San Diego County · Pacific Beach
Dispensaries in Pacific Beach
Licenses checked 2026-10-06 · City of San Diego rules checked 2026-10-05 · State law sources reviewed 2026-07-31
As of October 6, 2026, 1 state-licensed cannabis dispensary is in Pacific Beach (the city's Pacific Beach community planning area). The City of San Diego allows licensed cannabis outlets for adult-use and medicinal sales, capped at four per Council District, 36 citywide. Every store is listed below with its state license number.
Licensed dispensaries in Pacific Beach
The state license record shows 1 licensed cannabis storefront in Pacific Beach (the city's Pacific Beach community planning area), checked on October 6, 2026.
- Wellgreens Dispensary 4645 De Soto St, San Diego 92109
The nearest stores outside Pacific Beach
By straight-line distance from the center of Pacific Beach, not driving distance.
- Urbn Leaf 1028 Buenos Ave, San Diego 92110
- Off the Charts Dispensary 5334 Banks St, Suite 101, San Diego 92110
- The Cake House 3452 Hancock St, San Diego 92110
- KLOVER 3500 Estudillo St, San Diego 92110
What the City of San Diego permits
Pacific Beach is governed by the City of San Diego's cannabis rules.
The City of San Diego allows licensed cannabis outlets for adult-use and medicinal sales, capped at four per Council District, 36 citywide.
Delivery is allowed only as an extra service from a permitted San Diego outlet; a delivery-only business cannot be based in the city.
Local rules let a storefront open only between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., the same hours the state allows.
- The city does not allow cannabis consumption lounges.
- Smoking and vaping are prohibited in city parks, on city beaches and on boardwalks.
- San Diego Municipal Code §141.0504 — cannabis outlets (cap, hours, delivery)
- City of San Diego — cannabis information
- City of San Diego — Information Bulletin 170, cannabis businesses
- San Diego Municipal Code §43.1002 — smoking in parks and on beaches
- City of San Diego — Community Planning District boundaries. A store is counted in Pacific Beach when its licensed address falls inside the planning area named above.
- Local rules checked 2026-10-05. All 33 stores in the City of San Diego. Every store in the county: the directory. Closing times: open late.
What to know in Pacific Beach
You can carry cannabis in Pacific Beach, but you cannot consume it on the beach, the boardwalk, Crystal Pier, or any street or park — public consumption is prohibited statewide and San Diego separately bans smoking at city beaches. A private residence with permission is the realistic option here.
Pacific Beach is where the gap between buying and consuming bites hardest. It is a beach-bar neighborhood full of visitors holding legally purchased cannabis, surrounded almost entirely by places where using it is against the law.
The beach and the boardwalk
The sand, the Ocean Front Walk boardwalk, Crystal Pier, and Palisades Park are all public places, and they sit inside the city beach smoking rules as well. This is among the most visibly patrolled stretches of coastline in San Diego, and the fine for public consumption can reach 250 dollars.
Garnet Avenue is no different — sidewalks and bar patios are public or private-with-house-rules, and the house rule is almost always no.
Staying in PB
Most Pacific Beach lodging is vacation rental or small hotel stock, and most hosts prohibit smoking of any kind, balconies included. Check your listing in writing before assuming otherwise. If your accommodation says no, the one licensed consumption lounge in the county — Sessions by the Bay in National City — is a drive, not a stroll.
Getting back with it
Anything you carry must stay sealed or ride in the trunk, and consuming in a parked car on Grand or Garnet is still consuming in a vehicle — prohibited. Driving under the influence is a DUI with no permitted amount.
The rules behind this page
State law is the same in every part of the county: where you can consume, purchase limits, the border, and the military rules. What changes from place to place is whether the local government allows stores, when they may open, and who may deliver, which is what the section above records.
Pacific Beach questions
- How many dispensaries are in Pacific Beach?
- 1, by the California state license record checked on October 6, 2026, counting stores in the city's Pacific Beach community planning area. The City of San Diego allows licensed cannabis outlets for adult-use and medicinal sales, capped at four per Council District, 36 citywide.
- Can I get cannabis delivered in Pacific Beach?
- Delivery is allowed only as an extra service from a permitted San Diego outlet; a delivery-only business cannot be based in the city.
- What time do dispensaries close in Pacific Beach?
- By 10 p.m. at the latest. Local rules let a storefront open only between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., the same hours the state allows. Each store sets its own hours inside that.
- Can you smoke on the beach in Pacific Beach?
- No. The beach and boardwalk are public places under state law, and San Diego separately prohibits smoking at city beaches and parks. The fine can reach 250 dollars, and PB is heavily patrolled.
- Can you smoke at a bar or patio on Garnet Avenue?
- No. Cannabis consumption is prohibited anywhere tobacco smoking is prohibited, and private venues set their own rules besides — effectively nowhere on the strip permits it.
- Where is the nearest lawful place to consume for a PB visitor?
- A private residence with the owner permission, or the one licensed consumption lounge in San Diego County — Sessions by the Bay in National City, roughly a 20-30 minute drive south.
Updated 2026-10-06. Sources reviewed 2026-07-31. Not legal advice — see the about page for our sourcing standard. License data checked 2026-10-06.