Mission Beach
Mission Beach (the beach) is a long and wide sandy beach in the Mission Beach district of San Diego....
Beaches in San Diego
Pacific Beach
Pacific Beach (the beach) is centered around the Crystal Pier in the Pacific Beach District of San Diego, California....
Ocean Beach City Beach
Ocean Beach City Beach is a popular sunbathing beach in the San Diego neighborhood of Ocean Beach. This is...
Cabrillo National Monument
There are only a few beach access points in Cabrillo National Monument near San Diego, but this park is...
Sunset Cliffs Natural Park – Garbage Beach
Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is a steep hillside park between Point Loma Nazarene University and the ocean. There are...
Border Field State Park Beach
The beach at Border Field State Park is the southernmost beach in California. This beach starts at the Mexican...
Santa Cruz Ave Beach
Santa Cruz Beach is a locals beach in the Ocean Beach area of San Diego. It is located at...
Bermuda Beach
Bermuda Beach, aka Bermuda Ave or Bermuda Avenue Beach, is a locals beach tucked away below homes and apartment...
South Mission Beach
South Mission Beach is at the extreme south end of the Mission Beach Peninsula at the Mission Bay Channel...
Ocean Beach Dog Beach
Dog Beach is the northern portion of Ocean Beach City Beach where it extends to the mouth of the...
Tourmaline Surfing Park Beach
Tourmaline Beach is at a San Diego area surfers’ mecca called Tourmaline Surfing Park. This beach sits on the...
Spanish Landing Park
Spanish Landing Park is a long narrow park along busy North Harbor Drive in San Diego. This park is...
Shelter Island Shoreline Park
Shoreline Park is a small park with a beach and a boat launch on Shelter Island in San Diego....
North Pacific Beach
North Pacific Beach is north of the Crystal Pier at Pacific Beach and south of Tourmaline Beach. This wide sandy...
No Surf Beach
The San Diego area beach known as “No Surf Beach” is located between Hill and Froude Streets below Sunset...
Kellogg Beach
Kellogg Beach is a locals beach on the San Diego Bay side of Point Loma in San Diego. Depending...
Bonita Cove Park on Mission Bay
Bonita Cove Park is on the Mission Bay side of the Mission Beach Peninsula in San Diego. It has...
Playa Pacifica Park on Mission Bay
Playa Pacifica Park has a sandy beach on the east side of Mission Bay in San Diego. This is...
Fiesta Island Beaches on Mission Bay
Fiesta Island on San Diego’s Mission Bay has a continuous beach around its perimeter. Just follow the one-way loop...
Mission Point Park on Mission Bay
Mission Point Park is a nice grass park in the Mission Beach area of San Diego. The park shoreline...
Vacation Isle Park on Mission Bay
Vacation Isle is a man-made in the center of Mission Bay in San Diego. The southern one-third of the...
Bahia Point Park on Mission Bay
Bahia Point Park is a grass park with a narrow sandy beach that wraps around the Bahia Resort Hotel...
Santa Clara Point on Mission Bay
Santa Clara Point on the Mission Bay side of Mission Beach Peninsula is home to several great facilities for...
Ventura Cove Park on Mission Bay
Ventura Cove Park is on Mission Bay near Belmont Park Amusement Park on Mission Beach in San Diego. The...
Sail Bay Beach on Mission Bay
Sail Bay is a large circular bay inside the Mission Beach Peninsula in San Diego’s Mission Bay. The sandy...
Crown Point Park on Mission Bay
Crown Point Park is on the east side of Crown Point on Mission Bay in San Diego. This park has...
De Anza Cove Park on Mission Bay
De Anza Cove Park is a large park in the northeast corner of Mission Bay Park in San Diego....
Tecolote Shores Park on Mission Bay
Tecolote Shores Park is on the east side of Mission Bay in San Diego. The park has large open...
South Shores Park on Mission Bay
South Shores Park is a little used beach at the south end of Mission Bay in San Diego. This...
Sunset Point Park on Mission Bay
Sunset Point Park is on Mission Bay next to The Dana Hotel and SeaWorld San Diego. There is a...
Ski Beach Park on Mission Bay
Ski Beach Park is located on Vacation Isle in the middle of Mission Bay in San Diego. This park...
Riviera Shores Beach on Mission Bay
Riviera Shores Beach is on the west side of Crown Point on Mission Bay. Sail boats are pulled up...
Campland on the Bay
Campland on the Bay is a resort campground and marina on Mission Bay in San Diego. This RV and...
Chula Vista Bayside Park
Chula Vista Bayside Park is a small waterfront park on the east side of San Diego Bay in the...
Sweetwater Marsh at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
The Sweetwater Marsh unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on the east side of...
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Nearby Hotels
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
The 30-story high Hilton San Diego Bayfront rises to new heights of luxury and convenience in sunny San Diego....
Crystal Pier Hotel & Cottages
Staying at the Crystal Pier Hotel Cottages should be on everyone’s bucket list. These stark white cottages with blue...
San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter
The tasteful and elegant San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter supplies around 300 modern guestrooms and suites, located within one...
Nearby Attractions
Mission San Diego de Alcala
Mission San Diego, California’s First Church, is a State and National Historic Landmark. As the first of the 21 Spanish...
Point Loma Tide Pools
Point Loma holds some of the greatest treasures the San Diego area. The majority of the point is protected...
SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is on the shores of Mission Bay north of Downtown San Diego. The park opened in...
Belmont Park
San Diego’s Mission Beach Belmont Park is a beach amusement park reminiscent of traditional thrill parks that Americans enjoyed...
San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo is a world class institution dedicated to the study and care of animals, including many...
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Point Loma seems somehow tucked away from the main portion of the City of San Diego. High atop a...
About San Diego
One of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. is sought after for its mild temperatures and expansive beaches. San Diego is home to large crowds of people at both Pacific Beach and Mission Beach and at the only 24-hour dog beach located within Ocean Beach. Perfect for sunning, surfing and for swimming, many of San Diego’s beaches are protected by Mission Bay. With SeaWorld, the natural habitats of the San Diego Zoo and the varied shops and trendy restaurants of Gaslamp Quarter, there is as much to do away from the sand as there is on the beach. Need a place to stay after seeing all the San Diego attractions? See our list of hotels near beaches, beachside campgrounds, and even glamping options. With so many beaches in the city you might need help from this list of the best beaches in San Diego.
