Scenes From Shell Beach In La Jolla - 4 © Long Sleeve T-Shirt

Shell Beach is a small beach in La Jolla, which is a community of San Diego in California. The beach can be accessed via a flight of concrete steps that start at the south end of Ellen Browning Scripps Park (you can see my images of Scripps Pier in this portfolio ). Shell beach is located immediately north of Children's Pool Beach, south of Boomer Beach, and also south of La Jolla Cove. During extreme low tides, the southern end of Shell Beach has an interesting tidepool-like area, with many marine creatures visible. Because of the presence of reef structures and rip currents that can be hazardous to scuba divers, the San Diego Council of Divers provides a "Rocks, Rips and Reefs" tour for the area. Visible to the south a short distan...