Carlsbad California

Size: 42.19 sq. miles    Information:  800-227-5722 

On a clear day, the view from this seawall extends south to La Jolla and north past the Oceanside pier to the sweeping bluffs and mountains of Camp Pendleton.

 

 

Carlsbad seawall is a 3.5 foot-high seawall along 3,504 feet of the beach from Tamarack Surf Beach to Pine Avenue. The barrier includes 3,104 feet of steel sheetpile and 400 feet of rock. Built in 1996 by federal, state and local funds under the Carlsbad Shore Protection Project, it was designed to keep sand from blowing into one of Carlsbad's three lagoons, Agua Hedionda, across the street. Snug Harbor Marina at the lagoon across the highway offers  equipment rentals for jetskiing, sailboarding and waterskiing. 

 

 

The wall also protects Carlsbad Boulevard from coastal flooding on a road which runs along an artificial spit of land separating the lagoon from the ocean and beach. The spit has two openings for water to flow to and from the sea. Without the road, traffic would have to travel around the lagoon.