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Located north of La Jolla and south of Del Mar near San Diego, Torrey Pines Beach is a popular beach surrounded by a scenic landscape caused by coastal erosion from the nearby Torrey Pines State Reserve.
The beach is very popular with local surfers. Above the beach looms a 300-foot-high limestone cliff. The beach is famous for its occasional bioluminescence. Curiously, during the day the waves glow red while at night they are blue.
A greenish glow can sometimes be observed at the bottom of the sandstone cliff as it plunges into the water. The cliffs end at the northern end of the beach, where the salt marsh estuary known as Los Peñasquitos Lagoon spills into the ocean.
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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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