This house is perfectly situated just a block from the ocean and stone throw to the bay. Although set back one row of houses from the bay, there was a beautiful view of the bay right outside the living room window. The house has everything we needed for a perfect beach vacation, including beach chairs, towels, boogie boards, surf boards and bicycles of all sizes. Just down the street on Santa Clara, we found Mission Bay Sports Center, which rents out catamarans, stand up paddle boards, waverunners and sea kayaks. The house was well-outfitted with pots, pans and pyrex storage containers, and it was well-supplied with extra paper towels and garbage bags. The owners were extremely responsive to questions, even though they had already anticipated all of our needs before we arrived.
Quick recommendations for how to spend a few days in Mission Bay / La Jolla:
Day 1 - arrive, unpack, take beach chairs and boogie boards to the beach
Day 2 - explore the area by bicycle, light shopping in town, then rent sailboats / kayaks on the bay, followed by picnic dinner at the beach
Day 3 - Drive up to La Jolla for a sea cave kayaking tour, plus snorkeling with the leopard sharks and sea turtles
Day 4 - more biking and kayaking in the morning, then the afternoon at the beach
Have fun!