Fiesta Island Beaches

Fiesta Island is a large, man-made island on the East Mission Bay. Fiesta Island is uninhabited, except for camping activites at the Fiesta Island Youth Aquatic Center, the only development on the island. Fiesta Island has plenty of sandy beaches, with room to park RVs and campers, at least for the day. The southwest side of the island is called Fiesta Island Dog Run, where dogs can go unleashed.

The road around Fiesta Island is a narrow, one way paved street. Visitors to the beaches park their RVs, campers and cars park on the sand near the road, rather than the road itself. The beaches can get crowded on warm summer days. The beaches are wider along the eastern shore. The waters off of Fiesta Island are popular for boating and jet skiing. Small boats can be launched from almost any part of the shoreline. There are no boat ramps for larger boats.

Fiesta Island has no shoreline parks or formal restrooms. It's basically a barron plot of dirt and sand, with portable chemical restrooms, along Fiesta Island Road.

Fiesta Island is irregularly shaped making for an interesting shoreline and coves.

The northern interior of the island is a protected California Lest Tern Nesting Site, and off-limits. Most of the remaining interior to the south is closed and off-limits. The streets move in a counter-clockwise direction around the periphery of Fiesta Island, with the road crossing across the island in only one spot at the center. Bikes can travel along these streets, with the outer loop being 5 miles.