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Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath

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A spacious living area with a large sliding glass door leading to an outdoor patio. There are two armchairs and a small round table with a cushion. A wooden coffee table is in the foreground, and a potted plant is on the table.
A modern two-story house with large windows, a balcony, and a well-maintained garden.
A beach with a concrete walkway, a lifeguard tower, and a clear blue sky.
A modern living room with a sofa, chairs, a coffee table, and a TV.
A modern kitchen with a large window, a dining area with a view, and a living area with a fireplace.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire apartment

2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 5893 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Air conditioning
  • Outdoor Space
  • Parking available
  • Barbecue grill

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Carlsbad, CA
  • Place, Carlsbad State Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Tamarack Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Carlsbad Lagoon
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar)
    ‪12 min drive‬

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About the neighborhood

Carlsbad

North Beach stay.Within a 10-minute walk of this North Beach apartment, you'll find Carlsbad State Beach and Tamarack Beach. Carlsbad Lagoon and State Street Farmers Market are also within 2 miles (3 km).
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What's nearby

  • Carlsbad State Beach - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Tamarack Beach - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • New Village Arts Theatre - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Carlsbad Lagoon - 3 min drive - 1.4 miles
  • Holiday Park - 3 min drive - 1.4 miles

Getting around

  • Carlsbad Village Station - 19 min walk
  • Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar) - 14 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Board & Brew - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Coyote Bar & Grill - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Better Buzz Coffee - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Pizza Port Brewing Company - ‬18 min walk

About this property

Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath

Spectacular vacation rental across from the ocean in Carlsbad!!!

2 bedroom / 1 bath suite (900 square feet)

*****There is construction on the upper Carlsbad beach sidewalk until late spring 2026 and then again during the winter and spring of 2027. They are replacing stairways to the beach and widening sidewalks. Nearby access points to the beach are still open and the lower seawall sidewalk on the beach is open. We are happy to confirm details and progress.*****

Just across the street from the sand! Contemporary finishes - commercial stove and convection oven / microwave, forced air heating and air conditioning, patio with natural gas fire pit and grill, 65' Smart TV and super-fast, reliable internet.

There is no carpeting -- just porcelain floors.

The units are fully furnished, and the beach supplies provided.

There are 3 rental options at Seaside.

Rent the main level Dolphin Suite (2 bedroom / 1 Bath) 900 square feet

Rent the 2nd level Pelican Suite (2 Bedroom / 2 Bath) 1,200 square feet

Or combine the 2 Suites and rent the entire residence we call Seaside (4 Bedroom / 3 Bath) 2,100 square feet

Each suite can be completely independent of the other - private locked entrance, private kitchen, private baths and designated patio.

NO SMOKING and NO PETS PERMITTED anywhere on the premises.

Walk 30 seconds to the beach! Walk to restaurants, the charming village shops, the farmers' market and nightlife are all nearby!

Day Trips to: Legoland - San Diego Zoo - Sea World - San Diego Wild Animal Park - Disneyland - La Jolla Cove - casinos - wineries in Temecula

Shop at the Carlsbad Outlet Mall or at The Shoppes at Carlsbad.

Local Museums and Galleries:
Chuao Chocolate, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Museum of Making Music, Leo Carillo Ranch, The Green Dragon, Craftmanship Museum, Oceanside Art Gallery, Oceanside Museum of Art, California Surf Museum, Mission San Luis Rey, Rancho Guajome Adobe

Golf Courses:
The Crossings At Carlsbad Golf Course, Rancho Carlsbad Golf Course, Aviara Golf Club, La Costa Resort and Spa, Torrey Pines Golf Course

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the apartment: WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Dishwasher
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 1 bathroom
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Fireplace

Entertainment

  • TV with cable/satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoking not allowed

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • Unit size: 893 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Remove personal items and remove leftover food and drinks
Lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited. For guests' safety, the property includes a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector in each accommodation.

Property Registration Number BLRE004037-10-2018

Property is also known as

Apartment
Dolphin Suite
Dolphin Main Level (2 bedroom / 1 bath) Carlsbad
Dolphin Main Level (2 bedroom / 1 bath) Apartment
Dolphin Main Level (2 bedroom / 1 bath) Apartment Carlsbad
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Frequently asked questions

How close is Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath to the airport?

This apartment is 6.1 mi (14-min drive) away from the Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

Does Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at this apartment.

How close is Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath to the beach?

This apartment is a short 6-minute walk from Carlsbad State Beach and 6-minute walk from Tamarack Beach. Don't forget your sunscreen!

Does Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath offer free breakfast?

