San Diego Bay

Pacific naval anchorage

San Diego Bay is a natural harbor on the southern California coast, one of the finest deep-water ports on the Pacific.

The bay separates San Diego from Coronado and hosts a major U.S.

Navy base.

Its protected waters support commercial shipping, recreational boating, and marine wildlife: We watched the aircraft carriers in San Diego Bay.

Opposites
water body type

San Diego Bayopen ocean

Sea far from shore

high seas · open water · Pacific Ocean · deep sea · desert

maritime function

San Diego Bayopen sea

Waters beyond coastlines

international waters · high seas · shipping lanes · blue water · offshore waters

geographic character

San Diego Baycape

Shouldered sleeveless wrap

peninsula · headland · promontory · desert · mountain peak

Family

Diego, saintly, sainthood, sainted, saintliness, saints, bays, baying

Familiarity
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Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G