La Jolla Shores is a mile-long crescent shaped beach of soft sand and gentle waves. Known to locals as The Shores, the beach starts at the cliffs north of La Jolla Cove and ends at the south end of Black’s Beach. The Shores begins a continuous stretch of beach all along the San Diego County coastline that ends at Oceanside Harbor. The active center of La Jolla Shores Beach is anchored on one end by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography pier and on the other end by the La Jolla Shores Hotel.La Jolla Shores Beach LifeThe interesting thing about La Jolla Shores is that it has two underwater submarine canyons – Scripps Canyon and La Jolla Canyon. La Jolla Canyon has the greatest effect on beach life here. The canyon head is on the south end of the beach where the waves are almost always smaller. Two foot breaks are common making this a great place for the novice surfer to practice basic skills. A half-mile up the beach where the waves converge, it can result in swells of up to ten feet and...
