Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach is a tourist and shopping district on the eastern island of Vice City and has the majority of Vice City's beach. In the initial stages of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti resides in Ocean Beach at the Ocean View Hotel and can later purchase the Ocean Heights Apartment. Ocean Drive, a long road on the east side of Ocean Beach, is lined with hotels and is located right next to the beach. Ocean Beach is bordered by Washington Beach to the north and Viceport to the west.

Events of GTA Vice City

Ocean Beach is the primary location for a few mission throughout the game, starting from the second mission An Old Friend. Tommy Vercetti meets Lance Vance in Ocean Beach, after killing Leo Teal and later kills three members of a European gang in the area. Missions for Colonel Cortez also start in Ocean Beach.

Residents

Juan Cortez (? - 1986)
Lance Vance (1984)
Leo Teal (? - 1986)
Mercedes Cortez (? - 1986)
Tommy Vercetti (1986 - ?)
Victor Vance (1984)

Homes

Places/Stores

GTA Vice City

GTA Vice City Stories

Weapons

GTA Vice City

Baseball Bat (behind the Ocean View Hotel)
Brass Knuckles (in an alleyway behind Ocean View Hotel)
Chainsaw (in the bathroom of Apartment 3C)
Shotgun (southeast side (top floor) of the Washington Mall)
Pistol (between the Pier 1 and Pier 2, near Cortez's Yacht)
Knife (behind the Maison Wenfall restaurant)
Uz-I (behind the Pay'n'Spray)

GTA Vice City Stories

Brass Knuckles (in a small park southwest of Ammu-Nation)
Chainsaw (behind a building east of Washington Mall construction site)
Equalizer (in swimming pool in building south of the Pole Position)
Grenades (south of the helipad, near trees, behind Ocean View Hotel)
Molotov Cocktail (by cluster of bushes and trees on the beach)
SMG (southwest end of Pier 2)
S.P.A.S. 12 (backyard of house east of Ocean Beach Church)
Stubby Shotgun (middle of small area of apartments across from an empire site)

Ammu-Nation

GTA Vice City

Pistol ($100)
Mac ($300)
Shotgun ($500, after Mall Shootout)
Kruger ($1,000, after Guardian Angels)

GTA Vice City Stories

AK-47 ($4,200 ($3,150 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
Rocket Launcher ($9,000 ($6,750 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after Turn On, Tune In, Bug Out)
SMG ($2,500 ($1,875 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
Sniper Rifle ($6,000 ($4,500 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
S.P.A.S. 12 ($4,000 ($3,000 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)

Spawning Vehicles

GTA Vice City

Ambulance
Banshee (comes with an alarm 70% of the time)
Caddy (always parked by the lighthouse)
Cheetah (always parked outside Pier 2)
Hermes
Oceanic (always parked outside Ocean View Hotel)
PCJ-600 (always parked between Pier 1 and Pier 2)
Regina
Sandking
Sentinel
Stallion (always parked on top of parking lot)
Hunter (only after collecting all 100 Hidden Packages and completing Keep Your Friends Close...)

Icons

GTA Vice City

Adrenaline Pill

Ground floor of Washington Mall

Body Armor

Top of the stairs at the building next to Pay'n'Spray

Ammu-Nation ($200) after Jury Fury

Health Icon

Ocean View Hospital

On a small path near the piers)

Police Bribe

Lower shopping area near Collar & Cuffs

GTA Vice City Stories

Body Armor

Marina Sands Hotel

Southwest corner on top level of Ocean Beach Parking Garage

Parking garage for the piers

Grassy area of southeast part of Ocean Beach

Ammu-Nation ($240 ($180 after completing Phil's Shooting Range))

Health Icon

Ocean View Hospital

Middle of east-west road north of an empire site

Front of small apartments north of Pay 'n' Spray

On stairs between Piers 1 & 2

In front of Ocean Beach Church

Police Bribes

Dirt path between an empire site and Washington Mall construction site

West end of path leading to the lighthouse

Gallery

The lighthouse situated on a peninsula in the south-eastern region of Ocean Beach.