Beachfront Resorts in California
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Beachfront Resorts in California

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The best beachfront resorts in California, destination by destination. Each guide picks the resorts where the beachfront resort is genuinely the draw — with the exact room to book and live prices. Choose where you're headed:

La Jolla Cove beach with palm trees and turquoise water, San Diego, California
San Diego

Best Beachfront Resorts in San Diego (2026)

San Diego markets a lot of hotels as beachfront, but much of the coast runs behind a public boardwalk or a bluff, not flat sand. Here are three confirmed exceptions – no boardwalk, no bluff, no road – from Coronado to La Jolla.

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