Excellent service and the food (local) is great. We sat outside to enjoy the views. Fret not, if its cool out, they put heaters on deck to keep you warm 😊

Whats not to love about the Oceanside harbor? - - Calm water just begging for you to take out a paddle board or a kayak and explore.- Lots of great places to eat. Everything from seafood, to Italian, to Mexican cuisine.- A couple of really cool dive bars- And the most gorgeous sunsets youll see southern California.Parking can be a challenge at times, make sure you either come early or you park and walk from other locations around the harbor. Whatever you do, please do not park in the boat slip parking spots. You will most definitely get fined and its just not worth the risk.Outside of that, bring your pets, bring the kids, bring the family and have a picnic at the tables located near the docks & keep your eyes peeled for dolphins and seals that like to come in

This was a beautiful little marina with a couple of food places and 2 or 3 shops. It was mostly a parking area to get to Oceanside beach. As with everywhere else local, $3 per hour or $10 for a full day.

Its Very peaceful & absolutely beautifulClean public RR& Thanks to all the volunteers cleaning the beach it was flawless sandWater was definitely showing that winter is hereIm going back

Super its a great time every time,lots of fun for all ages,feel free to give your selves and your beloved ones to the opportunity of your life enjoy your time...

Our harbor is beautiful. Its a nice walk from end to end. Small craft harbor so the boats are not too large to catch a nice view. You can rent watercraft, take off for sightseeing or fishing from the tourist docks. Sea lions lounge in the sun (they stink). Bird life, fishing pier, restaurants,etc, its a great place to visit.

Our favorite place for Paddleboarding... sometimes theres 🐬 Dolphins showing up, its a bonus.❤️ Plenty restaurant with good food and drink.

It was nice, not so crowded in the afternoon at sunset.

Service was great they made us feel very welcomed and accomadeted our big group!

Pretty view......great location..fresh air.... Id go back

One of the locals soaking up some UV rays! Nice place for a walk and checking out the boats!

Always fun and relaxing! Great family fun spot

We had a memorial for my husnand on Sea Star recently. It was one of the nicest, most meaniful services Ive ever been part of. The Captain went out of his way to make it perfect. I definitely recommend the Sea Star Charter.

Very beautiful out here. A must see spot to visit if you come out to Oceanside other than the pier.

Relaxing, beautiful spot with stores and restaurants

I always enjoy myself when I go to the harbor of Oceanside. The people and the views are amazing. Its a nice get away for me and my family.

Had a blast parking can be tidieous. But the village is nice beach is safe and clean. If you go must try Whitlock Surf Experience. We had so much fun. The guys were very professional Safe and know how to have fun.

Such a beautiful place. Very calming and so relaxing. I had a wonderful time.🌟 💫 🌟 💫 🌟

Nice little area to stop by. A few seafood restaurants and souvenirs shops. The coffee shop was a good stop on the walk to the beach. When you get to the T in the road to turn left towards restaurants, you can instead turn right and just past the small fishing pier is a sea lion platform. Fun stop for kids and animal lovers!

Very lovely little place.

The must see place to eat at least one time in your trip is Rockin Baja when you visit the harbor. The happy hour and the lobster is top notch. Other harbor favorites is the wave store, Tonys for bloody marys, and the electric boats for self driven tours.

Beautiful place if you was peace of mind or a nice place to meditate or just sight see.

One of Californias more beautiful beach towns I have ever been to.

Lovely area, parking is not bad especially early. The view is Wonderful

Great place to relax n enjoy the beach .

FANTASTIC!SUCH A FUN TIME!REALLY GREAT AND FRIENDLYVENDORS!!HAPPY HAPPYHARBOR DAYS!!!MY 25TH YEAR AND LOVE IT EVERY TIME!!!SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY!SALLIE CAVES

Quiet harbor. There were seals and sea lions. Plenty of parking and places to eat.

Great place with lots of places to eat and shop, with fantastic views

My favorite local harbor to kayak. Lots of marine life. Lots of mariners. Good place to retreat from the So Cal freeways and suburbs. Boats galore.

After dinner night stroll around the Harbor is relaxing and beautiful.

Great walk, beautiful boats, seal lions, and fishing. I love going early in the morning.

Great little area right on the harbor. They have lots of restaurants, gift shops and they have paddle board rentals. I would highly suggest renting paddle boards here if you plan on going paddle boarding while in Oceanside. We used another paddle board shop and they gave us hard boards that were very difficult to transport to the harbor. Its very convenient to just grab your paddle board and get right into the harbor. I also saw sailboat rentals and whale watching tours. If youre looking for a quick bite to eat and a good drink I would recommend Tonys.

