My family loved our stay at Whale’s Tail! The beach equipment and toys plus washer/dryer made it so much easier to enjoy the beach just a short walk ( flat walk too!) away! The beach was so great! We went to a couple of beaches at Santa Cruz and they were covered in these flies but not at Aptos! We found shells and saw some fun wildlife ( cute otter!!). We also loved going to Nisene Marks Park! It was only 7 minutes away and my kids found this super fun rope swing hung over a little babbling creek!