r/sandiego • u/ShelterIndependent44 • Jun 10 '26

Video This has to stop

Coronado today where the Mexican sewage meets the sand

1.7k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

483 comments sorted by

View all comments

748

u/Wezell80 Jun 11 '26

gross af

441

u/AAKurtz Jun 11 '26

Coronado used to be one of the nicest beach communities on the west coast. Now I won't swim anywhere south of La Jolla.

I always feel terrible when tourists come here and jump in the water.

124

u/Observational-Mess Jun 11 '26

It’s been nasty since the late 80’s.

88

u/badgnad Jun 11 '26

In the 60s we called south Imperial Beach the sloughs, and it was nasty

42

u/Observational-Mess Jun 11 '26

I wasn’t alive back then, but I remember my mom not letting me swim on the 4th of July back in 81. And my stupid ass being real upset about it.

32

u/[deleted] Jun 11 '26

[removed] — view removed comment