Signs are up limiting parking to 3 hours max. Carpkiller got a warning ticket so they are enforcing this. Please register a complaint at
https://portofsandiegoserviceportal.my. ... lUser=true
My complaint reads:
I have been fishing in my float tube from Bayside park for years and never once saw all the parking spaces taken. Yesterday there were signs limiting parking to 3 hours. 3 hours is not enough time for a good fishing session, I am usually out for 5-8 hours. Float tubers use the tide to move out and back so we need at least a tide swing (>6 hours) otherwise we spend a lot of time kicking against the tide. And it is not just float tubers, even a child's birthday party can take over 3 hours.
This seems like an effort to restrict the use of the park to the expensive hotel guests and not the citizens of San Diego area.
When can you remove the signs and return the use of the park to San Diego area residents?
FYI, the website is buggy, it wouldn't allow me to enter my full address.
Bayside park effectively closed to float tubes and kayaks
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Re: Bayside park effectively closed to float tubes and kayaks
Meanwhile areas like Ventura Point have become permanent homeless parking lots, with most parking taken up by full time residents.
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Re: Bayside park effectively closed to float tubes and kayaks
I emailed the customer service center about the new parking limits being unnecessary and preventing public access to the beach there. BaySide park is a common launch site for float tube and kayak fishermen who are always out for more than three hours due to the tides.
Also can email [email protected]
I'm looking to see who else to contact, someone outside the port authority.
Also can email [email protected]
I'm looking to see who else to contact, someone outside the port authority.
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Re: Bayside park effectively closed to float tubes and kayaks
California Coastal Commission has to approve the Port of San Diego's plans. That would be the next party to contact if I don't get a satisfactory reply.Spektrum wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 7:59 pm I emailed the customer service center about the new parking limits being unnecessary and preventing public access to the beach there. BaySide park is a common launch site for float tube and kayak fishermen who are always out for more than three hours due to the tides.
Also can email [email protected]
I'm looking to see who else to contact, someone outside the port authority.
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Re: Bayside park effectively closed to float tubes and kayaks
A solution would be restricted hours such as 10:30 pm to 5 am. Tidelands Park has hours of 10:30 pm to 6 am and no homeless parking but I would prefer 5 am so I can be there at 1st light.kastmaster wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 10:00 am Meanwhile areas like Ventura Point have become permanent homeless parking lots, with most parking taken up by full time residents.
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