OCEAN BEACH PIER
The OB Pier is over 50 years old. Plans are under way for repairs and the public is hopeful that this much loved destination will be open again in the future.
The pier celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 2, 2016: OB Pier 50th Anniversary Celebration | Ocean Beach San Diego CA | News. The iconic pier opened on July 2, 1966.
SUNSET CLIFFS NATURAL PARK
At the southern most area of the Ocean Beach map is the start of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park. Sunset Cliffs has been a stretch of dramatic towering cliffs and beautiful scenery since the ocean, Earth, and the California coastline created them. The park begins less than one block south of Point Loma Ave. at the foot of Adair St.
The border between Ocean Beach and Point Loma is drawn down the middle of Adair St. In fact - one side of Adair St. is in OB, and one side of Adair St. is in Point Loma. This border coincides with the start of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park.
The parkland consists of 68 acres along the Pacific Ocean. The area was dedicated as Sunset Cliffs Natural Park in 1983. In this photo you can see what locals call No Surf (between Guizot and Hill St.). And the large chunk of cliff standing alone in the middle of ocean? That's what locals call Bird Shit Rock.
SUNSET CLIFFS NATURAL PARK... Erosion and Collapse
This area is prone to erosion, drainage issues, and collapse. There have even been fatalities in the San Diego area as a result of cliff collapse. Running along the entire stretch of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
August 2024 has seen the City of San Diego redesign and move a portion of Sunset Cliffs Blvd. due to coastal erosion: Eroding bluffs threaten portion of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, prompting repairs – NBC 7 San Diego (nbcsandiego.com).
In 1988, the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Recreation Council was chartered by the San Diego Park and Recreation Board as the officially recognized advisory group for Sunset Cliffs Natural Park. The council has changed leadership and names over the past decades and an extensive drainage and erosion study was conducted previously about ten years ago and was funded by the City of San Diego. That study appears to be ancient history already and is in the process of being replaced by the City of San Diego's Coastal Resilience Master Plan.
Some of us aren't sure what the official definition of Environmentally Sensitive Land is these days.
Photo in The OB Rag (August 6, 2024): City Crews Working on Small Section of Sunset Cliffs Erosion — Portion of Street Closed Every Day This Week (obrag.org).