Tidepools in Los Angeles to San Diego shoreline

[bikerdave]

My niece and her young children, 6 and 9, will be visiting me in S.Cal (e.g., Disneyland, Sea World, etc) next summer in June. We'll be travelling between Los Angeles and San Diego. I'd like to bring them to an easily accessible yet interesting tide pool area for an hour or 2. I'm from the SF Bay area and unfamiliar with the S.Cal shoreline. Can anyone provide some specific locations? Also, note if they are ONLY good at low tide, or if OK otherwise too.

Another question: As I recall June is one of the better months for whale watch trips to spot Blue whales in the Santa Barbara / Ventura area. Is this also true in the Los Angeles or San Diego area?

Thanks so much!

 

[diversteve]

Here's a list for San Diego and slightly north. SDNHM - Places to Explore Tide Pools

 

[bikerdave]

diversteve: Very helpful - thank you!

 

[Lopez116]

Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna/Corona Del Mar is pretty good. http://www.crystalcovestatepark.com

Dana Point tidepools are nice too and you can visit the Ocean Institute while there.
http://www.funorangecountyparks.com/2013/01/dana-point-tidepools-marine-protected-conservation.html


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[ScubaNoey]

About a 30 minute drive from Disneyland is Shaw's Cove in Laguna Beach (989 Cliff Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651) for nice tide pools. Whale watching trips go out of Newport Beach Whale Watching off Southern California from California Whale Watching Capital In Newport Harbor-Newport Beach Cruises or Dana Point. Dana Point Whale Watching in Orange County, Dolphin Cruise, Southern California Whale Migration, Whale Cruise in Dana Point, CA

 

[Vegan Shark]

Sea World

Not to be an ass and butt in, but I just watched Blackfish so feel I gotta say something Why not wait 'til they're scuba-ready, then take them to see real orcas, rather than the depressed captive ones? Now that would be the adventure of a lifetime

 

[Lopez116]

I saw Blackfish too. Sea Workd sucks


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