La Jolla Shores, with its northern part Scripps Beach, is a beach and vacation/residential community of the same name in La Jolla,

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. The La Jolla Shores business district is a mixed-use village encircling Laureate Park on Avenida de la Playa in the village of La Jolla Shores. The beach is approximately long and stretches from the

sea cliff Seacliff or Sea Cliff or Sea Cliffe may refer to: ;Places ''Australia'' *Seacliff, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide *Seacliff Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide *Sea Cliff Bridge, in Illawarra, New South Wales ''New Zealand'' *Seacli ...

s just north of

La Jolla Cove La Jolla Cove is a small cove with a beach that is surrounded by cliffs in La Jolla, San Diego, California. Point La Jolla forms the south side of the cove. The area is protected as part of a marine reserve and is popular with snorkelers, swimm ...

Black's Beach Black's Beach is a secluded section of beach beneath the bluffs of Torrey Pines on the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States. It is officially part of Torrey Pines State Beach. The northern portion of Black's Beach is ow ...

south of

Torrey Pines State Park Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is of coastal state park located in the community of La Jolla, in San Diego, California, off North Torrey Pines Road. Although it is located within San Diego city limits, it remains one of the wildest stretches ...

. Shores meets the

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campus and Kellogg Park, encompasses the Scripps Pier and borders the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve to the south. The beach is a popular launch point for

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ers as it is the only beach boat launch in the San Diego city limits. The beach is also popular among stand up paddlers, swimmers and snorkelers. The southern end of the beach is especially rich with wildlife. During certain times of year, leopard sharks, diamond stingrays,

round stingray The round stingray (''Urobatis halleri'') or Haller's round ray and Little round stingray is a species of Urotrygonidae, round ray, family Urotrygonidae, found in the coastal waters of the tropical and subtropical parts of the northeastern Pacif ...

s, and species of

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are common.

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s and broadnose sevengill sharks are elusive but can be found farther offshore. Described by the ''

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'' as "the best beach in the area", La Jolla Shores regularly features in the

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show, '' Beach Patrol: San Diego and Lifeguard on The Weather Channel''.

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La Jolla Shores

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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La Jolla, San Diego Beaches of Southern California Parks in San Diego Beaches of San Diego County, California
Scripps Pier, La Jolla

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