These people are playful, but they’re also serious about their food. Once the water has worn you out, walk a block inland to La Jolla Boulevard, where you can get picnic fixings from the upscale Valley Farm Market or take a seat at the Promiscuous Fork.Īnd don’t let the Promiscuous Fork’s name mislead you.
This is also the beach where writer Tom Wolfe encountered emergent Southern California surf culture in 1965 (and described it in his 1968 book “The Pump House Gang”).Ī note on vocabulary: Because the shore break is so abrupt and powerful at Windansea and nearby Marine Street, local bodysurfers like to call their sport “ body whomping.” (Because of that rough surf, this beach is not the best spot for splashing around with the kids.) There’s a beach shack here with a historic plaque (it dates to 1946).
Windansea Beach, at the foot of Nautilus Street, is a combination of sandy beach, curvaceous rock formations, an abrupt shore break for bodysurfers and elegant waves farther out that have been tempting surfers for generations.