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Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk

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Beach
Terrace/patio
Interior
Fridge, microwave, oven, stovetop
Exterior

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Entire condo

2 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 711 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Kitchen

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire condo to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk

New photos of remodel at Crystal`s See the Sea Condo: Hot Tub, Parking, and Steps to Restaurants & Bars!

Welcome to our 2 bed/2 bath home, Crystal’s See the Sea Condo, located in Pacific Beach next to the Crystal Pier!

This unit was remodeled in late 2022 with completely new bathrooms, living room furniture, and kitchen appliances!

Crystal's condo is located in the "SEE THE SEA" Oceanfront Complex right on the boardwalk. There is nothing between this building and the ocean except for the famous Pacific Beach/Mission Beach boardwalk and the white sand beach.

This condo is located right in the middle of the action of Pacific Beach; surrounded by restaurants, shops, and the bustling boardwalk. From the balcony, (this is not an ocean front facing property) take in the corner view of the ocean and the ever changing activity and excitement right outside! The balcony is perfect for enjoying a cup of joe or libation with front row entertainment.

This location can’t be beat! Rent some bikes and take the family for a stroll along the 3.5 mile stretch of boardwalk. Find a nice spot on the pier where you can rent tackle and bait to fish in the sunshine in a matter of minutes, just steps away! Kono's very popular restaurant (breakfast and lunch only) is right across the street.

At See the Sea, relax in the lounge chairs in the common area which are behind a glass wall that cuts the wind off the ocean and provides a privacy barrier while still allowing you to enjoy the sight and sounds of the waves. There is also a jacuzzi to help you relax after a long day of sightseeing.

This first floor condo is just above the gated parking garage. There is an elevator for your convenience. The California-style kitchen with NEW appliances and 4 breakfast bar stools, opens to the dining and living room areas with a dining table for 4-6 guests, and is fully equipped with everything you need to cook and enjoy meals at home. This table can be moved to allow the Murphy bed to open from the cabinet for additional sleeping accommodations.

There is a king size bed in the master bedroom, and the guest bedroom has a double bed with a pull out single trundle bed. There is a full size Murphy bed in the living room. Both bedrooms have stunning private in-suite bathrooms, NEWLY remodeled! There are smart TVs with Cable mounted on the wall and roomy mirrored closets with plenty of space to keep the condo looking orderly. Beach accessories can be found in the second bedroom closet along with portable fans, portable heater, portable a/c units (additional rental fees apply), ironing board and iron, and plenty of hangers.

For your convenience, there's a coin operated washer and dryer right across the hallway and 1 reserved parking space in the gated garage under the condo building. You have the option to leave your car parked and walk to everything you need and just enjoy the wonderful temperate climate that San Diego is famous for!

We are happy to chat before booking if you have any questions! Please message us with your inquiry.


Pets - not allowed


We recommend a car for ease of getting around, but public transportation (city bus) is available nearby.

Property manager

Nancy's Vacation Rentals

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the condo: WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Dishwasher
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 private bathrooms
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Fireplace
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Cable/satellite channels

Laundry

  • Laundry detergent
  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Elevator
  • Smoking not allowed

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • On the waterfront

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • Unit size: 11 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks, and take out the trash
Turn off the lights, lock the doors, and return the keys
Leave the garage remote and hot tub key on the kitchen counter
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
Property Registration Number STR-01723L, 51347

Property is also known as

Crystal's See By The Sea
Crystal's See by the Sea Condo Condo
Beachfront Hot Tub Boardwalk Free Bikes
Crystal's See by the Sea Condo San Diego
Crystal's See by the Sea Condo Condo San Diego
4074167

About the neighborhood

Map
San Diego, CA

What's nearby

  • Crystal Pier - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Pacific Beach Park - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Mission Beach - 12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Mission Bay - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • SeaWorld - 8 min drive - 4.4 miles

Getting around

  • Balboa Avenue Transit Center Station - 5 min drive
  • San Diego Coaster Sorrento Valley Station - 12 min drive
  • San Diego Intl. Airport (SAN) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pacific Beach AleHouse - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Pacific Beach Shore Club - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Mavericks Beach Club - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Waterbar - ‬3 min walk
  • Taco Bell

Frequently asked questions

Is Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk located?

