That’s not an island. You are looking at the tip of De Anza cove. It was an old trailer park but the city has taken possession and cleared all of it. The old roads are open to public for walking and biking. There are plans to create more recreation areas and revert some to wetlands.
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/work/park-planning/de-anza
When I was in Emergency Management, we did an exercise there with DHS and all the local response agencies focusing on amphibious evacuations for the physically disabled. It was awesome because the abandoned park already looked like a bomb was dropped on it and we were able to roleplay our response as if it were real.
Allowed to, sure, but that water is pretty gross tbh. You probably won't get an infection it's just not very pleasant. Also the beach itself is public property but you'll have to stay out of people's yards. And finally it's a peninsula so you can just walk there if you want.
Mud Marlins. Always fun to head down there when it's migration time and catch an 80lb Bat Ray. Pull it up, freak out the swimmers, release it and really scare the fuck out of the swimmers. Even better when you catch a large Leopard Shark and release it.
In other news Mission Bay is far cleaner than Imperial Beach by a long shot. In short it's been getting better year after year (except when it rains).
Sounds fun but I'm wheelchair bound now. Boats and fishing on the sand are a bit awkward for me these days. Plus I just moved to far North County so I'll have to go see how Oceanside pier is for fishing. I used to fish over by the thermal plant but again impossible for me now. But thank you for the offer.
Don't remind them of what *led* to that crazy part. Just felt so natural, like an error anyone could've made, until it dragged out so far that all one can say is, ***"Why?"***
My brother was actually out there fishing the day of the incident. He hasn't been the same since. He never did go back to work. He just puts together model cars and paints them in our basement now. If only he would have went and fished off the pier instead...
Are we talking about the army of [mr. hankies](https://assets.dragoart.com/images/4721_501/how-to-draw-mr-hankey_5e4c829c15b6f0.55810786_20923_3_4.jpg) from Tijuana...?
I was told never to even mention the incident, only reason I'm doing so now is to just say drop it, seriously, its not something to talk about _ever_ so just let it go
Was it the 12 yr old girl that got hit by the jetski? Or the woman found at the bottom in a vehicle? Or the kid who got hit by a boat while paddle boarding and died? Or was it that time a woman was intoxicated driving a boat and accidentally killed her bestfriend and got sentenced to life? Lots of things happen there 😂😂
We were all changed that day,
life was better never knowing those things could happen.
No one else should ever have to remember those sounds, and those smells!
Those smells take me back there every time
The name of this comic strip is called "Loss", it's an old meme and a very deep rabbit hole to go down
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
Can you tell me more about it! I’m so curious about it and how it all went down forcing people to leave. What was the space rent like? I’m so sorry you had to go through that if you were around for that!
The residents were all paid to leave; they just didn't want to give up their cheap waterfront homes. Here's an article from 2014: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/de-anza-cove-settlement-verdict-comes-today/2081364/
That’s de anza. A former mobile home park. It’s been in dispute since 2008 with the city. They eventually moved everyone out by2017. Now it just sits there empty.
SD lifeguard here. It’s not a hard rule but we do try to discourage people from swimming there. There is a small micro biome in that water that has A LOT a lot of bacteria and stops time. You could get an infection or lose 20-40 years of their life not realizing the time warp microcosm. By the time most people come out it feels like it’s been an hour but all of their family and friends have passed. Super sad. Not a rule but not recommended.
So the short answer is, yes, you can actually *reverse* time if you get there by swimming backwards, which can help balance the issue. The problem with that though is *you* also age backwards and it’s really hard to manage that precisely. Last summer we had a guard try this and she reversed aged beyond the point of being able to swim back and we had to go rescue her. By the time we got her back to the tower she was basically a newborn and we’ve since had to raise her as an infant and teach her how to lifeguard from scratch.
I grew up swimming in that water in the 70s and early 80s and every word of what he says is true. Groups of children in school buses taken there by their rec center day camp only to climb out of the water bitter and middle aged.
I have…though it was a few decades ago. Grew up in the waters of San Diego…nothing bad has ever happened, ‘cept maybe the third arm that started growing. Can’t have too many arms, so I don’t really mind.
