Cabrillo National Monument
1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive
San Diego, CA 92106-3601

Phone: 619-557-5450

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Iberian explorer who claimed this coast for Spain in 1542, is memorialized here. Gray whales migrate offshore during the winter. Old Point Loma Lighthouse is restored to its most active period--the 1880s. Remnants of World War II coastal defense batteries dot the landscape. Intertidal habitats are among the most sensitive in the world.