Windansea Beach

A beautiful beach to wander about on and photography at. It gets a bit crowded in terms of photographers but is well worth the shot. Just be aware that you might have to claim your spot early or have patience and wait for a good spot to open up. Good luck!

A bit hidden and «off the beaten» track, I loved my visit here. It’s a beautiful, clean beach with sand that felt like soft sugar.
I loved sitting back and watch the surfers ride the waves in the clear, light bluish green water. It reminded me of the beaches of Hawaii.
Makes me wish our beaches in Los Angeles were just as nice.
Parking was easy and free in the residential area.

Great Beach to visit !
You will not be disappointed with the view and the beautiful rocks!
Water it’s cold thought .
The ocean can be angry at times. Overall a great beach to visit while in this side of town ! Trust me !

Me and my boyfriend came to La Jolla to go Kayaking and after we finished our tour I decided to look up the beaches around us. I found this one and was quickly amazed by some photos I saw and so we decided to come here. We found free parking around the houses and walked to the beach which only took like 5 minutes and as we arrived around 4:00pm on a Friday we still saw a lot of available sand to relax on. We found a nice secluded area by the rocks with shade and we went in for a swim! The water was not so cold and the waves were really strong but it was so much fun! we then took amazing sunset photos and walked around the rocks which looked pretty amazing too! As the sun set I was sad to know that there was no more light to enjoy the view of the rocks but then we got to lay in the sand and see the amazing lit up night sky! This is now my favorite beach so far and can’t wait to come back!

We haven’t been here in a long
time so this trip was long over due.
Before this heat wave the beach
was super hot and humid the
last couple of times we were there
we watched the waves in our
car with the air conditioning on
and our windows closed.
… and now the heat wave did
something good.
We cooled of by sitting on a bench
people watching and capturing the sunset
which was just breath taking.
We drove back home after the sunset
and just enjoyed our drive back and were
pretty much relaxed when we got home.
We will definitely be back!

Finally got to check this beach out while we were in SD.
Our plan was to go back to La Jolla but since it was packed during the 4^th of July weekend, we somewhat managed to find free parking near Windansea.
Great beach, perfect during summer.
Found a place where it wasn’t packed which was shocking.
Clean beach and clear water.
Great beach for photo opt!
If you like a beach along SD coast will less people than La Jolla, check this place out!

This beach was beautiful, but had very rough waves on the afternoon we visited. I would not recommend it for weak swimmers or children. There were plenty of surfers to watch.

One of my favorite beaches in San Diego! First off, it’s absolutely beautiful with the bluffs as a backdrop and feels really intimate, given that it’s a small beach. Another thing I love is that every time I’ve been here the actual geography of the beach has changed, which is super cool! There isn’t too much beach and it is on an incline so the water gets deep fast, reminds me of Hawaii a bit. I love that you can be chest deep after wading out only 15 feet or less. The downside to this beach is that it’s fairly popular, so I don’t really enjoy going in the summer (too crowded). Pick a hot day in the fall to really enjoy the beach and have it to yourself. Also, I’ve never had issues finding parking. Plenty of nearby residential streets to parallel on.

Ahhh. My homebase beach. The water is so clean and clear with aqua colors. A beach that transforms each week with all sand or exposed rocks from the high/​low tides. And epic waves to surf or barrel in to.
A note to new visitors at Windansea:
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE SEAGULLS or leave food out unattended! These seagulls have no shame digging into beach goer’s bags and fly away with snackiepoos. I have seen so many incidents at this beach with unattended bags getting food stolen by these hungry creatures with wings. Then, I have to interrupt my beach time by running at the seagulls shoo-​ing them away. One time. I saw about 15 seagulls pull out a large unopened bag of Cheetos from someone’s beach bag. They poked violently at the orange bag of Chester Cheetah’s goodies, and all these cheesypoofs were flying all over the place with Steven Seagull & friends fighting over them. It was a Cheeto massacre! Protect your food if you bring it to the beach so that you have something to snack on and not the seagulls. And also, throw any left over snack bags or food wrappers in trash cans. Thank you and enjoy this gorgeous beach.

Like many beaches of San Diego, it is just another beautiful water gem with its own personality. The roads here is narrow & there is only a small parking lot so best bet for parking is in the neighborhoods. There’s no board walk it’s mostly cliffs and stairs to go to the sand. It looks like mostly surfers go here because the waves are pretty intense. It has a little palm tree but that you may see people taking pictures with on Instagram or Facebook. It’s clean and the water is bluer than Mission beach, but there’s no restrooms except portal potties.

I grew up as more of an OB kid. Occasionally I hit Marine St. but never Wind and Sea. While showing my husbamd where I grew up we decided to visit Wind and Sea.
Naturally, it is clean and gorgeous. The actuality was better than the surf report. I opted to body surf and got beat up by the waves — in a good way. I forgot about kelp! The struggle is real!!! He caught some tasty waves and requested many photos!
Life Guards! I never saw life guards on any San Diego beach. Seriously, I never have even though I grew up here! I saw about a half dozen!
There is alright parking for this lovely, neighborhood beach. There are enough trash recepticles. This is good for hanging out, boogie boarding, body surfing and surfing. Photo shoots are amazing here.
This is not for barbecuing or beer and stereos. If memory serves, Mission Beach is more suitable for that.