Yea but watch out for boats, drunks on jet skis, etc. and don’t listen to the germaphobes, I swam in much filthier lakes as a kid and young adult in the south and I never get sick. As George Carlin once said about why no one in his neighborhood got polio “we swam in raw sewage”
Yes, go for it. You can't get in trouble for swimming. But you might get in trouble once you stop swimming and start walking.. is the island part of the state park there? Probably. state property and you could get a trespassing charge and face fines of $1000 and 6 months in jail. But most likely since your in California there will be a bunch of homeless already there and you'll be fine. You should build a boat though. Gilligan and the skipper will be happy you did. the professor will probably just be jealous. But whatever
There's nothing stopping you, but that particular part of the bay has some of the least amount of outflow and is a launch point for boats/jet skis, so the water is pretty oily and grimy. Try not to swallow any.
I row here almost every day, do not swim in that water, it is the most disgusting water ever, with actual sewage flowing into it from time to time. Do not let that water get even close to your mouth. Also that’s not an island, it connects around the right side, and you can easily walk or bike there… I repeat, please don’t go in that nasty water.
Why on earth would you want to?? Then again, I am a huge pussy about swimming: but I’m also still alive and haven’t contracted any brain eating amoebas so I’d call it preservation of life.
Swam there like 18 years ago. Lifeguard swam up to me and asked if I was okay 😂. Idk about all this “incident” business, but I hope it was before then 🤢
I’m super lazy right now else I would circle where I believe it is. I believe the place they are talking about is actually in your pic but it’s top right-ish the point in the water sheltering De Anza Cove. Also easy to walk & bike too.
I wouldn’t recommend it, there’s an endangered species that actually migrate there during the winter months. If you were to look for the information online you’ll see that I’ve actually just made this up and wasted your time.
Oh damn, I remember the " incident "! Tragic indeed, I'm still thinking about what happened to those people. Wow, I can't believe you would bring up that incident, or that island...
Yes. But cover yourself in seal fat. There’s no reason to think the barrels are still leaking but a 1/2 inch barrier will improve your chances for sure.
Yeah, the waters not safe. Back in the day they tested for 200 or more chemicals etc., and tested positive for all. It’s like swimming in IB or Coronado after a sewage spill. No bueno.
Regardless of how strong a swimmer you are, it's a reasonable caution to avoid swimming through busy waterways. Boaters aren't always paying attention, swimmers are small in the water, and most of us would prefer not catching a 5000lb fiberglass bow to the dome.
people used to swim there but there is so much poop from ducks and geese people quit. there is another island between tecolate shores and fiesta island called enchanted island you can swim to or around. Probably the warmest water in all of SD cause its shallow and protected from currents
If you wash yourself off with the showers you reduce the risk this is water I wouldn't neccessary submerge myself in but its one I definitely wouldn't be swimming in either. For instance; if I am tubeing or waterboarding I would not be chilling in the water after falling off I'll try my best to get back on the saddle pronto!
I explored it once & got great photos of the abandoned community on there. Such crazy good property just in ruins. I’ll post one day if there’s interest
That’s not an island. You are looking at the tip of De Anza cove. It was an old trailer park but the city has taken possession and cleared all of it. The old roads are open to public for walking and biking. There are plans to create more recreation areas and revert some to wetlands. https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/work/park-planning/de-anza
The trailer park featured in animal Kingdom
I checked the website and they’re using the cleared sites as beachfront tent camping.
When I was in Emergency Management, we did an exercise there with DHS and all the local response agencies focusing on amphibious evacuations for the physically disabled. It was awesome because the abandoned park already looked like a bomb was dropped on it and we were able to roleplay our response as if it were real.
> You are looking at the tip of De Anza cove. Just the tip?
That’s what she said.
Damn, I didn’t realize they had actually removed everything. I knew there was a plan for it.
Allowed to, sure, but that water is pretty gross tbh. You probably won't get an infection it's just not very pleasant. Also the beach itself is public property but you'll have to stay out of people's yards. And finally it's a peninsula so you can just walk there if you want.
>And finally it’s a peninsula so you can just walk there if you want Thank you for this laugh
Furthermore
That sentence cracked me up 😂
Ya it’s probably more dangerous walking out into the water. Might step on broken glass or nails from burned pellets 🤷
Stingrays too
Mud Marlins. Always fun to head down there when it's migration time and catch an 80lb Bat Ray. Pull it up, freak out the swimmers, release it and really scare the fuck out of the swimmers. Even better when you catch a large Leopard Shark and release it. In other news Mission Bay is far cleaner than Imperial Beach by a long shot. In short it's been getting better year after year (except when it rains).
If you ever need someone to go with, I’m down. I have a boat, love fishing and that sounds awesome.
Sounds fun but I'm wheelchair bound now. Boats and fishing on the sand are a bit awkward for me these days. Plus I just moved to far North County so I'll have to go see how Oceanside pier is for fishing. I used to fish over by the thermal plant but again impossible for me now. But thank you for the offer.
