I agree with wannaBEthere, and I am a very picky beach person. I just look at my trips to San Pedro as a different kind of beach trip. I always want to stay where there is a pool for cooling off. Once while visiting on the northern part of AC I stepped into the water to pick up some litter and my foot started sinking into the sand. It happened again while swimming at the end of a dock. When I tried to pick up a shell close to the water's edge, I almost lost a flipflop when my foot got stuck in the sand (way up past my ankle) a little north of the Blue Tang Inn. It may be like that evrywhere. The good part is that the beach doesn't matter. I still sit and watch the water and the waves breaking on the reef and the fish and gigantic rays swimming around the piers.
I don't wade anymore. The snorkeling is great. The guys love to fish. Beach picnics are fun. Boatrides into the lagoon at sunset are lovely.
It is beautiful and the atmosphere is hard to imagine until you have been there. I can hardly wait until time to go to San Pedro again.
The beach doesn't matter.