Beaches in San Diego CA

Public beaches in San Diego, CA, with interactive maps, hotel info and more.

Looking for things to do in Southern California?

San Diego has many of the best beaches in California, 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 Beaches in San Diego CA app provides a list and in-app maps of more than 60 beaches. Some of the most popular include Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores.

Beach and hotel information

• List of beaches with street addresses, distance to your location and descriptions (including nearby hotels, campgrounds and golf courses)

• Sort by beach name

• Sort by distance to your location - find "public beaches near me" and the "closest beach to me"

• Favorite beaches - Mark and save your favorites

• Filter the list by your favorites

• Go to the web site of any beach, hotel, park, campground and golf course

• Get driving directions to any beach

• Speak out loud - The app speaks the beach name and location

• View online weather, surf and tide reports

• Share the beach name and address in an instant message or email

• Search for beaches, hotels, parks, campgrounds and golf courses by name, type and location

• Enter search words by speech recognition or by typing in the keyboard

Interactive map

• Find any beach on the in-app map

• Find your location in relation to the beach

• Change map type - Use map settings to show geometric (normal) view, satellite image view (useful for finding parking lots and walking paths) and terrain view

• Show marker types - Use map settings to select which markers to display (just the beach selected from the list, all beaches, favorites or search results)

• Show marker groups - Use map settings to show hotels, campgrounds and golf courses near the beach

Search examples

• To find hotels on the beach, use the speech recognizer or keyboard to submit the word "hotel" or "resort"

• To find RV and tent campgrounds, search for "campground"

• To find dog-friendly beaches, search for "dog"

• To find beaches with calm waves, search for "mission bay"

• To find beaches with great tide pools, search for "tide pool"

• To find California marine mammals lounging on the sand and rocks, search for "seal"

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