Encinitas California Beaches 92024

By: Terry Hunefeld

Encinitas is blessed with 6 miles of gorgeous beaches – eleven of them! Whether it’s surfing, swimming, scuba diving, boogie-boarding, sunning, reading a book, jogging, volley-balling or just basking in the serenity of a secluded beach, Encinitas has it all.

Fitness enthusiasts will get a great workout at Stone Steps Beach. Terry ran these stairs 6 times each morning for several years and was in the best shape of his life. These killer stairs lead down from the bluffs to the ocean offer awesome views to enjoy while you huff and puff. At high tide the ocean beats at the bottom of the stairs, at low tide, the beach is wide and sandy.

Swami's Surf Beach, forever immortalized in the Beach Boy’s Surfin’ USA, is just 6 blocks south of Moonlight Beach on historic Highway 101 and still draws the finest surfers in the world on a daily basis. Great scuba diving is just offshore from Swami¹s at the Encinitas Marine Life Refuge, our underwater park.

Kahuna Bob

Moonlight Beach is a 4 minute walk from the Inn at Moonlight Beach. Stone Steps Beach, Beacon's and Grandview beaches are north of Moonlight, all within walking distance or a brief drive up Neptune Avenue.

You can learn to surf by taking a class at Beacon’s Beach from world-famous Kahuna Bob, an icon in Encinitas.

Moonlight Beach is often called “the beach with everything” because it has lifeguard towers, a kids playground, big parking lots, play areas, fire-rings, showers, restrooms, beach rentals and a snack bar… and, of course… a wide sandy beach. As our guest, you have free use of our beach gear.