Vets in Encinitas, CA
🚨 Emergency care14 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 2026-09-26
285 North El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Hours: Mo-Th 07:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1034 N El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
434 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
380 N El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1991 Village Park Way Ste 204a, Encinitas, CA 92024-1997
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7668 El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92009-7932
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
301 Santa Fe Dr # A, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
195 N El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
149 S El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
435 Carmel Creeper Pl, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
453 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas, CA 92024
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
222 N Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA 92024-3254
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
- VCA Emergency Animal Hospital & Referral Center — San Diego, ~19 miles away, roughly a 26 min drive
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.
What vets in Encinitas say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 5 of the 14 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Payment plans or financing (1)
- La Costa Animal Hospital
- Boarding (1)
- The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
- Grooming (2)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Vetco Total Care Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Encinitas Animal Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
- Cardiology (1)
- The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
- Dermatology (1)
- The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (2)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Encinitas Animal Hospital
- AAHA-accredited (3)
- Encinitas Animal Hospital, La Costa Animal Hospital, The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
- Cat Friendly Practice (2)
- La Costa Animal Hospital, The Drake Center for Veterinary Care
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.