From traditional holiday parades and festivals to the migration of California gray whales along the Pacific coast, a visit to San Diego during the winter offers a wealth of free, fun and festive experiences.
Exploring Tide Pools in San Diego
One of my favorite activities to do with the kids is exploring San Diego’s many tide pools. They love seeing what might be hiding between the rocks. The best time to see these little creatures are from late fall through early spring as low daytime tides reveal wider beaches and pools teeming with native marine life such as hermit crabs, sea hares and sea anemones. Check the surf report to make sure the tide is low, a 1.0 foot tide or lower is Ok, but you will have a better chance of seeing more marine plants and animals when the tide is minus. Below is a list of my top spots for tide pools in San Diego.
Southern California Beaches Present: The Bioluminescent Red Tide!
Here in San Diego, Ca., we are often reminded that the most spectacular and awe-inspiring entertainment comes from Mother Earth herself. For a limited time – doing her best Vegas impression on Southern California beaches from Point Loma to Huntington Beach – the luminous, the electric, the dazzling… Lingulodinium polyedrum! During the day we simply […]
La Jolla Is a Best Beach Get Away
Emphasis of this blog post title should be on the “Is” because this is not much of a surprise to those who have been to the beaches of La Jolla. Sunset Magazine recently rated La Jolla as the 2nd best beach getaway. Here is what they had to say: Anyone ready to try stand-up paddleboarding […]
A Shore Thing: Coronado Named #2 Best Beach in America by Dr. Beach
The doctor is in and his prognosis is just beachy! Dr. Beach, aka Florida International University professor Stephen Leatherman, has announced Coronado Beach is the #2 Best Beach in the USA! Each year Dr. Beach visits America’s finest stretches of sand and rates them based on a long list of criteria including sand softness, water […]
Wordless Wednesday
5 to Try in the Sun, Surf and Sand
Spring Break has come and gone, but to ensure those postcard images of San Diego linger on through Memorial Day – and to put folks in a summertime frame of mind – following are five fun activities to try in Coronado that are just “beachy”! BTW, forecast for this weekend: clear skies and warm! Let’s soak up the […]
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday
Just Call Me Gidget
As some of you know, I won a group surf lesson with Surf Diva via the San Diego Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website. Surf lessons? Me? BWAHAHA! But in the spirit of Embracing the Crazy this summer (it’s been a doozy!) I did just that. I took the challenge and just went for it. My family […]