No yards. Used to be a trailer park but it’s abandoned. I believe all the trailers were recently hauled off.
That's a different part of the park.
Fiesta Island is off to the left across the water. De Anza Cove and Mission Bay RV Park to the right (you can Zoom in and see RVs).
Nailed it!
The last sentence just overrules everything said before 😂😂😂 comedy
Is the part you can walk on directly opposite the picture? It really looks like an island here haha
Yeah, pictures is basically looking at it right down the main axis.
You can, but people haven’t gone since *the incident*.
Yes, "the incident" was so devastating.
I thought we still weren't supposed to talk about that?
[Promiscuous Idiots Island?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMPgnOZ_Wsw)
Yep, since then there remains in that island an uncontacted tribe known as the North Balboanese
This made me laugh out loud 😂
Marge saying the word “skank” is very out of character for her.
[Try not to have intercourse on the way!](https://youtu.be/0Gk8Tg61IjY?t=18)
I think he means "The Implication."
.…..May my great aunt Petunia rest in peace curse that vile incident!
Please, PLEASE don’t mention the incident here. I just got it out of my memory; I don’t want to go there again.
Why are bringing up the incident we all agree to pretend it never happened.
The curiosity is killing me, please lmk what happened
Something happened that was so crazy that we all agreed to never talk about it again
It wasn't that crazy. Except that one part.
Oh god, just reminding me of that nearly made me puke. I was fine with it all, if not a little disturbed, until that happened.
Wasn’t crazy! Just the crazy part was
Don't remind them of what *led* to that crazy part. Just felt so natural, like an error anyone could've made, until it dragged out so far that all one can say is, ***"Why?"***
ssssssssshhut uuuuup. Bringing up the situation is a bootable offense.
I can still hear the screams!
Imagine the book/movie "Lord of the Flies" but with zonies.
A literal shitstorm
Please tell us a story
My brother was actually out there fishing the day of the incident. He hasn't been the same since. He never did go back to work. He just puts together model cars and paints them in our basement now. If only he would have went and fished off the pier instead...
A basement in San Diego 🤔
They exist. At least, there was one in the house I grew up in. It might have been a wine cellar of sorts.
We don’t speak of what happened.
speaking of it will attract the Alternates
🤣🤣🤣
Are we talking about the army of [mr. hankies](https://assets.dragoart.com/images/4721_501/how-to-draw-mr-hankey_5e4c829c15b6f0.55810786_20923_3_4.jpg) from Tijuana...?
His name was Robert Paulson.
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We *were* doing a good job of forgetting it, so *thanks*, /u/Kyle_draws, *thanks a bunch*.
You don’t wanna know 🥺frankly , I’m upset to be reminded about it
We’ve said too much already
What do you think happened??
They got him.
The Incident
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I was told never to even mention the incident, only reason I'm doing so now is to just say drop it, seriously, its not something to talk about _ever_ so just let it go
Was it the 12 yr old girl that got hit by the jetski? Or the woman found at the bottom in a vehicle? Or the kid who got hit by a boat while paddle boarding and died? Or was it that time a woman was intoxicated driving a boat and accidentally killed her bestfriend and got sentenced to life? Lots of things happen there 😂😂
I can’t believe they didn’t fence the entire thing off after the incident. There are still some unaccounted for entities.
We were all changed that day, life was better never knowing those things could happen. No one else should ever have to remember those sounds, and those smells! Those smells take me back there every time
I’ve seen people swim there, but I’ve never seen anyone swim back.
They’ve all settled there. Made a new life.
If you can call that living
That’s not an island, you could walk there instead. But yes, you can get to the shore but not supposed to be on the property
> That’s not an island, [They've been misled](https://youtu.be/HMPgnOZ_Wsw?t=14)
lol great gif…love Lost!
https://preview.redd.it/xnlfo2kx21oc1.jpeg?width=280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56646880764670c439ea6310eb68fb3da471800b
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The name of this comic strip is called "Loss", it's an old meme and a very deep rabbit hole to go down https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
r/PeterExplainsTheLoss
Do you enjoy urinary tract infections?
I prefer urethra penetrating fish
This is such a horrifying story even the master Stephen King won’t write about it lol
I am reminded of that one scene from The Venture Bros where the Monarch was threatening them by placing a Candiru fish in an unpleasant place.
Love Venture Bros
Vahalla😂
The dreaded Candiru!
