and neighboring park have been enjoyed by the public for more than a century.
I’ve lived in San Diego for many years and have frequented La Jolla Shores beach. It’s one of the best in San Diego for the beauty and there is also ample parking. Thanks for the suggestion about “Sunny Jim Cave”. Sounds adventurous!
The national and international awards that Hillside Beach Club receives demonstrates the club’s care in details, the excellence in service quality, the unique and innovative approach and the guest focused policy. Besides the festival of delicious top quality food and beverage all day long, Hillside Beach Club offers the guests innovative opportunities for a different vacation experience to enrich him/herself and to learn something new. Do you want to start playing Beach Tennis. Thebeach is around one mile east of the Las Olas shops, and will take you on a verypleasant journey through the Las Olas Isles and over the Intercoastal waterway.
hope to be able to visit this La jolla beaches. exploring the best beaches of the world is my dream travel experience…seems like a good place to stay from what i read here… thanks for the blog share!