Lagoons of California

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 2 m 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 Lagoon
 * 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