We loved this place. It is, like most beach places, small. Its design makes good use of the square footage though. A fully equipped kitchen is wonderful to have at the beach. There is a little liquor/market store at the corner (next to the excellent taco shop) that supplied the few ingredients we needed.
My kids loved biking and skating the 3 mile long Mission Beach boardwalk. The boardwalk is an easy walk from the condo. The Bahia, around the end of the bay, has two resident seals at the front of the hotel. Their pool is in the middle of a group of palm trees. My kid enjoyed watching the seals.
Fire pits on MB and on the public side of the Bahia fill up so you may want to claim your bonfire site early in the evening. Our favorite place for a bonfire is at the end of MB next to the inlet. (That’s in driving distance, not walking distance). Surfing is less crowded there too.
On the nights that Sea World has fireworks you can view them from the bay. The bay is just a few properties-widths away from the condo.
We were thankful for a washer/dryer for those suits and towels that never fully line dry in the humid beach air.