Ocean Bay Marina

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Piers of the Ocean Bay Marina in GTA Vice City, as viewed to the northeast.

The Ocean Bay Marina is a marina featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, located in Ocean Beach, Vice City.

In 1986, the setting of GTA Vice City Tommy Vercetti comes here to receive missions from Juan Cortez. However in GTA Vice City Stories the setting isn't in any part key to the storyline other than when Vic has to get fake photographs of Jerry Martinez with a DEA agent.

Design

Ocean Bay Marina is a two-pier marina located on the western shoreline of Ocean Beach and fronting the city's bay and open seas. In addition to basic harbor facilities, the area boasts a massive marina building which contains an underground carpark where random vehicles will spawn.

The marina can be access from either the south side, which has ample space for larger vehicles to enter into the compound, or the north side, which is directly west from the Marina Sands Hotel and features two narrower, curved walkways, one of which is too windy for vehicles to pass without damage. The northern entrances also feature two headstones standing out with a picture of an anchor on it, although they appear blank in GTA Vice City. The marina's two piers are labeled Pier 1 (to the north) and Pier 2 (to the south). Wooden slanted boards are also found in the waters near the piers and on the pier, both of which can be used at ramps for stunting.

The marina undergoes several cosmetic changes in its appearance in GTA Vice City Stories, appearing more undeveloped circa 1984, as its car park is under construction, and its docks are smaller in size and mostly constructed of wood; only two ramps for jumps are available on the docks.

The marina seemingly draws elements from the Dinner Key marina, in Coconut Grove, Miami, a re-purposed Naval Air Station and Pan American World Airways airport. The marina building itself sports architectural detailing taken from the former Pan Am's Eastern International Terminal [1] (now a Miami city hall), while the canopied pier entrances are near-exact replicas of those found at the marina circa the early 2000s (For comparison, Driv3r's rendition of Miami also replicates the pier entrances).

Vehicles

GTA Vice City
  • Rio: Docked at the base of Pier 1.
  • PCJ 600: Parked directly south from the entrance to Pier 1.
  • Reefer: Docked at the base of Pier 2.
  • Speeder or Marquis: Docked at the first northern pier adjacent to the base of Pier 2. The game will either spawn a Speeder on the western side of the pier, or a Marquis on the eastern side.
  • Colonel Cortez's yacht: Docked at the second northern pier adjacent to the base of Pier 2, until "All Hands On Deck".
  • Cheetah: Parked in front of the entrance to Pier 2.
GTA Vice City Stories
  • Jetmax
  • Jetski: At the base of Pier 1.
  • Marquis: At the dock directly behind the Squalo.
  • PCJ-600: Parked at Pier 1.
  • Tropic: At the dock adjacent to the Squalo.
  • Stinger: Parked at Pier 2.
  • Squalo: At the end of the dock running west from Pier 2.

Pickups

GTA Vice City
  • Health: In the curved walkway.
  • Pistol: On an end of the porch of the main building around the back.
GTA Vice City Stories
  • Health: On top of the porch in front of the main door around the backside of the building.
  • Body Armor:In front of a wall in the underground carpark.

Others

GTA Vice City