Located in Pacific Beach, this condo building is within a 5-minute walk of Mission and Pacific Beaches and Mission Beach Boardwalk. Mission Beach and Mission Bay are also within 15 minutes.

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Remodeled Crystal`s See the Sea Condo on boardwalk Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 54 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 54 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 54 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 54 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 54 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Christine M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great vacation dpot

Great location, nice relaxing patio. Perfect for the family. Lots of restaurants within walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Navee S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location

Perfect location! Right next to the pier and steps to the beach! It was perfect for me and my group of 7!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

August 2024 stay

Everything as advertised. Central to Crystal pier and restaurants.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Debra T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good location

We had a good time.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

David R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

stay

good overall experience, especially liked the condo patio where we could catch the sunset.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family beach trip

The check in process was confusing because I didn’t receive an email with information until I requested it. However, when we did receive it, The email was very thorough and helpful.The location to the beach was nice and they had beach chairs, boogie boards. Beach toys and beach towels for us to use. We also appreciated the hot tub. Being able to park in a gated garage was more worth it than we thought. There is a bar across the street that gets noisy, but the hosts provide ear plugs if needed. We played white noise on our phone and it helped. This was the only negative thing I can think of.We were a family of 7 and used every bed.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location.

Had an enjoyable time. Kitchen very functional, 2 blocks to grocery store...great places to eat out as well within walking distance.

10/10 Excellent

Karen P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Beach Getaway

I loved this place. The condo was in a great location and was very nice! I loved the tile in the bathroom it was so fun. Everything was clean and it was next to the beach and the condo came stocked with chairs, towels, boogie boards, sand toys, coolers. Everything you need for an awesome day at the beach.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

JULIE T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location

Great remodeled unit. Nice location. Just beware unit is right on the end so you get all the noise from the bars and street. Cant leave windows open at night.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Location on Pacific Beach

This condo is located right on Pacific Beach, our particular condo unit, was convenient to the elevator and off by itself. Perfect location for breakfast, lunch and dinner spots with lots of variety. Get your walking shoes, skates or sandals on, lots of miles to walk down the beach, boardwalk or street shopping. Easy walk to Mission Beach. Can't wait to stay again, we LOVED it!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Graduation Celebration

We totally enjoyed ourselves. The condo provided everything we needed to make our daughter's graduation a memorable experience. We totally enjoyed the location and proximity to bars,restaurants shopping and the beach.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Neil D.

Great location, good accommodations

The location is great. Right by the pier on PB. The room was on the back side of the complex, so didn't quite have the view from the room that were implied. The patio area is amazing though with an unimpeded view of everything.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Bill L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good

Great service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

joel s.

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

poor

booked last December did not get a ocean front room, got a 1st floor room and the bar across the street was so loud at night hard to sleep. Hot tub was filthy with visible mold
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Melissa B., Phoenix

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

This property was just as listed. We had plenty of room for myself, husband, son and 2 other teenagers. Location was great although no ocean views here. The property is located near many shops, restaurants and bars. Luckily due to restrictions everything was shut down by 10pm so there wasn’t really any noise. It was a short walk to the beach and right between Mission Beach and Pacific. There were a few minor issues - broken toilet handles and missing grill, but we didn’t let that affect our trip. Overall great property with nice management and everything you would need for a nice vacation on the beach.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2020
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Terrible Location - Busy Street & Alley

If you are interested in being near the beach but not actually being able to see the ocean from your unit, this is okay for you. We wanted to be on the beach, able to see and hear the ocean from the balcony. Though the website makes it appear that the unit is beachfront, it is not. Though the building is on the beach, this unit is in no way beach front. The balcony looks over a busy street with a very active bar. The master bedroom looks over an alley. This was not what we expected nor what we thought we were paying for. To be fair, the unit is clean and comfortable. However, our desire was to be ON the beach, not just in walking distance.

2/10 Terrible

Jean-Marie D.

