KND GUIDES — SAN DIEGO
San Diego Beaches, North to South
KND's San Diego Beaches Tee prints seventeen beaches down the back, one line at a time between rows of waves. Its page calls it a checklist of the San Diego coast, from Imperial Beach in the south to Oceanside in the north. This guide puts the same seventeen names in north-to-south order, with the area each one belongs to, so you can read the coast as a route instead of a set of rows.
The seventeen beaches, north to south
The order and the areas follow Wikipedia's List of beaches in San Diego County, which states that its beaches are listed from north to south. The beach names are exactly the ones printed on the tee.
| # | Beach | Area | KND link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oceanside | North County | |
| 2 | Carlsbad | North County | |
| 3 | Encinitas | North County | Swami's Surf Tee (Swami's, Encinitas) |
| 4 | Cardiff | North County | Cardiff Reef Surf Tee (Cardiff-by-the-Sea) |
| 5 | Solana Beach | North County | |
| 6 | Del Mar | North County | |
| 7 | Torrey Pines | City of San Diego | |
| 8 | Black's Beach | La Jolla | Black's Beach Surf Tee (beneath the Torrey Pines cliffs) |
| 9 | La Jolla Shores | La Jolla | |
| 10 | La Jolla Cove | La Jolla | |
| 11 | Windansea | La Jolla | |
| 12 | Pacific Beach | City of San Diego | |
| 13 | Mission Beach | City of San Diego | |
| 14 | Ocean Beach | City of San Diego | |
| 15 | Sunset Cliffs | City of San Diego | |
| 16 | Coronado | Coronado and South Bay | |
| 17 | Imperial Beach | Coronado and South Bay |
Torrey Pines needs a note. The tee prints "Torrey Pines" without saying which beach it means, and Wikipedia lists two, Torrey Pines State Beach and Torrey Pines City Beach, so this guide leaves the name as printed.
How the tee prints them
The back print runs in a different order from the list above. Under a tall navy "SAN DIEGO BEACHES" headline and an orange sun over the water, the names sit in four rows between lines of waves, with "KND BREAK" at the foot:
- Torrey Pines · Black's Beach · La Jolla Shores · La Jolla Cove
- Windansea · Pacific Beach · Mission Beach · Ocean Beach
- Sunset Cliffs · Coronado · Imperial Beach · Del Mar
- Solana Beach · Cardiff · Encinitas · Carlsbad · Oceanside
A small version of the badge sits on the left chest at the front.
Three of the beaches are Break Series tees too
KND's Break Series names tees for real surf breaks: Swami's in Encinitas, Cardiff Reef in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Black's beneath the Torrey Pines cliffs in La Jolla, and Trestles at San Clemente. The first three sit in places that are also on the San Diego Beaches Tee. Each Break Series tee carries map coordinates and a 400 gsm boxy cotton body; the San Diego Beaches Tee is a 300 gsm oversized tee. The San Diego Beaches Tee and the Swami's, Black's Beach and Cardiff Reef tees are all in the San Diego T-Shirts collection.
About the tee
- 100% cotton, 300 g/m² (8.8 oz/yd²), which the page describes as heavyweight, holding its shape with a wide, relaxed drape
- Oversized fit, drop shoulder, round neck, short sleeve
- Back graphic and a small front chest mark
- Colours: Sky Blue, White, Apricot. Unisex sizes S–2XL
The page's fit note is that the tee is cut oversized with dropped shoulders. To wear it like a regular tee, size down; for the full relaxed look, take your usual size. At size L the page lists a 29.53 in / 75 cm length, a 22.05 in / 56 cm shoulder, a 23.23 in / 59 cm chest (measured pit to pit) and a 9.06 in / 23 cm sleeve, laid flat. For what 300 gsm feels like next to other KND weights, see the t-shirt gsm guide, and for how every chart is measured, the size guide.
How many of the seventeen have you surfed, swum or watched the sun go down from? Shop the San Diego Beaches Tee or the rest of the San Diego T-Shirts.
