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Pacific Beach, San Diego

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Pacific Beach is a neighborhood in San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While formerly largely populated by young people, surfers, and college students, because of rising property and rental costs the population is gradually becoming older and more affluent. "P.B.," as it is known as by local residents, is home to one of San Diego's more developed nightlife scenes, with a great variety of bars, eateries, and clothing stores located along Garnet Avenue and Mission Boulevard.The beachPacific Beach's namesake stretches for miles from the Mission Bay jetty to the cliffs of La Jolla. The boardwalk, officially called Ocean Front Walk/Ocean Boulevard, is a pedestrian walkway that runs approximately 3.2 miles along the beach from the end of Law St. in the north down into Mission Beach, ending at the mouth of Mission Bay in the south. There are numerous local shops, bars, hotels, and restaurants along the boardwalk, and it is generally crowded with pedestrians, cyclists, rollerbladers, and shoppers. Adjacent to the boardwalk is the Crystal Pier, a public pier and hotel at the west end of Garnet Avenue.

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kimberlyk15

Absolutely loved this beach!!! It is huge! If you are there for swimming, be sure to set up between the yellow and black flags. The other sides of the flags are designated for surfing. I must say,the ... more »
schamber23

The beach was nice, but there was some seaweed. Look for any signs as to if the area is a swimming or surfing are. We ended up in the surfing area and had to move quite a distance if we wanted to swim... more »
Smokinboles

Spectacular views made be seen from PB. Parking was never a challenge for us the four times we went but I think we had parking karma going cuz there weren't a lot of close-up places. Several restauran... more »

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