Carlsbad State Beach (Tamarack)
Carlsbad, CA
By Simir Shah
★★★★★4.7(2,204 Google reviews)
What parents say
AI summary of 4 Google reviews — not a first-hand visit. How we write these
Reviewers advise skipping the parking lot and taking street parking in the neighborhood above; stairs lead down at several points along the road, a walk of under ten minutes. It is crowded on weekend afternoons. Waves break close to shore. Reviewers stress sunscreen, as UV runs high even when it feels mild.
Wide sandy beach with a seawall promenade, gentle surf, and tide pools at low tide.
Good for
- Ages 0–2
- Ages 10+
Happening near here
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Tamarack Surf Beach, California 92008, USA
Free beach; metered/paid parking
Map
Tides today
Next low tide
2:34 PM
1.3 ft — best for tide pools
Next high tide
9:06 AM
4.9 ft
Predictions from NOAA · La Jolla station
What visitors say
- Andrea Barlow★★★★★
Beautiful day at the beach, Waves still pounding! Incredible week with my family!
2 months ago
- Mark Miller★★★★★
Beautiful beach I used to surf many moons ago. It was a bit wet weather but still beautiful day with my wife. A little further south is some pics of Cardiff State Park just at the beginning of Solana Beach another of my eaelier haunts. Waves were a bit better sets now on high tide. Tamarack was more shorebreak than Cardiff so pics are hard to see.
9 months ago
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