Point Loma is a seaside neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town and the north by the San Diego River. Along with North Island and the Silver Strand, Point Loma separates the San Diego Bay from the Pacific Ocean. Point Loma has an estimated population of 45,887 (including Ocean Beach).

Perhaps the best known landmark in Point Loma is the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, perched atop the southern point that creates the entrance of the bay with Coronado, the small, two story lighthouse was completed in 1854 and first lit on November 15, 1855.

Another one of Point Loma's well known landmarks is the Cabrillo National Monument, named after Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing in the service of Spain, the first European explorer to see San Diego Bay.