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Attractions near Mission Beach include [[SeaWorld]] and Belmont Park, which features the [[Mission Beach Roller Coaster|Giant Dipper Roller Coaster]]. Other amusement park rides include the Flowrider, Chaos, Vertical Plunge, Krazy Kars, Tilt-a-Whirl, Liberty Carousel, Crazy Submarine, and The Trampoline.

Other attractions include "The Plunge", a large, heated indoor pool, and a few of the beach's better-known bars, "The Beachcomber", "The Pennant" and "Wavehouse", a beachside bar-and-grill featuring a 10-foot tall barreling artificial wave called the "Bruticus Maxumus". Mission Beach also offers opportunities to participate in tanning, volleyball, horseshoes, surfing, bicycling, skateboarding, Frisbee tossing, and other outdoor activities. A local skating club, "Skate This!", performs for free on weekends, executing trick skating and dancing on both rollerblades and traditional skates.

[[Thong bikinis]] are technically illegal on Mission Beach, but both lifeguards and local police usually do not enforce the ban on such swimwear. The consumption of alcoholic beverages on the beach is still legal. [[Nudity]] is not allowed.

Many of the beachgoers are local college and university students, but both tourists and permanent residents of the beach and other areas are also frequent visitors to the beach. Nearby [[Pacific Beach]] is to the north of Mission Beach.

==Bars & Nightlife==

Mission Beach has many well known bars. Most bars in the neighborhood are relaxed beach style bars. Some of the more popular places include The Sandbar Sports Grill, The Beachcomber, The Pennant, The Coaster Saloon and The Wavehouse, a beachside bar-and-grill featuring a 10-foot tall barreling artificial wave called the "Bruticus Maxumus".

==External links==

*[http://www.sandiego.gov/lifeguards/beaches/mb.shtml City of San Diego Beaches Department]

*[http://www.boozesandiego.com Mission Beach Bars Guide]

[[Category:San Diego neighborhoods]]