Beach Guide

Where to Park

La Jolla · lots & garages

Arrive early
lots fill fast

Watch the Lots Fill

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12 PM today
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6 lots · 690 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.

All Parking

at 12 PM · nearest first

Coast Blvd / Scripps Park

~1 open

90 spaces · Free · Coast lot · 1 min

Prospect Street Meters

~21 open

80 spaces · $2.50/hr · Village · 2 min

Girard Avenue Lots

~50 open

120 spaces · $3/hr · Garage · 6 min

Kellogg Park Lot

~12 open

240 spaces · Free · Beach lot · 20 min

La Jolla Shores Drive

~17 open

110 spaces · Free · Shores · 20 min

Windansea Street Parking

~24 open

50 spaces · Free · Surf break · 24 min

On-street parking

500 metered spaces · Free (limited) · Coast Blvd & Village streets · fills early on weekends. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.

Local moves

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Street parking: Free (limited) (Coast Blvd & Village streets · fills early on weekends).

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Lots nearest the sand fill first — the ones a block or two back usually have room.

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Check each lot's hours below: some are open 24 hours, others close at night.

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Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking hunt.

City parking info (619) 236-6700

happy hunting

Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.

Main parking at La Jolla: Coast Blvd / Scripps Park (Free) and Kellogg Park Lot (Free), plus street parking at Free (limited). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.