Dolphin Cove Motel “ON THE BEACH” originally the Sea Wall Motel was built in 1938. Dolphin Cove Motel is the first motel ever in Pismo Beach and the one of the first five in the world. Dolphin Cove Motel has premier real estate on the sea wall on the with access to miles of beach just steps away pier and many amenities downtown to choose from. Dolphin Cove Motel has a nostalgia about it. Old to to new ambiance with an island tone you can sit beach side, watching and hearing the waves crash. We had a guest who told us his grandparents brought him here when he was 10 yrs old and this guest is now in his eighties. Many celebrities have stayed with us. the most famous one is Bugs Bunny’ bugs was here in 1957 when he made a wrong turn in Albuquerque and ended up in Pismo Beach California.