San Elijo State Beach
San Diego
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 588
- Established
- 1952
parks detail
- Hook
- Cardiff's reef campground — San Diego's classic surf-camp weekend
- More
- The campground bluff runs above a reef break called Turtles, with stairs down to tidepools and the San Elijo Lagoon reserve's trails across the highway. Cardiff's Seaside Market tri-tip — 'Cardiff Crack' — is the mandated camp dinner.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.021, -117.283