Our family had a fantastic time at the beach. The location was perfect and we were just a scooter or Lyft ride to anything we wanted to do. Within the first minutes of our day on the beach we were contacted by SDPD and made aware of their no beer policy on the beach. (young cops enforcing the letter of the law as opposed to the spirit of the law - My wife and I each had a Corona in a can covered by a coozie) A couple days later they also made us aware you have to be 16 years old to ride one of the MANY pay per minute electric scooter/bikes on the strand. Keep these things in mind and you will avoid the hefty fines that come along with learning the screwy San Diego laws the hard way.