The Whale

Description from the manager

The Whale is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath penthouse just 3 homes from the sandy Pacific Beach. It features a fabulous white-water view of the ocean and sunset view from the large private balcony with a granite bar. Comfortable chairs allow you to enjoy the view while having breakfast outside or a glass of wine while watching the sunset followed by dinner cooked on your own private gas BBQ just outside the kitchen door.

This home is the sunny and fresh top floor unit in a 4 unit complex. The entire building was just remodeled in the summer of 2007 and tastefully furnished with all new furniture, beds, appliances, linens, dishes, gas BBQs, patio... furniture, etc.

** If you are traveling with another family or larger group, please consider renting 2 or more of the units in this 4 unit complex. All units are 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and can sleep up to 5 people in each unit. If you rent all 4 units together your family of 20 will have individual space and privacy, but be right there on the same property and able to enjoy quality family time together. To see pictures and read full descriptions of the other units in this complex please go to

The Whale is the only upstairs unit and has windows on all four sides, making it very light and cheery. The living room offers a warm cozy fireplace, leather couch and love seat, flat screen television with full cable channels and DVD player. The wireless Internet and digital phone line insures that you can keep in touch with work and family and look up what to do and where to go in San Diego if you bring a laptop with you.

The fully equipped kitchen comes complete with granite countertops, maple cabinets, travertine flooring, dishwasher, oven and stove, microwave, coffee maker, blender, juicer, etc.

The bathroom is a full bath with tub and shower, granite counter tops, beautiful maple cabinets, and travertine flooring. Each bedroom has a Queen size bed, full closet, dresser, bedside lamps, alarm clocks, ceiling fans and flat screen television with full cable channels.

In the closet, there is an additional single size futon mat for additional guests. All linens, including sheets, blankets, bed spreads, bath towels, beach towels, etc. are provided with your rental, excluding linens for the futon mat.

All of our rentals are spotlessly clean, well maintained and we have tried to provide everything you will need for a fun and comfortable vacation at the beach. You will not have to fight for parking at the beach as a private garage is provided for each unit (SUVs or oversize vehicles may not fit) with new garage doors and automatic garage door openers.

There is also a free shared laundry room and a large shared patio area with gas BBQ, tables with umbrellas and chairs and lounge chairs. We also provide adult size beach cruiser bicycles, boogie boards, sand toys, beach chairs, beach towels, and a cooler so you can enjoy the area the way we locals do. For families with small children, we provide a high chair and pak-n-play crib. Upon request we can also provide additional baby items such as a full size crib, jogging stroller, bed rails, noise monitor, etc.

In addition, we offer full concierge services. You can order discounted attraction tickets, food and dairy products to be delivered to the home prior to your arrival. We can set dinner reservations or tee times for you, and we can help you with planning any other activity or special request you may have.Room DescriptionBedroom 1 has 1 Queen

Bedroom 2 has 1 Queen

Additional single futon mat

Check-In: 4:00 pm

Check-Out: 10:00 amRead more

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What Past Guests Are Saying

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• Arizona vacationer
  Scottsdale

  Clean, good location, cozy

  Left on 05/17/2013 for a stay in March 2013
  
  

  The Whale was in a perfect location, walking distance from the beach. All the amenities were new and clean. We loved the fireplace and the view of the beach. It's a perfect amount of space for a small family, 2 couples or a group of friends.

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• Happy Renter
  Toronto

  We loved the Whale!!

  Left on 05/17/2013 for a stay in January 2013
  
  

  My wife and I stayed at the Whale for four weeks in the latter part of January and into February. We found it to be exactly as described. You can see and here the ocean. The beach house was very clean and well equipped. The staff were excellent, responding immediately to any questions. All in all, a great place to stay, and we would certainly do so again.
  
  It is just one minute from the beach and the walk along t he ocean!

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• Brad G
  Ca

  Perfect location, spotless rental and breathtaking views; what m

  Left on 05/16/2013 for a stay in April 2013
  
  

  This vacation was one to remember! The rental was spotless and completely furnished with everything we could have needed. 1 garage space, bikes, body boards, etc. Views that are postcard perfect. In the unit there is a guest sign in book. There were some negative comments written some time back, the owners have corrected each concern (yes I am one of those folks that actually checks lol). Having a rental where the management and owners truly care about the customer experience is just amazing and appreciated. Will be back for sure and will not consider going anywhere else!
  Brad G.

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• AAA
  Lake Havasu City, AZ

  Amazing~!!!

  Left on 05/16/2013 for a stay in March 2013
  
  

  The apartment was everything we could have asked for!! Super close to the beach, all amenities that you could need, close to restaurants and bars, with beautiful views. The property description says it all. Would highly recommend.

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• JENNY
  WENDOVER UK

  'Fabulous'

  Left on 05/07/2013 for a stay in April 2013
  
  

  This apartment was one if the best places we stayed during our 2 week stay in California - The apartment itself is fabulous. Very clean with everything you could need to make your stay a home from home experience. Great position from all local amenities and fantastic views. Great to have a garage with lots of beach equipment, bikes etc too. Will definitely recommend this property.

  

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• bagpackedletsgo
  

  Fantastic Location--Needs a few tweaks

  Left on 08/24/2012 for a stay in August 2012
  
  

  This condo is literally one block from Pacific Beach and has a fantastic view of the ocean from its Westward facing second story balcony. Upon arrival (after a 6 hour drive) I opened the garage to find the bikes in the way of me parking my car. First of all, it's a tiny garage. My Volvo S60 barely fit. Then the bikes, chairs, boogey boards, and beach toys are stored in there. I had to rearrange the bikes before I could do anything else. This meant lifting them up onto the ledge, putting them overlapping one another, and getting battered and bruised in the process. Not a good start. After finally parking and making it up the stairs with my first load of stuff I was greeted by the Welcome mat. The old, tattered, worn ugly welcome mat. Not very welcoming. Really? Spend 10 bucks and buy a new one. There are no keys needed to enter the condo, just a numerical code to plug into the door. This is really convenient, but I worried that they didn't change the code between guests. It was 2468. Now they'll have to change it! The condo is decorated nicely with a big comfy couch and chair in the living room along with a nice big flat screen TV that gets a zillion channels. The kitchen is well stocked, has granite countertops, a great big cold refrigerator, and Margarittaville blender. The only thing I found it to be lacking were wine glasses. There are ceiling fans in every room which is wonderful because there is no a/C in the unit. The bathroom is small but sufficient and includes a blow dryer, small shampoo, conditioner, and lotion. The 2 bedrooms are pretty similar except one has a TV and cable box (which didn't work) and alarm clock, and the other has 2 closets with plenty of hangars. Both rooms have Sleep Number beds which we found to be horribly uncomfortable. Mattresses are a personal preference, so hopefully someone actually likes them. There are 2 windows in the unit that have lost the seal between panes and are clouded over. Unfortunately, one is in the living room so it obscures part of the lovely ocean view. Outside there is a BBQ grill that we didn't use and 2 chairs along a granite countertop for ocean viewing. That was the best part of the condo! Downstairs was a laundry room shared by the 4 units, but the washing machine broke on day 4, so we couldn't use it. The walk to the beach is down a steep hill, so I got great exercise schlepping stuff to/from the beach, but some people might not like that. The condo is walking distance to tons of restaurants and bars--try Jrdn, Duck Dive, PB alehouse to name a few. I've pointed out a lot of little things that need to be improved, but all in all I would return here again if only for the view and the location.

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