Exploring San Diego - Swami's Beach and Meditation Gardens

Valentine's day is pretty low-key for Eric and I, especially on years like this where it falls in the middle of the week. However we do love to take advantage of any time we have together by exploring new places. So the weekend after Valentine's day we went to check out Swami's Beach. Apparently it is an internationally known surfing spot.

As with pretty much every beach in San Diego, it was absolutely beautiful.




We hope to try surfing one day while we're still in California.


There were many tide pools, which we always love to check out.




The water was pretty calm. There were a few surfers out, but there weren't many people here. I'm curious if it's this quiet during the summer too - we may have to come here more often when the weather is warmer.


We were almost about to turn back before Eric spotted this random swing on the beach!

I feel like swings and hammocks should be a normal thing on beaches. This was my favorite spot.


I don't know if you can see me in the picture below but Eric wanted to get a picture from out in the water.

Such a beautiful place to spend part of the day. I don't know if there is anything more peaceful or relaxing than being near water.

We heard right next to Swami's Beach were Meditation Gardens that were a must-see. So when we left the beach we walked over to check it out.



They were gorgeous and had so many different types of flowers, trees, cactus, succulents, and tropical plants.


They overlooked the beach we just walked up from.


Truthfully, it was a little crowded and busy to imagine trying to meditate here. But it certainly was beautiful.





There were a lot of secret benches scattered around and if you were lucky, you could find your own little spot to hide away and meditate.




It was such a fun day exploring together. I'll take a day like this over a heart-shaped box of chocolates any time! Living in an area with so many beaches to explore certainly fills my water-loving heart.