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Blacks Beach

By Betsy Malloy, About.com

Blacks Beach Trail

Blacks Beach Trail

© Betsy Malloy 2001
Black's Beach, America's most popular, is still an active nudist site in the state-owned portion. If visit, do your part to keep it that way by respecting the boundary signs and covering up if you're going beyond them.
Cautions:
Nudity bans are enforced on the south end in the city-owned portion of Black's Beach ($135 fine)

Shuffle your feet in the water to avoid stingray injury

Location:
La Jolla, San Diego County
Description:
  • Black's Beach is topped by 300-foot high sandstone cliffs
  • Two miles long and as wide as 60 feet
  • There have been some reports of sex on the sand
  • Hang gliders and remote control airplanes nearby
Who's at Blacks Beach:
Attendance at Black's Beach can top 10,000
Blacks Beach Facilities:
None
Blacks Beach Activities:
Surfing, snorkeling, boogie boarding, jogging, volley ball, tidepooling and swimming"
Getting to Blacks Beach:
Black's' Beach Map and Driving Directions
Blacks Beach Rating:
See what others think.

Laws regarding nudity at the naturist beach vary by location and fines are stiff in some places. I have made every effort to provide accurate information, but the responsibility for knowing the law at Blacks Beach is yours.

Nude or naturist beach neophytes, please be respectful of others and read the Nude Beach and Topless Beach Etiquette guidelines before you go to a nude beach and check the nudity laws too.

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