Changing Rock Formations - and The Eastern Sea Cliff
The waters within La Jolla Shores are all part of an Ecological Reserve, also home to the La Jolla Sea Caves.
Arch Cave is accessible most of the summer months. This sea cave also serves as a safety marker, as it illustrates the middle of cliff side. The portion of the Cliffside to the east of Arch Cave is usually inaccessible, and often dangerous. This portion includes White Lady, Little Sister, and Shopping Carts. Visit our other pages to read more about these treacherous caves.
The Arch cave obviously gets its’ name from the bow of the rock formation that had eroded over time. The eastern part of the cave has as sandy entry point, on calm water days this can easily be turned into a secluded hideaway, just make sure you’ve looked at the tide chart. The cave itself isn’t too deep, so we can only paddle around the arch on certain days, but we generally don’t focus on the eastern caves on our tour.
We concentrate on the three western caves during on our kayak tour. Entering the caves are forbidden, and only allowed with the accompaniment of a tour guide. If you would like to enter the caves, we invite you to join our guided tour. Reservations are required; however, we do offer a discount for advance reservations. The guided Tour is two hour in duration. No experience is necessary; however, we do require ages 6+ and you must have general water experience, like swimming.
We invite you to kayak the caves of La Jolla with one of our stable sit-on-top ocean kayaks. Kaykaing in La Jolla Shores is fun for all ages, and no experience is neccissary for or kayak rentals or tours of the La Jolla Cove. We do ask all kayak rentals to stay clear of the 7 caves; however, if you would like to enter the sea caves we have multiple tour times everyday. Please join one of our guided Tour of the 7 Caves to enter. The seven sea caves of La Jolla have quite a history, and is a focal point of interest for many visitors and locals to the San Diego area. The La Jolla Caves sits within the ecological reserve of La Jolla shores and the nearby La Jolla Cove.
The waters within La Jolla Shores are all part of an Ecological Reserve that is protected by law. This Underwater Ecological Reserve prohibits the removal of any archeological artifacts or any marine life, sea creatures, mollusks, fish, etc. Lobster trapping is allowed by permit only during the lobster-trapping season from October to March. Local La Jolla restaurants will advertise local lobster on their menus due to these spiny lobster in the kelp beds and Ecological Reserve. This lobster-trapping reference lends the name to the sea cave, Shopping Cart, as this limited “shopping” for lobster is very strictly monitored by the Fish & Game Department.
The best way to witness these spectacular naturally formed sea caves is to do so by kayaking La Jolla . Make reservations for our La Jolla Sea Caves Kayak Tour to witness this spectacular scenery.
Kayak the 7 Caves - La Jolla Kayaking Tour
Our La Jolla Cave Tours in La Jolla Shores 
leave multiple times a day; however, reservations are needed. We invite you to Kayak San Diego with our La Jolla kayak tour of the Seven Sea Caves of La Jolla.
CALL TO RESERVE YOUR TOUR
Tours are available year-round (weather permitting) at:
9 am, 10am, 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and at sunset.
