Beach Guide

What’s On

This week on the beach

Something
every night

8 AM

Low-Tide Tidepooling

Tide Beach Park · Family

The reef and tidepools at the north end open up on a minus tide, the best window for anemones and crabs.

10 AM

Cedros Design District

S Cedros Ave · Family

Two blocks of design shops, galleries, boutiques and cafes in old Quonset huts by the train station.

7:17 PM

sun-timed

Fletcher Cove Sunset

Fletcher Cove Park · Sunset

The nightly gathering on the bluff overlook as the Pacific sun drops straight into the ocean off the cove.

8 PM

Live Music at the Belly Up

Belly Up Tavern · Music

The legendary Cedros District club, 300-plus shows a year from touring headliners to local acts.

Big Days

annual
May

Fiesta del Sol

Solana Beach's two-day early-summer street festival with music, food, rides and a beer garden.

Jul-Sep

Del Mar Racing Season

The summer thoroughbred meet at the Del Mar racetrack just south of town, Where the Turf Meets the Surf.

Jun

San Diego County Fair

The big county fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds through June and into early July, a short drive south.

see you out there

Real recurring local happenings — schedules can change, so check the venue. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.

At Solana Beach, the sun sets at 7:47 PM today — about 13h 43m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:05 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Solana Beach update at the top of the conditions page.