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Breakers Beach

Breakers Beach from directly overhead

Breakers Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of -2 m. Otay Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
military

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68682, -117.21002

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: 1.9 mi
  • "Tunaman's Memorial": 2.0 mi
  • "Bubble Bath": 2.0 mi
  • The Girl in Red Shoes: 2.0 mi
  • Pacific Spirit: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 40
Gardens: 38
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Point Loma: 2.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 3.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 3.8 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Dog Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 14.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Breakers Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Otay MountainESE 107°1,067 m22.2 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 79°840 m23.9 mi
Iron MountainNE 37°818 m24.6 mi
San Miguel MountainE 88°782 m15.9 mi
McGinty MountainE 80°701 m21.9 mi
Peak 2266NE 51°690.6 m24.9 mi
Peak 2245NE 35°684 m24.9 mi
White Cross PeakESE 114°539 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, under a mile away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station San Diego, Quarantine Station, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/992080796

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