This beach is my exercise beach. It’s perfect for me! I love to stroll down the sandy beach and climb the rocks. Yes, rock scrambling. The rocks create a perfect aerobic exercise, because lots of the rocks are pretty challenging for me. Love it, because I’m having fun while I’m exercising.
THIS BEACH –this one, is one of my favorites. I frequent many of the beaches San Diego has to offer, but I like this one for exercising, because I can challenge myself by climbing and scrambling all over the rocks, while darting in and out of the cool, clean water lapping at my feet. I’m having funnnnn! And «I’m walking on sunshine»!
Better get to it, cause I’ve just started my yearly exercise program today. I cannot think of a better place to exercise. It’s challenging and fun! Afterwards, I’ve always got my beach towel in my trunk to lie down and cool down, plus catch some Vitamin D, and maybe –if the sun is out by then– get a good base tan!
Let us all lie down and soak up every beautiful thing we see. And I think to myself –What a wonderful world ;)

Hi Kid’s
One of the Lucky Ones 339 Nautilus one of the Original Wind n ’ Sea Surf Club.
Who can tell me what was torn down by a bike gang in the early 60s?

Best beach ever ! Ripped it up on south Swell!
One Big Day before the Lifeguards were their some Sailors rental boards went out Take offs 15′ waves lost board behind me hit my head knocking me out Vince saved the day and I only lost the top off three knuckles &a headache.

In my opinion, one of the best spots in San Diego to watch a perfect sunset! It’s not that widely known, I don’t think, but it will be for sure. Hidden and tucked away on the shores of La Jolla, it’s a short piece of beach that locals often go to, and has one of the best surfs in SD. Parking will be hard, especially on the weekends, you’d be lucky to find a street parking close by. Once you get to the beach, you’ll find a couple of benches on top of a cliff, and a wooden stairway that goes down to the actual beach.
The bench is a perfect spot to just sit, relax, watch the waves, and the sunset. The scene is very picturesque, perfect for photoshoots and the like. A really nice place to take a significant other for a mini romantic get away!

Nice, clean, not so populated beach. What more can you ask for! Lots of wedding photos are taken here. Just saw two groups doing it today actually. It’s a nice place to take visitors to show the nice soft sand, fresh air, and the sunrise/​sunset. Definitely a must visit! This is just a place for an ocean view, there’s nothing else besides that there. Just a plain beach.

Aaah in beautiful La Jolla. This beach is very picturesque. Some parts of the beach get more crowded than others. Parking is hard to come by especially during the summer months.
TIP: Best area is where surfers are. Shaka brah!

Decided to take a drive down to San Diego from Los Angeles and our first stop was Windanesa beach. Arriving around 1045am parking wasn’t an issue and the beach was pretty desolate, only a few early birds were lounging on the beach and plunging into the blue sea.
The wooden stair case leading down into the sand was nice and sturdy and reminded me of an entrance to a private beach. Once my feet touched the sand I immediately noticed how soft the sand was compared to sand in the LA or even OC beaches.
The water was clearer than I’ve ever seen for a California beach, the perfect hue of blue with a pinch of turquoise. The sky on this day was magnificently blue and the clouds were pure white puffs. The rocks that extend out into the sea were epic to gaze upon as the waves crashed into them.
The tide was high on this day and the waves began to come up into the sand where we were lounging. We did have to move back a few feet so the water wouldn’t get us!
This by far is my most favorite beach in California. The water is clear, the beach is clean, the people are friendly and I enjoyed every minute while I was there.

My favorite beach in San Diego, and that’s coming for a Zonie like me.lol. Serious I recently checked in here and saw I only had 2 check ins. I’ve been here at least 10 times in the past several years. The In-​laws live in SD so I travel often to town and always want to stop off here when I’m in town.
Parking can be tough, but not that bad. Usually you can find street parking in the neighborhood. As other Unilocalers pointed out there are no restrooms here. And yes this is considered a «locals» beach, so if you are a Zonie like me be prepared to be stared at. I’ve even seen tagging about «Zonies go home», but it doesn’t stop me from coming down and relaxing on the beach and jumping In the water to get creamed by the shore break. This is not a beach for children to go into the water. The waves can be harsh and the shore break can be so strong that it can suck you back into the water, so be careful.
But I love the waves, and the peace that this beach will bring. I came on a cool cloudy day a few months ago and I swear we almost had the entire beach to ourselves. This past weekend we came on a sunny day and it was a little bit busy for this beach, but still plenty of room to lay out or hang out in the water.

I love this beach!
It’s smaller than most around San Diego, but it has a lot of charm and character. First, I love the way they have benches strategically placed along the sidewalk above the beach were one has a great view of the passerby’s, the rock formation, the sandy beach, and the surf. But mostly, they all have a great view of the sunsets.
Access to the beach is very simple with a few stairs heading down, and their plenty of places to sit on along the gentle rock formations along the beach (
). The sand is soft and gentle, and the beach is well maintained with the absents of trash lying around (
). Parking is minimal, but I like that about this beach. The crowds don’t get that bad, and what you hear, is the sound of the surf crashing upon the shore.
Please note, their are no public bathrooms nor a visible Life Guard Station. It’s is a great place to visit, from either being a tourist or a local.
Bring your camera!

My local beach that I don’t frequent enough. It’s a small beach filled with mostly locals, especially surfers. I like coming here just to lay out for an hour or so, watch the sunset, or watch the surf. We also walk our dog past the beach often on the sidewalk bluffside.
Things to note:
–No public restroom
There are a handful of parking spots right in front of the North end of the beach, otherwise there is ample street parking in the residential areas and not that long of a walk.
–Tide gets very high here (and early)
–There are times when there’s tons of kelp
–Dogs allowed after 6PM during the spring/​summer, after 4PM during fall/​winter
–No catch and take allowed from Nautilus south to Crystal Pier.