This is a list of lagoons of California in the United States. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Ecology and Conservation a lagoon is "a body of shallow water with access to a larger body (such as the ocean) that is restricted by a coral reef or sandbar." Lagoons in Southern California tend to be estuarine bodies with depths of or less. After more than a century of severe ecological disruption, many of California's lagoons have been targeted for restoration, including San Elijo, Malibu, Colorado, and several others.
A–F Abbotts Lagoon Agua Hedionda LagoonHomburg, Jeffrey & Douglass, John & Reddy, Seetha & Grenda, Donn & Ciolek-Torello, Richard & Altschul, Jeffrey. (2022). People in a Changing Land: The Archaeology and History of the Ballona in Los Angeles, California: Volume 1, Paleoenvironment and Culture History. Page 113 URL=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360474301_People_in_a_Changing_Land_The_Archaeology_and_History_of_the_Ballona_in_Los_Angeles_California_Volume_1_Paleoenvironment_and_Culture_History Aquatic Park (Berkeley) Batiquitos Lagoon Ballona Lagoon Belvedere Lagoon Big Lagoon (California) Bolinas Lagoon Bolsa Bay or Bolsa Chica or Bolsa Chica Lagoon Buena Vista Lagoon Colorado Lagoon Del Rey Lagoon Diablo Canyon or Diablo Canyon Lagoon Drakes Estero Elkhorn Slough Freshwater Lagoon Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area
G–O
Goleta Slough Halcyon Lagoon Humboldt Bay Humboldt Lagoons State Park Las Flores or Las Flores Lagoon Lake Earl Lake Merritt Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Malibu Lagoon Mission Bay (San Diego) Morro Bay or Morro Bay Lagoon Moss Landing Mugu Lagoon Neary Lagoon Newport Bay or Newport Bay Lagoon or Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area Oxford Basin
P–Z
Rodeo Lagoon San Mateo Lagoon Santa Margarita Marsh San Luis Rey or San Luis Rey Lagoon San Elijo Lagoon San Dieguito Lagoon or San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area San Diego Bay or San Diego Bay Lagoon San Elijo Lagoon Stone Lagoon Strawberry Lagoon Tijuana Lagoon or Tijuana River Estuary (see also Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge) Younger Lagoon Reserve
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