Its a nice place to walk and eat

The harbor area has a small town feel. Its cozy and has a family atmosphere. Theres lots to see on top of all the boats here. The restaurants lining the harbor are all packed. The delicious food comes with an amazing view. Watching the sun set was beautiful.

Went to Joes Crab Shack. One of my favorite restaurants. Great atmosphere and just all around amazing!! We had reservations so wait wasnt long at all.

It was nice and beautiful place

Completely worth a stop to duck in and out of cute little maritime shops for gifts and treasures. Take some time to watch the boats come in and out of the harbor or tourists paddle around canoes. Not to be missed is the lighthouse restaurant that serves the best bowl of seafood soup you’ve ever had.

Very enjoyable meal! Good food, attentive, personable staff, clean facility with a gorgeous view of the harbor.

Adorable Harbor. Such a fun atmosphere. Amazing restaurants & shops. Our 2 yr old son LOVED looking at the boats. We even saw some seals one night.

I could not believe how nice everything was. OK, I got lucky and found a free parking spot. It was so nice seeing such a variety of shops and activities. My group enjoyed the excellent food at The Strafford at the Harbor restaurant.

Always fun to go visit there.

Great places to eat and shop.. Close to the beach...

Beautiful scenery with a handful of shops, restaurants and water activities.

One of my new, favorite places to visit along the Westcoast.

I love the harbor. Theres so much to do! Missing the sea lions right now, they should be back! The eateries are fun and most are delicious. They are on the pricey side, so its not the normal quick bite at the beach type of food. But they are good. Theres fishing boats that leave out, you can grab a ticket and head on out with them. The whale watching boats are awesome, especially during whale season! I would suggest checking out groupon for cheaper tickets!Update... as of 07-19-2021The sea lions are back. The are fun and relaxing to watch the play in the water and bark at the others.

The harbor is a quaint yet lively place, particularly in the summer months. There have been quite a few changes lately, with a lot of renovations and restaurant expansions. We ate lunch at Dominics where we had a meatball sub and a sausage/peppers sandwich, plus a few beers. I have eaten at Dominics before and I really want to like this place, but in my opinion it falls short in so many ways. The food portions have always been on the skimpy side and the servers have never seemed to have a good handle on things, from information to service. Ordered beer - brought out two bottles but we had to ask for glasses. (Please ask me if I want a glass when I order...). Brought food out, had to ask for napkins. Brought napkins, had to ask for a fork. Etc. Otherwise, its a good place to sit outside and watch the boats come and go and people head to the beach. So while I think the harbor village is a great place to walk around, people and boat watch, buy a few souvenirs and get a bite to eat, I would suggest checking out some of the other food offerings available there.

Clean beach. We went later as the sun was setting. Water was too cold to really enjoy but if we had been a few hours earlier we could have spent the day.

I love it here, Ive been going with family since I was a kid. You Absolutely have to check out Harbor Fish & Chips, Hands down Best fish and chips, calamari, clam chowder and homemade tartar sauce in San Diego, Local Family owned restaurant thats been in business for decades. I love to get the food, then sit outside and watch the water and marine life.

Beach area was beautiful. The areas were clean of debris and people were courteous. Plaza was filled with police making you feel comfortable at every turn.

Out of this world Fish n Chips!!! Cole slaw tastes like my moms home cooking and the fries were airy and perfect. Clam chowder is anothing thing to write home about...🍤

Fun place to visit, had coffee at nautical bean coffee company. Lovely view of the harbor.Awesome! Bought souvenir sweatshirts. Nice!

Always a great place to eat, fish or take a quick tour for whale watching. Highly recommend this location 👌

Best fishing trip ever, on the Chubasco II boat.

Beautiful walk and lots of small, local powers to get food and drinks!

Love this little area, very pretty, close to the Oceanside pier and beach. All within walking distance. Camp Pendleton is right next door, maybe a 4 min. Drive to both the front gate and back gate. There are restaurants, gift shops, boat rides, paddle boarding,and kayaks to rent. It is a busy little place but lovely.

Nice beach area to hang out. It would be nice if they had more public parking and less boat parking. Theres always so many empty spaces for boat parking

This is a nice little beach place. Shops and eateries. My stop here was brief, but Ill be going back to explore more.

Come here for a breath of fresh air.

Great place to enjoy watching people and seals. The seals were more fun to watch. The Lighthouse Cafe was a real surprise. The food was great. Just dont forget your wallet.

Thats a good choices to eat in a hell of a view

The rest of the US is frozen, and I get to take a walk on a warm Sandy beach. Life is good.

Great views! The stores were nice! And the restaurants were good, my family would say Great!I thought it was a little pricey and the food I had was over cooked! But that was just one restaurant. So over all a good place visit

Such a nice clean little beach

I can never get enough of that beautiful Oceanside, Ca view...such a great creation of God, my Creator!❤️🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼❤️

Cool place, close to beach. A few restaurants and shops, as well as numerous photo ops.

