Families searching for sheltered swimming on Mission Bay will find it at Playa Pacifica Park, a sprawling waterfront green at 1093 E Mission Bay Dr. in San Diego's 92109 zip code. The park wraps around a calm inlet called Leisure Lagoon, where a small sand island near the center gives kids a wading destination and lifeguards are on duty daily during summer months and on weekends through October. The City of San Diego also refers to the site as Playa 2 or Information Cove South, and it sits just south of the Mission Bay Beach Club and north of the San Diego Mission Bay Resort on East Mission Bay Drive. Picking up Mediterranean plates at Cafe Athena on Grand Avenue makes a solid pre-picnic stop before settling into one of the park's shaded tables. Barbecue grills, fire rings, a tot lot playground, and basketball courts line the grassy interior, while the 12-mile Mission Bay Bike Path passes directly through the park and loops around the entire bay. Permits for events of up to 200 people are available through the city's Developed Regional Parks office. Leashed dogs are allowed before 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. from April through October. The nearby Garnet Avenue corridor hosts a Tuesday Farmer's Market between Bayard Street and Grand Avenue from 2 to 6:30 p.m., offering fresh local produce and gourmet bites. Fresh seafood lovers heading home from a day at the park can detour to The Fishery on Cass Street for line-caught fish and house-smoked specialties. Fiesta Island is visible directly across the water, and paddleboarders often launch from the lagoon's gentle shoreline.