This apartment does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath?

No, there is no casino at this apartment, but Ocean's Eleven Casino (7-min drive) is nearby.

What time is check-in at Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

Is there free parking at Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath?

Free parking is not available at this apartment.

Does Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath have a pool?

This apartment does not have a pool.

Does Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this apartment.

How close is Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath to downtown Carlsbad?

This apartment is 0.6 mi away from Carlsbad.

Dolphin Main Level - 2 bedroom / 1 bath Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 18 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 0 out of 18 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 18 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 18 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 18 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Perfect location, perfect accommodations, excellent host!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

The room was great. We could sit and just look at the ocean or cross the street to walk by it.

This room was one of the best I've stayed at in Carlsbad. Great location and beautiful scenery. The road is close but so is the ocean. We will stay again
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing

The home is in the perfect location , close to shopping, beach and the view is amazing. Enjoy our 4 days of relaxation and connection for our family. Thank you for making it so comfortable
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Great Location, better than advertised.

The pics of this one don't do it justice. Well located, perfectly clean, new feeling, easy parking, privacy from neighbors. Nothing negative to say abou the home nor the management staff. ALL GOOD!
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Prime location

Great location and amenities. Love the view from the patio and the sound of waves. Fire pit was very nice to gather around at night. Garage is long and would fit a truck. Looking forward to our next visit.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

You won’t find better than this.

We’ve been renting vacation properties for many years — VRBO and others. This is the best of them. The location and amenities are extraordinary. BUT the house itself is fabulous. Sitting out front around the gas fire pit. Spreading out around the table. Sitting on the couch and watching the fun outside. Seeing the ocean at all time. Just across from the beach AND the beach walk. And you will never get better instructions and directions. It’s a perfect 10. Hard to leave such beauty. Hope we can return someday.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing time in Carlsbad

My wife and I spent 2 weeks at this nice property. The location is great with easy access to the village and beach. We watched the sunset from the patio every night. The beds and linens are very comfortable. The kitchen is well supplied with most utensils. My one complaint was the knifes were dull but that is true about every short term rental I have ever been in. The garage is a nice convenience. It was also stocked with bikes and all the beach stuff you will need for a great day on the beach.
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Location Location Location

Couldn’t beat the location of this property. In the heart of the village in Carlsbad. I felt like we had our own private entrance to the beach which was great.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great week

We had a great week in Carlsbad. The house is in the perfect location to get to the beach quickly and easily. Beds are comfortable. Kitchen was well stocked. The fire pits are a great touch to spend more time outside. We used the cruisers to ride around in Carlsbad and Oceanside. During the day it does get a little loud with the 101 right out front but the nights are so nice. Great house, we hope to stay again!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun property with great Beach access!

Great house with everything you need. Beach access so close, fun “people watching” location. We could walk to the village and beach which is why I liked this spot. Loved having access to the chairs and umbrellas and biggie boards Also. Comfortable beds- and the AC was amazing on this especially HOT weekend. Not sure we could have survived without it!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A great stay!

This was a great property in a prime location. Our family enjoyed it! The proximity to Legoland and to the beach made it ideal with 2 toddlers.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect getaway

This place was just amazing. The beds were comfy, and you are steps away from the beach. We truly felt like we were in a place of luxury. Anything we needed for an enjoyable beach vacation was taken care of... towels, beach toys, beach chairs and umbrellas. There were even bikes to ride. Just bring your suit and you’ll be ready for a fun vacation.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Wonderful location, amazing beach, and great beds and pillows!

We thoroughly enjoyed our time here! Pros: Crosswalk located at the house and then just down the steps you go right on to the beach! Beach is amazing although it was a bit too cold to go boogie boarding, there are great waves for that! Super comfortable beds and pillows. They have 4 bikes to share for both units and bogie boards and great sand toys for the kids. You can walk to the village and it was an enjoyable walk either through the neighborhood or ocean sidewalk. The firepit and BBQ grill were a nice amenity. Customer service is very responsive and pleasant. Cons: No oven. Very busy street so you need to be careful if you have young children and they can wander out the small gate easily from the patio. I would have felt more secure with my 2 young boys in the upstairs Pelican suite where they couldn't leave when outside. The street is noisy. Unit is very clean, except some of the walls could use a cleaning and I did find a dead bug in between the mixing bowls (granted they probably don't get used very often so perhaps ask cleaning crew to look at that every so often). But overall it is a wonderful location that we would love to visit again! Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

This property is fantastic and the location CAN NOT be beat.