For first time there the food was just amazing and the view was beautiful you couldnt ask for a better place to eat

Good food in this beach area. Very scenic. Lots to do & very family friendly. Worth going to this area at least once.

Such a quaint and comfortable place to hang out. Easy beach access, easy access to restaraunts and shopping. Really nice little spot.

Beautiful area!

We went for the whale watching with Oceanside Adventures and had lunch at Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina. We had a great time.

Our visitors from Missouri loved our beautiful harbor. We spend a lot of time relaxing and sight seeing.

Food was outrageous, accommodated my Daddys wanting salmon only, so kind! Forgot our cheesy- garlic bread. Brought it at the very end of our meal so they were kind enough to take it off our bill. Great wine! Fabulous server! My Louie salad was out of this world

Quiet and perfect.

Great place to visit with family

I wish there were more than just food. So much traffic yet so little to do other than eat and drink. I love my little beach since we bike there from the North River Trail. I just wished there were more attractions.

Great place to access the beach. Its clean and sweet sunset views. Not allowing overnight parking for now....costs 10$ till 8pm for day parking

Best fish and chips. We were here very often and had fantastic walks with our dogs.

This is one of my favorite places in Oceanside. It is fast, friendly, reasonable and walking distance from Worldmark Oceanside. 1. I really enjoy Oceanside anyway, 2. This place us one of the reasons. Fancy? No, but good? Yes. The first time I went I was surprised at the prices, they did seem a little high, but when I got the portions, I understood the price. Huge fish fillets, they come out hot. This place is always busy, at least when I have been there. The line moves pretty quickly though.

Great whale watching trip and food

Best place to walk with familys or friends .OCEANSIDE has some things for everyone best place to live.

Its a very relaxing spot

Fun place to enjoy a bite to eat and stroll around the harbor and check out the ocean.

Nice peaceful village with good restaurants, water in the harbor had no oil stench... Maybe its because they have fewer boats compared to busier harbors.

A nice morning walk with the family. Good food, drinks, shops for the kids to buy some souvenirs. Calm and relaxing and just a couple minutes to the beach for some BBQ and Ocean playtime. Cant wait to visit again.

Nice place to spend an hour or two.. Lots of good restaurants. Peaceful relaxing atmosphere

Dont get crab legs unless you being your own way to cut them open..to soft to crack open and didnt have scissors or small fork. Waitress was awesome! When spending over 370 they should provide what you need to eat your crab!! Frustrating and disappointing!

Decently priced attractions and restaurants. Cant wait to return!

Great ocean views with boats, lighthouse and awesome restaurants for the whole family, couples or just being alone

Not too busy when I got there the beach and parking lot were well kept and attractive for visiting until I went into the mens room and my opinion changed immediately. Both toilets were full and either clogged or have not had their due attention in a long time that night.

One of our places in San Diego when we visit home. The fish and chips are the best and laid back atmosphere is the same its been since the late 90s. Great little shops to buy souvenirs and grab a coffee or ice cream after the beach.

This place is amazing.....beautiful scenery.....ample parking......awesome little shops and restaurants.....cant go wrong.

Oceanside village has, several food & beverage options, souvenir shops & nice marina. Great for people watching.

Oceanside waterfront down the street from the main peer...where the slue runs out to the ocean.rocks waves seal and more. You want to walk the beach? Looking for that romantic spot. Here it is folks! Enjoy.

Staff was helpful with my questions and assisted me making a good choice for the fabric I needed for a kind of an odd application.

Always love to come down here everybodys always friendly theyre always seems to be parking bathrooms are located in great locations theres a boat ramp Little sandwich place they got it all

Staff was very friendly and there was safe social distancing! Lobster 🦞 was awesome! Drinks were great as well. 😀

It was a good day. Ended it with dinner with my girlfriend and close friends that were visiting. This is a happy place.

I was born at Camp Pendleton & have lived in Oceanside since 1963. Cant even imagine a better or more beautiful place to live in!

Beautiful harbor. Very clean place. Cute little gift shops around the harbor. I would recommend to go to the gift shops. They have really cool and unique stuffs. I bet you, you won’t be able to stop yourself from buying anything. There a lot of eatery’s as well. If you like sea food then you have lot of good options to go. Clean, beautiful, small walk around the harbor. Oceanside beach is just a walk away from the harbor. So you can park your car at harbor or beach and can move around by walking. Which is quite convenient. There are enough places to free park your car. Good gateway for small vacation.

Tourist attraction. Thats exactly what it is. Everything is at mark up so bring your cards. But dont forget that youll pay an extra large fee to swipe that card.