Swami’s Beach – Encinitas, North County San Diego Pacific Ocean Surf Beach Adventure

October 23, 2024 • beach • california • Coast • Nature • North County San Diego • Ocean • Pacific Ocean • san diego • Southern California • Surf • Surf Culture • Surfing • travel

Swami’s Beach – Encinitas, North County San Diego Pacific Ocean Classic Surf Spot

Swami’s Beach in Encinitas, California is an old-school surf spot in North County San Diego, known for its eclectic, bohemian vibe that feels like something out of the 1960s. It’s even referenced in a Beach Boy song!

While we wait for the coastal inversion to burn off, let’s head up the coast to Encinitas to check out a local North County surf spot called Swami’s Beach. Swami's Beach is named after Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, who was an Indian monk, yogi, and guru who moved to Encinitas in the 1930s. In 1937 he built the Self-Realization Fellowship on the bluffs overlooking Swami's Reef, the name of the surf break off-shore.

What an incredible place to build a spiritual meditation retreat, it certainly inspires a zen mindset. This is different than Black’s Beach in that Palms and vegetation are growing right along the cliff-face, but it is the same in that the cliffs are clearly eroding away. Here at least, we have some maintained, concrete stairs leading down to the beach.

It’s fun to break away from the tourist zone and check out a place that’s under the radar and more frequented by locals. Dozens of surfers are waiting for their lucky wave at Swami’s Reef. It’s a beautiful little sliver of beach down here, very much harking back to the days of old North County’s formerly more eclectic and bohemian surf vibe. There’s still a lot of that up here in North County, but this is a very much luxurious and competitively sought-after place to live these days. Nevertheless it hasn’t lost it’s charm by any means, and if you know where to look, that wonderful, relaxed, creative vibe is certainly still here.

It’s been an incredible day on the coast here in Torrey Pines and La Jolla, and I’m so glad that we were able to explore my favorite beach together. You can enjoy my series: Torrey Pines – La Jolla, California – San Diego Pacific Ocean Beach Adventure, full length, 3 glorious days on the North County coast, and experience all of the different moods and landscapes from the ever-changing interplay between the coastal inversion and sunlight.

Full Length Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLyySza85jA

Thank you so much for joining me for this adventure in my favorite beach town on the west coast, the gem of the San Diego coastline, La Jolla, California. It means the world to me to be able to share my treasured slice of heaven in the summer heat with you, and thank you so much for watching, upvoting, commenting, and subscribing.

All the best,

William Z. Brennan & Desert Mountain Apothecary

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