San Diego Sights

  1. Children's Pool

    Private property along the coast of La Jolla restricts coastal access, and parking is very limited in places, but there is a wonderful walking path that skirts the shoreline for half a mile. The path's western end begins at the Children's Pool, where a jetty protects the beach from big waves. Originally intended to give La Jolla's youth a safe place to frolic, the beach is now more popular with sea lions, which you can view up close as they lounge on the shore.

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  2. Windansea Beach

    If you like to surf and know what you're doing, head to Windansea Beach, 2 miles south of downtown (take La Jolla Blvd south and turn west on Nautilus St). If you can brave the ire of the locals, you'll find that the surf's consistent peak (a powerful reef break not for beginners) works best at medium to low tide. You'll find a more civilized welcome immediately south at Big Rock, California's version of Hawaii's Pipeline.

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