Attraction

Every Wednesday, 4-8 pm on the 4900 block of Newport Ave. between Cable and Bacon Streets in Ocean Beach. The Ocean Beach Farmers Market will look a bit different. Think of it as a fresh-air grocery store with a focus on fresh fruits, vegetables, spreads, baked goods, honey, kombucha, flowers, and more! There will be a handful of artisan food vendors who will provide to-go food, which you may take home to enjoy.

The Original Dog Beach In San Diego, CA is nationally famous and one of the first official leash-free beaches in the United States. It is a landmark in the community of Ocean Beach at the end of I-8 at the mouth of the San Diego River. Dog Beach is a special place where people and pets, beach lovers and surfers celebrate the spirit of Ocean Beach, California, one of southern California's last true beach towns.

Dedicated in 1983, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is a 68-acre City of San Diego regional park which extends 1½ miles along the Point Loma peninsula's western shoreline. This unique coastal environment features expansive ocean views, dramatic cliff formations and caves, a fascinating intertidal area, and native coastal sage scrub habitat, which provides connectivity to the adjacent Point Loma Ecological Reserve. Sunset Cliffs has long served as an attraction for San Diego residents as well as national and international visitors.

Located along the San Diego River, Robb Field Athletic Field is a great place for the entire family to enjoy the day. Complete with an Adult Fitness Club, two lighted outdoor basketball courts, eight softball fields (one lighted), five unlighted multipurpose fields, twelve lighted tennis courts, four lighted outdoor handball courts, one tennis practice wall, one sand tiny tot playground area, picnic area, permanent rugby goals, portable soccer goals, skateboard park, one meeting room, recycle bins and much more. Robb Field also offers the City's first Skateboard Park which opened in 2000.

Located between Nimitz Blvd. and Sunset Cliffs Blvd., Dusty Rhodes park is a great place for the entire family to enjoy the day. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes intended this land as a place for family and friends can gather to enjoy a nice day on the grass. Here you will find no structures, courts or designated fields for predetermined activities. Instead, you are simply welcome to enjoy the great outdoors, fly a kite or watch your children play at the playground. The gazebo may be used for birthday parties and family events as well and is located near the restrooms for your convenience.

Long before the advent of online social networking, people were connecting through community art and, in the process, giving neighborhoods a sense of history and identity. In Ocean Beach, community murals located on buildings around the neighborhood capture the essence of the seaside town. Defining and engaging, mural themes range from surfing to cars and flag-waiving Americana.

Located on the military base at the southern tip of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse (built in 1855) served as a beacon for sailors for centuries, and today serves as a link to our past.

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years. At dusk on November 15, 1855, the light keeper climbed the winding stairs and lit the light for the first time. What seemed to be a good location 422 feet above sea level, however, had a serious flaw. Fog and low clouds often obscured the light.

On March 23, 1891, the light was extinguished and the keeper moved to a new lighthouse location closer to the water at the tip of the Point.

While the pier is closed, the tidepools below are open to the public and teeming with sea life due to all the pelicans and seagulls that have taken up residence on the pier. You can still get a good view from the entrance of the pier by walking up the stairs from the seawall off of Newport Avenue or from Niagara Avenue, where you can walk to the gate that reads "Ocean Beach Fishing Pier". This is also a great opportunity to capture photos of the pelicans.