San Diego

Sat Nam! (Literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

Which docks? There are several, some very private, some very public. I was raised in San Diego, but don't live there now. I never learned to swim and didn't much like the docks because they gave me motion sickness. But I have been on them.

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

My wife's from there and we visit a couple times a year. You'll need to specific which marina.

Keep in mind too, you are writing fiction. While it's always good to try and make your story as realistic as possible, it's not outside the realm of possibility that a marina would be open for your characters.

I have never been to a marina in San Diego, but in New England they are open to the public, and anyone can walk on the docks, unless they get in the way. I have never walked through a marina at night, but boat owners need to be able to access their boats, so the same should hold true at night.

The place I thought of first is Seaport Village which has shops, restaurants, etc and is right by the marina and down the path from the Marriott San Diego. You can walk along the marina and look at all the boats, but there are locked gates to get onto the docks. But you're right there. You can see all kinds of boats just feet away. As a matter of fact, if you were willing to go from the sidewalk and into the water to reach a boat, you could. The marina itself isn't fenced off, just the dock access.