Can you ride an e-bike or scooter on the Mission Beach boardwalk?

The Mission Beach boardwalk looks like the perfect e-bike ride: flat, oceanfront, three miles long. It's also one of the places in San Diego where an e-bike is explicitly illegal. The rule surprises visitors on rentals and locals on their own bikes alike, and enforcement picked up again in late 2025.

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Ocean Front Walk ban zone

1. 1South Mission Beach (jetty) — South end of the ban
2. 2Belmont Park — Busiest stretch
3. 3Crystal Pier — Pacific Beach
4. 4Law Street — North end of the ban

Other ban zones

1. 5La Jolla Shores boardwalk (Kellogg Park) — From Avenida de la Playa to Kellogg Park

Endpoints from SDPD Training Bulletin 20-12; pins from OpenStreetMap, approximate. Checked October 6, 2026.

Exactly where it's banned

• —Ocean Front Walk and Ocean Boulevard, from the South Mission Beach jetty north to Law Street in Pacific Beach.
• —Bayside Walk on the Mission Bay side, from San Diego Place to Corona Oriente Road.
• —The Mission Bay Park east walkway, from De Anza Road to the South Shores boat launch.
• —The La Jolla Shores boardwalk, from Avenida de la Playa to the northeast corner of Kellogg Park.

The ban covers every "motorized transportation device": e-bikes of any class, motorized bicycles and scooters, hoverboards, motorized skates and unicycles. It applies to bikes you own, not just rentals. People with physical disabilities using a motorized mobility device are exempt.

If you're on a rental scooter

Shared scooters are geofenced: they slow to 3 mph on the Mission Beach and Mission Bay walkways and the La Jolla Shores boardwalk, and to 8 mph in places like Balboa Park and Liberty Station. They can't be rented between midnight and 2:30 a.m., and can't be parked on sidewalks or within 6 feet of a transit stop.