i want to know what beach is the nicest and has best waters. also what fireworks displays and which beach has the best ones. been to san diego plenty of times but i always just go to mission beach cause thats all i know how to get to lol! so if anyone help a phoenix native with suggestions on what beaches are the nicest as far as sand, water and fireworks shows and events. thanks

 

Stay north of Coronado and you'll escape most of the bacterial infections. If you decide to actually go to the beach for festivities leave the day before and sleep in your car. You'll need to get up early to actually get a spot granted you got a parking spot.

Stay away from Coronado, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach if you decide to "try" to get there any time after 4am. I'm not being facetious. Even taking the bus, taxi or shuttles into these areas is going just end up in miles and hours of lines. I worked for a shuttle company and this guy wanted to go from Hillcrest to Coronado to see the show. We left at 5pm and what should have been a 10 minute ride ended with him seeing the 9 o'clock show in my shuttle on the bridge... We got over turned around and I drove him back home.

The only other thing I can say is to walk, skate or ride a bike in and park on the outskirts of these beach towns. http://sandiego.about.com/od/funfort...4fireworks.htm that's a list of the shows going on.

You can also go to the top of Mt Soledad and watch all the fire works from there but again you'll be jockeying for space unless you get there early enough. Unfortunately there's no place to BBQ and no bathrooms.

 

thanks so much you gave me alot of information i appreciate it!

 

so basically showing up around 6 7 am im gonna be screwed?

 

check the weather first, last year in north s.d. county was very heavy fog. i never saw the fireworks just heard them. im staying inland to where it's clear.

 

I'd say you're down to 50/75% chance of being screwed. Are you just going to view the fire works? or do you want to have a large gathering? Because even if you get the spot that still means the rest of the people have to get there too. IMO the best shows are at the Qualcomm Stadium or Sea World and there's plenty of places to park just to watch those shows.