The Best Beaches in San Diego

It only makes sense that San Diego is rife with gorgeous beaches for playing, surfing, sunbathing and swimming: California’s second largest city enjoys year-round sunshine, mild temperatures, and more than 70 miles of dazzling coastline. Here, we've rounded up the best of the best: San Diego County's top ten beaches. Happy exploring!

First up, La Jolla Cove: Nestled between sandstone cliffs, this tiny jewel of a beach gives way to a deep, gorgeous blue-green bay, where snorkelers and scuba drivers can explore waters teeming with marine life, including orange Garibaldi fish, thanks to the area’s inclusion in the La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve.