Vets in Encinitas, CA
🚨 Emergency care4 vet clinics in Encinitas — including 2 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Papaya Veterinary Emergency - Encinitas
485 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Veterinary Emergency Group
260 North El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Verified 2026-07-27
285 North El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Hours: Mo-Th 07:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Encinitas, CA
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Encinitas
2 practices in Encinitas post 24-hour hours and 2 offer emergency services — call before setting off; overnight staffing changes and full ICUs divert cases.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Encinitas
- Veterinary Specialty Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, ~10 miles away, roughly a 19 min drive, open 24h
- Urgent Care Pet Clinic — San Diego, ~12 miles away, roughly a 23 min drive
- Stitch Veterinary Urgent Care and Surgery — San Diego, ~13 miles away, roughly a 23 min drive
- Veterinary Emergency Group - San Diego — San Diego, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Encinitas; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.