The place is fantastic. Some will say that it's noisy (its loud during the day), but it's right next to the water. RIGHT next to the water. Just like you want to be next to the water, so does everybody else! People like to drive next to it, run next to it, bike next to it, and walk next to it. We found that "people parade" to be amazing from sun up to sun down! The very best thing about the property is that you're LITERALLY right across the street from the access steps to the beach. Coincidentally, it's at a crosswalk making it instant any time you want to get across the street to those beach access steps. Many have written about the location for this particular facility and you really can't say enough about the proximity. But I didn't see a lot of people talking about the readiness of the property though. This property has nice beach chairs, nice bikes, and nice beach "stuff"! But what it also has is great inside family stuff. We brought a crock-pot, and a blender with us in hopes of eating a bit healthier...both of those things were already there, along with EVERYTHING you need. We'll travel much lighter when we return to this property, and we plan to! Now we know all we have to do is get there. The management team was very responsive to us at every point of this process, leading up to, during, and after the rental of the property. They were so very professional! This group has anticipated your needs and really put some "brainstorm like" thought into what you need and where you need it! Little things, like skewers for s'mores... like a hook to hold the door EXACTLY where you need it to unload the car (from your private garage!). A place to privately shower off after the beach, then quickly "sneak" inside (without being seen). I can't say enough good things! It's set the bar so high for our family that I'm wondering if we can ever go anywhere else....seriously! The door that opens to the patio is indeed as awesome as it looks! So I'm completely fair I'll try to come up with some constructive criticism . I thought the pull down curtains (they're there...not pictured) could be a bit thicker for evening privacy....but their perfect during the day though....so it's tough for me to even criticize that. It's a fantastic property, it really is!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Loved this bright and airy space with modern touches, located just across the street from the beach.

Our family of 4 had a very enjoyable vacation at this property. We really appreciated all of the extra details, like beach towels to borrow and even a creativity box and games in the closet for bored kids. Being able to walk across the street to the beach made for a stress free vacation with young kids - no need to worry about staying all day, we just walked home for naps and then back again in the afternoon! We were able to visit the Oceanside pier, Carlsbad tide pools, and see the sea lions at La Jolla Cove. Our only tips would be to bring earplugs or white noise since the house borders a busy street. Also, the bedrooms have sun screens but no curtains, so bring a sleep mask if you’re light sensitive. We loved this location and this well cared for property and have plans to return soon!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Fabulous vacation rental

We recently stayed in the Dolphin suite with three of our children and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The location is fabulous with the beach right across the street. The unit was very clean and well equipped with everything we needed. It has an impressive patio with a great outdoor fire which we enjoyed daily. It had all the details that make your stay comfortable such as cozy duvets on the beds that smelled delicious to the shower that had the best water pressure ever! Our kids used the surfboard and boogie boards every day. We were also lucky enough to catch the Carlsbad 5000 which is a series of 5k races that ran right outside our door. The location is central to everything you could ask for. We would love to visit again.
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2018
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Relaxing. Refreshing. Peaceful. Perfect

This place is just one of the very best in town. First, the management is so attentive to detail and so kind. Missy met us at the venue and gave a tour of the space. She made sure we knew all the details. They provide a great notebook with everything you would need to know to manage the beach house. A very nice touch with a welcome bag & bottle of wine also! The branding for their management company is so cute and you see throughout the space, including the embroidered bathrobes! You will not find many rentals like this! Here are some highlights! AC that works very well, new appliances, full size washer/dryer, every beach toy, board, chair, umbrella, towel, bike, you would ever need for your retreat. It's the little touches that are great too, offering plenty of paper towel, TP, laundry detergent, dish soap, sponges, coffee filters, cooking seasoning, BBQ grill, welcome bag, notebook with area ideas, easy to use tech/wifi, Smart TVs, plenty of floor fans (which are good to block the street noise), the view from the deck is pretty awesome, you are on a street with direct beach access (very convenient), complete keyless entry making it very nice for going to the beach, fire pit on patio (even though we did not use, they look beautiful), You can book both units for a larger family which would be lovely, the garage was a great size for 2 large SUV's and still room in the driveway remaining and probably more I am forgetting. There are only a few drawbacks because it's only fair to mention - but seriously, this is a PERFECT retreat location! It's quite modern, so bedrooms are only separated by very thick sliding doors so no way to lock if you were with others and the location on the street is a bit loud on the weekend with street traffic if you have the doors open (which you will). You don't want to miss this place & the staff that manage it. We were celebrating our 20th Anniversary and let me just say - they went WAY OVER THE TOP to make this an extra special time for my husband and I. We have never had a company be so generous. This place will not disappoint. Enjoy~
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

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