Liked: Check-in, communication
Disliked: Location, listing accuracy

No AC, VERY VERY LOUD - horrible stay

The listing says it has AC but only if you pay extra for plug in units. Since this is an expensive place I was not going to pay extra for AC that they advertised! Thats a bate and switch and is probably illegal. This area is extremely loud- with 2 night clubs one on either side within FEET of our window and blasting music and bass until 1-2am. With no AC. you have to leave all the windows open and this makes the noise impossible to sleep. They also advertise a hot tub which looked like no one had been near it for 10 years - wouldn't set foot in it. False advertising and horrible stay. Families should NOT stay here. The building is run down and not very clean. The condo itself was fine but not worth the money we paid. I would not recommend this place. We could not sleep and that affected the entire trip. VRBO should not work with Nancy's vacation - they lied on the listing.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Michelle H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Condo, LOUD location

Overall, the property was clean, and as pictured. There was no BBQ grill on the balcony, but other than that, it was as described. Bogie boards and beach chairs were available to use, which was great. Location is steps from the beach--so that part was great! The one thing that I was not expecting was THE NOISE. This is a corner unit on a VERY BUSY CORNER. There was live music until 2 am on one side of the condo, and a busy bar/restaurant on the other side. So it was noisy until after 2 am each day, along with a chorus of emergency vehicle sirens that we heard at least once an hour all during the weekend hours. . Closing the windows helped, but the Condo was HOT. It was nice and cool and breezy outdoors, but in order to enjoy that, you had to put up with the noise. So, it was a trade off! Either hot and quiet, or loud and cool/breezy. Either way, it resulted in sleepless nights. Friday and Saturday nights were the worst, as you might expect, Sunday and Monday nights were quieter. If you have kids that are sensitive to noise--this is not the condo for you. If you want to enjoy the local bars and restaurants until the wee hours, it would be awesome for that!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Amanda H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location
Disliked: Communication

Good and not so good

Location was great. Communication was rough. Slow to respond and usually required more then one attempt or form (i.e two phone calls or a phone call and email) to get a hold of them. Once we booked we received a number of emails (7-8 which were confusing and not super clear) told us our booking was not confirmed until we did a few verification things. I completed these, but still never received a confirmation after that stating it was confirmed and booked. Had to call a few times to confirm. They are not helpful providing property specific information. Company with lots of properties, they don’t have confirmed details or specifics about the property. Broad answers to questions. For example, I asked if there were sand toys as they mention beach supplies. I was told no, so we purchased some on our way there, turns out there was a ton, which was great, but would have been nice to know, to save us the time and money. We were told there was a grill on the porch so some of the meals were planned had to be adjusted since there was not one there.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

John H.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Jordan L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location but expect lots of noise.

This location is amazing as it's basically right on the beach and within walking distance to essentially everything you need. It is extremely noisy at night as both windows face bars that are open until 2 A.M. plus the stragglers after they close. They do warn you about the noise and they are serious. My suggestion would be to pay the extra for the air conditioners to drown out the noise and so you don't have to open the windows. Parking is extremely convenient, and the communication is excellent. Even though it was extremely noisy to all hours of the night, I would stay again and try the air conditioners with the windows closed.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

In the center of everything

See the Sea was a fantastic place. Right on the beach with amazing views and right in the center of all the SD fun. Everything you need is within walking distance. The place was clean and very spacious. Lots of beach toys for every age. The only potential issue that is beyond the capacity of the owners to take care of is because the location is in the heart of it all, it is loud, especially at night. For us it wasn't an issue. We kept the windows closed and the fans on and slept like babies. But for kids or actual babies, the noise might be a bit much. It is very manageable and worth it to be right in the center of it all. We would stay there again in a heartbeat and recommend it to anyone wanting the full San Diego experience!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ron H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice

This is a nice location if you are wanting to get to the beach fast. Very convenient and has beach items if needed. Management was very nice and in contact with us whenever needed. It was a little noisy outside at night but for the most part didn't bother us. Overall, a very nice stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Could not have been better

Our family stayed at the condo for a week. We have a 3 year old and he had the best time. Lots of sand toys, beach chairs, and boogie boards. The condo had plenty of fans the we were able to move around to wherever they were needed. In the cupboards were spices and seasonings. A ton of kids plates, bowls, cups, and utensils. Really all we need to bring was food and sunscreen. The location was just right. Ralphs, CVS, and food was very close. TV's in each room with more than enough to watch and relax after a long day at the beach. We would recommend this condo for families. Parking garage was very convenient for parking and the building was secure and safe.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Giora H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

Excellent spot. Convenient beach location. Area can be a bit loud at night but sound machines helped. Enjoyed thoroughly!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023