Oceanside - 2018-2019

I T INERA RI E S

KIDS
Beachy Keen

Get the whole gang in flip-flops and take the strollers, skateboards, and unicycles to the beach. Your clan can build (and destroy)

sandcastles, surf some of the most consistent waves in California, and test the limits of your sunscreen supply until it’s time for s’mores and spooky stories by the light of a beach bonfire.

Surrey Up

Bust out your matching yellow jerseys! Kids and the young at heart will all want to burn rubber— or at least some excess energy— with a surrey ride along The Strand. Only one person needs to steer these multi-rider cycles, so there’s no worrying about little ones straying off course.

Training Season

Whether your little ones are just curious or completely loco for locomotives, they’ll have a blast at the North County Model Railroad Museum’s weekly Trains for Kids event, when the resident adult volunteers hand over the controls and let kids run the roundhouse.

Shred the Mar

Endless waves and three miles of primo beaches make Oceanside the “North Shore” of San Diego, and the surf lifestyle is what makes wet hair and board shorts an appropriate citywide dress code. It’s never too early—or too late—to learn to rip. Surf lessons and weekly summer camps can help you get gnarly.

Whale All Right

Sidle up to blue and gray whales, dolphins, and sea lions. Trips leave daily from Oceanside Harbor year-round, narrated by an expert captain who’ll get you close enough to gaze into their eyes and give each one a goofy name.

Hey there, Rupert!

Save Room for Museums

There’s plenty of sunshine and beach time to go around, so you have no reason not to get a dose of arts, culture, and nature at Buena Vista Audubon Society Nature Center, California Surf Museum, Mission San Luis Rey, and Oceanside Museum of Art.