Windansea Beach, San Diego

Name: Windansea Beach
Address: San Diego, United States

#126 among attractions in San Diego

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Windansea Beach is a stretch of coastline located in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. The neighborhood adjacent to the beach is named Windansea after the beach. It is named after the 1909 oceanfront Strand Hotel that was renamed "Windansea" Hotel in 1919 after the owner Arthur Snell ran a "naming contest". The Windansea Hotel which was located on Neptune Avenue between Playa del Sur and Playa del Norte burned down in 1943. Geographically, it is defined by the beachfront extending north of Palomar Avenue and south of Westbourne Street. ()

Coordinates: 32°49'52"N, 117°16'52"W

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Northern San Diego (La Jolla)San Diego United States

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Windansea Beach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Children's Pool Beach, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Shell Beach.

0.9 miN
Museum, Art museum, Mission Revival Style architecture
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego
24 min walk • The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, in San Diego, California, US, is an art museum focused on the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art from 1950 to the present.
1.2 miN
Beach
Children's Pool Beach, San Diego
30 min walk • Children's Pool Beach is a small sandy beach area located at 850 Coast Boulevard, at the end of Jenner Street, in San Diego, California. The Children's Pool earned its name after the construction of a concrete breakwater in 1931.
1.2 miN
Library, Theater, Concerts and shows
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, San Diego
30 min walk • The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is a non-profit membership library located in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. It was incorporated as the Library Association of La Jolla in 1899. It has a rich history, closely entwined with the history of the La Jolla community.
1.3 miN
Beach
Shell Beach, San Diego
32 min walk • Shell Beach, La Jolla is a small beach in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The beach is accessed via a flight of concrete steps that start at the south end of Ellen Browning Scripps Park. This beach is located immediately north of Children's Pool Beach, south of Boomer Beach, and also south of La Jolla Cove.
0.4 miN
Beach
Marine Street Beach, San Diego
11 min walk • Marine Street Beach is a public beach located in the community of La Jolla in San Diego, California, on the Pacific Ocean. It sits at the western terminus of Marine Street, with Children's Pool Beach to the north and Windansea Beach to the south.
0.7 miN
Neighbourhood
La Jolla, San Diego
17 min walk • La Jolla is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, United States, occupying 7 miles of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781.
0.9 miN
Modernist architecture
La Jolla Woman's Club, San Diego
24 min walk • The La Jolla Woman's Club is a historic building in La Jolla, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. Designed and built by Irving Gill with assistance from his nephew Louis John Gill in 1914-1915, it is an important example of Gill's modern architectural style, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1 miNE
32°50'38"N • 117°16'23"W
Mary, San Diego
26 min walk • Church, Entertainment
~1070 ftSE
Neighbourhood
El Pueblo Ribera, San Diego
6 min walk • El Pueblo Ribera Court is a complex of twelve duplexes at 230–248 Gravilla Street and 230–309 Playa del Sur in La Jolla, San Diego, California. It was designed in 1923 by the Austrian-American Rudolf Schindler. Schindler's most famous works are in and around Los Angeles; El Pueblo Ribera is his only work in San Diego.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
Village of La Jolla, San Diego
30 min walk • The Village of La Jolla, often simply referred to as the Village, is the center—downtown area of La Jolla, a beach resort community within San Diego, on the South Coast of California.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Windansea Beach?

Nearby attractions include El Pueblo Ribera, San Diego (6 min walk), Marine Street Beach, San Diego (11 min walk), La Jolla, San Diego (17 min walk), La Jolla Woman's Club, San Diego (24 min walk).

How to get to Windansea Beach by public transport?

The nearest stations to Windansea Beach:

Bus

Silverado Street and Herschel Avenue • Lines: 140 (28 min walk)