San Diego - Mission Bay

The Mission Bay section of San Diego lies northwest of Downtown and south of La Jolla. With its many small coves Mission Bay, covering some 4,500 acres/1,800 hectares, is a convenient and beautiful holiday resort for the citizens of San Diego. Every conceivable kind of water sport is practiced here and thanks to the constantly warm climate can be enjoyed practically all the year round. The beaches are almost 27mi/43km long; there is also a yacht club, a marina from which you can take steamer trips round the bay, half a dozen luxury hotels for permanent guests, as well as several golf-courses, one of which is even floodlit at night.

If you drive west along the U.S. 5 as far as the exit to East Mission Bay Drive you will