{"id":186606,"date":"2026-02-20T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186606\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:39:08","slug":"san-diegos-la-jolla-cove-named-best-beach-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186606\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego&#8217;s La Jolla Cove named best beach in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Diego-area hot spot for catching rays and waves has been named the best beach in America, as well one of the tops across the global.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/TravelersChoice-Beaches-cUnitedStates-g191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Travel site TripAdvisor named<\/a> La Jolla Cove the No. 1 beach in the US over several picturesque locales in Hawaiia and Florida beaches.<\/p>\n<p>A sunny late afternoon at La Jolla Cove beach outside San Diego, California. ronniechua \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>La Jolla Cove is situated about 13 miles outside of San Diego proper and is known for its barking sea lions, rocky cliffs and pristine water. Parts of the cove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/lifeguards\/beaches\/cove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">are ideal for snorkeling<\/a> during the summer months.<\/p>\n<p>The cove is part of a protected marine reserve, and visitors occasionally get too close to the sea lions to take selfies, which the city advises against.<\/p>\n<p>A clear morning at La Jolla Cove. Ann Collins\/Danita Delimont \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The rankings were determined by global TripAdvisor reviews between Nov. 30, 2024, and Dec. 1, 2025. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Florida and Hawaii each boasted four beaches in the top 10. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>TripAdvisor ranked the list based on beaches that receive a \u201chigh volume of above-and-beyond reviews and opinions\u201d from users over a year-long period,\u2019 adding that fewer than 1% achieve the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings were determined by global TripAdvisor reviews between Nov. 30, 2024, and Dec. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>La Jolla Cove also ranked highly among beaches around the world, landing in the No. 7 spot over sandy havens in Italy, Australia and South Africa. Mexico\u2019s Isla Pasion topped the global list.<\/p>\n<p>An aerial view of La Jolla Cove. teresa \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Two Los Angeles beaches landed on the US rankings, with Santa Monica State Beach coming in at No. 9 and Venice Beach at No. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Florida and Hawaii each boasted four beaches in the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Diego-area hot spot for catching rays and waves has been named the best beach in America,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1785,7,21448,4182,74,76,75,3586],"class_list":["post-186606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-beaches","tag-california","tag-holiday-travel","tag-metro","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}