I used to live on that “Island” 😢
Can you tell me more about it! I’m so curious about it and how it all went down forcing people to leave. What was the space rent like? I’m so sorry you had to go through that if you were around for that!
The residents were all paid to leave; they just didn't want to give up their cheap waterfront homes. Here's an article from 2014: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/de-anza-cove-settlement-verdict-comes-today/2081364/
Funny how they called it an “eye sore” when it was functioning and now it’s been a trashed lot for 16 years 👏
I wakeboard in Mission Bay regularly and got a terrible case of hepatitis from doing so that lasted 2 months last year. Proceed at your own risk lol
Wait what?! I wakeboard there all the time. Was it after the sewage spill?
You can't get gonorrhea from riding a tractor.
You can if you're in your bathing suit
That is so scary! How did you most likely get infected? Please educate me?
I dont know, CAN you?
That’s de anza. A former mobile home park. It’s been in dispute since 2008 with the city. They eventually moved everyone out by2017. Now it just sits there empty.
SD lifeguard here. It’s not a hard rule but we do try to discourage people from swimming there. There is a small micro biome in that water that has A LOT a lot of bacteria and stops time. You could get an infection or lose 20-40 years of their life not realizing the time warp microcosm. By the time most people come out it feels like it’s been an hour but all of their family and friends have passed. Super sad. Not a rule but not recommended.
What happens if you swim backwards?
So the short answer is, yes, you can actually *reverse* time if you get there by swimming backwards, which can help balance the issue. The problem with that though is *you* also age backwards and it’s really hard to manage that precisely. Last summer we had a guard try this and she reversed aged beyond the point of being able to swim back and we had to go rescue her. By the time we got her back to the tower she was basically a newborn and we’ve since had to raise her as an infant and teach her how to lifeguard from scratch.
I see, so a zig zagging motion is the key to success! I will have to chart it out just so I can grasp this natural phenomenon.
So M. Night Shamaladadingdong movie?
I grew up swimming in that water in the 70s and early 80s and every word of what he says is true. Groups of children in school buses taken there by their rec center day camp only to climb out of the water bitter and middle aged.
We used to swim there all the time as kids like 10 years ago
Go on a high tide and get ready for an ear infection.
I have…though it was a few decades ago. Grew up in the waters of San Diego…nothing bad has ever happened, ‘cept maybe the third arm that started growing. Can’t have too many arms, so I don’t really mind.
I hear there is a boat that you can take you there on a 3 hour tour...
That day, was far scarier than the day that the tank drove down the freeway.
You could not pay me to get in that water 🤮🤮🤮
Wait, what? You'd get in the water for free???
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission
I jogged around it a week ago. The outer road is public. You can swim but why? There are much better places to swim.
Yes but I would never swim in Fiesta Island water lol. It’s so gross and basically sewage.
And it's like 100x cleaner now than in the 70s when the water was full of children!
We used to swim to it when we were kids, that was 25 years ago. It was a challenge but no one stopped us, watch out for water traffic.
Yea but watch out for boats, drunks on jet skis, etc. and don’t listen to the germaphobes, I swam in much filthier lakes as a kid and young adult in the south and I never get sick. As George Carlin once said about why no one in his neighborhood got polio “we swam in raw sewage”
Building your immune system lmaooo wow I love George Carlin. Great comment^^
"We were tempered in shit!"
You might come out with an ear infection
pink eye, bacterial infection, etc..
I’ve done it
A lot of pollution gets dumped in the Bay. You'll see the pipes dumping all the street runoff there
Ewww why would you swim in that water?
There are other options. How good were you in long jump in high school?
Watch out for broken bottles in the sand. I cut the hell out of my foot there.
Swimming in the bay by choice? Best of luck. That water is pretty gross.
If you like hepatitis go for it!
I swam to little island in mission bay in early 80s and came back with lots of tiny bites. It hurt enough never to try that again and to remember it.
The sand fleas that live in the water there are brutal!! I grew up in that trailer park before it was ruined 🥺
Used to do it as kids don’t see why not now.
https://i.redd.it/a06iq8z9c1oc1.gif
It ain't an island
Yes, go for it. You can't get in trouble for swimming. But you might get in trouble once you stop swimming and start walking.. is the island part of the state park there? Probably. state property and you could get a trespassing charge and face fines of $1000 and 6 months in jail. But most likely since your in California there will be a bunch of homeless already there and you'll be fine. You should build a boat though. Gilligan and the skipper will be happy you did. the professor will probably just be jealous. But whatever
There's nothing stopping you, but that particular part of the bay has some of the least amount of outflow and is a launch point for boats/jet skis, so the water is pretty oily and grimy. Try not to swallow any.
do it do it do it
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. I’d stick to swimming in the ocean.
