Powerhouse Park & Beach

“Del Mar loves a party! From opening day at the Racetrack, to concerts on balmy summer evenings, this popular park is the place to be. Picture perfect vistas stretch out for miles… Powerhouse Park offers plenty of grass & benches  to  have an impromptu picnic or just relax. I like to practice my Tai Chi here…”    Sensei Sandbag C. Gull

Street parking is crowded and metered, but you can beat the competition by arriving early or planning to walk a little farther from your vehicle.

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Logistics

• Lifeguard services → if any ← varies by season, day, hours, even weather!
• A pay lot is available for parking, in addition to metered street parking
• Public restrooms are located under the stage area at the Powerhouse Community Center, where there is also a shower spigot available
• Powerhouse Park offers a children’s playground
• At all but the highest tides the beach can be walked to Torrey Pines Beach
• Some patchy offshore reefs offer good surf breaks near 15th, 11th, & 7th Streets, as well as at G-Spot (the outlet of a storm drain reached by surfers from an unmarked trail)
• The north area of the beach is popular for swimming & enjoying the sun.  Most leave the southern end to the surfers and joggers (less sand)

Directions

Take Interstate 5 to Del Mar Heights Road and exit west.  Turn right on Camino Del Mar and then left on 15th Street.  Turn right to head north on Coast Boulevard.  Powerhouse Park will be on your left just north of the railroad tracks.