Shell Beach, La Jolla

Shell Beach is a small beach in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California, United States.

It is accessed via a flight of concrete steps that start at the south end of Ellen Browning Scripps Park.

During extreme low tides, the southern end of Shell Beach has an interesting tidepool-like area, with many marine creatures visible.

[2] Because of the presence of reef structures and rip currents that can be hazardous to scuba divers, the San Diego Council of Divers provides a "Rocks, Rips and Reefs" tour for the area.

[3] Visible to the south a short distance out from Shell Beach is Seal Rock, which often has several harbor seals resting on it.

A view looking north in La Jolla, showing Seal Rock on the left and the north end of Shell Beach in the mid-distance on the right, 2007
A closer view of Shell Beach, August 2007