Closest Beaches

Beaches Near San Diego, CA

San Diego is built around its coast, with beaches from Imperial Beach at the Mexican border up through Coronado, Ocean Beach, Mission and Pacific Beach, then La Jolla. The North County strand — Del Mar, Cardiff, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside — picks up from there. Water is warmer than the rest of California but still cool by Gulf standards.

Plan This Week

Thursday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Del Mar Beach on Friday (85).

Within 60 mi

Coronado Beach

2.7 mi · ~4 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

72°F water 85°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Ocean Beach (San Diego)

5.8 mi · ~8 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

71°F water 80°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (82)

Mission Beach

6.6 mi · ~10 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

71°F water 90°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Pacific Beach

7.9 mi · ~11 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

71°F water 87°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Imperial Beach

9.3 mi · ~13 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water

La Jolla Cove

11 mi · ~16 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

71°F water 80°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (82)

La Jolla Shores

11 mi · ~16 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

71°F water 83°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (82)

Torrey Pines State Beach

16 mi · ~23 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

71°F water 87°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Del Mar Beach

19 mi · ~27 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 89°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Friday (85)

Cardiff State Beach

23 mi · ~33 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 82°F air 0 to 5 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Moonlight Beach (Encinitas)

24 mi · ~35 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 82°F air 0 to 5 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Carlsbad State Beach

28 mi · ~41 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 89°F air 0 to 5 mph wind Best this week: Friday (85)

Oceanside Beach

36 mi · ~51 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 85°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

San Onofre State Beach

53 mi · ~1 hr 16 min drive · San Diego County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 83°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (81)

San Clemente State Beach

54 mi · ~1 hr 18 min drive · Orange County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 86°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (85)

Doheny State Beach

60 mi · ~1 hr 26 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 89°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

Laguna Main Beach

67 mi · ~1 hr 37 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 91°F air 0 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

Crystal Cove State Park

71 mi · ~1 hr 43 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 91°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

Newport Beach

75 mi · ~1 hr 48 min drive · Orange County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

72°F water 81°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (83)

Huntington Beach (Surf City USA)

81 mi · ~1 hr 56 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 88°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

Bolsa Chica State Beach

85 mi · ~2 hr 2 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 91°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (84)

Seal Beach

89 mi · ~2 hr 9 min drive · Orange County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 88°F air 0 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (81)

Long Beach (Alamitos Beach)

93 mi · ~2 hr 14 min drive · Los Angeles County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 95°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Friday (84)

Redondo Beach

105 mi · ~2 hr 31 min drive · Los Angeles County, CA

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 86°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (85)

Hermosa Beach

107 mi · ~2 hr 34 min drive · Los Angeles County, CA

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 86°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (85)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of San Diego. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.