Black's Beach

Black's Beach is Southern California's power center—a world-class beach break where Scripps Canyon focuses and amplifies swell energy to produce some of the heaviest waves on the West Coast. The deep submarine canyon offshore acts like a lens, concentrating wave energy and creating peaks that tower over typical beach breaks. Access requires a 300-foot cliff descent that filters out casual visitors, leaving the lineup to committed surfers willing to earn their waves. The nude beach above and the unrelenting power below combine to create one of California's most unique surf experiences.