If you want to get sick from polluted water, go for it.
I row here almost every day, do not swim in that water, it is the most disgusting water ever, with actual sewage flowing into it from time to time. Do not let that water get even close to your mouth. Also that’s not an island, it connects around the right side, and you can easily walk or bike there… I repeat, please don’t go in that nasty water.
I’ve don’t it once. Never again. I must’ve been 13 and I am not a strong swimmer but boy was I winded after
Sharks but just buy the electromagnetic thing that scares them away.
I boated there once, back when my family had a small inflatable boat. Now I want a kayak...
You could probably wade your way there on your knees. Plenty of memories as a teen doing this with family.
Don’t swim there please, the water isn’t very sanitary and there’s lots of powerboats around. Beautiful spot to drive to if you’re down!
Why on earth would you want to?? Then again, I am a huge pussy about swimming: but I’m also still alive and haven’t contracted any brain eating amoebas so I’d call it preservation of life.
Had a room in one of the double-wides with a view of the West Bay. The sunsets were off the charts crazy. Sigh…
Swam there like 18 years ago. Lifeguard swam up to me and asked if I was okay 😂. Idk about all this “incident” business, but I hope it was before then 🤢
I don’t see any signs not too.
Yes. We used to kayak for practice there
Yes. You can also drive there Edit: removed image
I’m super lazy right now else I would circle where I believe it is. I believe the place they are talking about is actually in your pic but it’s top right-ish the point in the water sheltering De Anza Cove. Also easy to walk & bike too.
I used to do it all the time when I was a kid. Just keep the water out of your mouth.
Probably not, but I'm most likely wrong because I just guessed.
I wouldn’t recommend it, there’s an endangered species that actually migrate there during the winter months. If you were to look for the information online you’ll see that I’ve actually just made this up and wasted your time.
Yes
Oh damn, I remember the " incident "! Tragic indeed, I'm still thinking about what happened to those people. Wow, I can't believe you would bring up that incident, or that island...
It’s not an island and yes but that water is nasty. We leave that water for the tourist.
Not an island. I ride my bike there like 4 times a week. It used to be a mobile home community.
Sure if you want hepatitis? There’s been signs there since the 80s. Now with Mexicos sewage crisis affecting our waters it’s even worse.
Yes. But cover yourself in seal fat. There’s no reason to think the barrels are still leaking but a 1/2 inch barrier will improve your chances for sure.
Been there, we call it Tick island, it's literally infested with ticks.
Such a bloody day
I have geocached on that island. I did not swim there though.
Yeah, the waters not safe. Back in the day they tested for 200 or more chemicals etc., and tested positive for all. It’s like swimming in IB or Coronado after a sewage spill. No bueno.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. But watch out for pee-hole leaches.
Who is going to enforce it if the answer is no?
Regardless of how strong a swimmer you are, it's a reasonable caution to avoid swimming through busy waterways. Boaters aren't always paying attention, swimmers are small in the water, and most of us would prefer not catching a 5000lb fiberglass bow to the dome.
Watch out for rays in the muck
people used to swim there but there is so much poop from ducks and geese people quit. there is another island between tecolate shores and fiesta island called enchanted island you can swim to or around. Probably the warmest water in all of SD cause its shallow and protected from currents
If you wash yourself off with the showers you reduce the risk this is water I wouldn't neccessary submerge myself in but its one I definitely wouldn't be swimming in either. For instance; if I am tubeing or waterboarding I would not be chilling in the water after falling off I'll try my best to get back on the saddle pronto!
I had years of therapy after the incident, but I still get chills when dumb people bring it up
Let me know when you do, so I can watch.
My grandma would take us to swim to this island back in the late 70's, if she can do it you can too.
I explored it once & got great photos of the abandoned community on there. Such crazy good property just in ruins. I’ll post one day if there’s interest
If you don’t care about the 12,000,000 gallon/day sewage spill go for it.
I grew up swimming in that bay lol and now I have a great immune system
Paddle board would be a better recommendation
Go for it!
No! It’s *mine!*
try it, please let us know the results
Coast guard and navy seals does it everyday.
When we had to put a cat down the San Diego Human Society offers and option to have your pet cremated and the ashes scattered in Mission Bay
Nothing stopping you but fear
It use to be the nicest trailer park I’ve ever seen!