Ocean Beach is a shopping district in Vice City, Florida, in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The neighborhood is the southernmost on Vice City Beach.
Description[]
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.
Influences[]
It is based on its real world counterpart South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
Urban area of Ocean Beach, as viewed to the southwest in 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 (1984-1986)
- Leo Teal (? - 1986)
- Mercedes Cortez (? - 1986)
- Tommy Vercetti (1986 - ?)
- Victor Vance (1984-1986)
Homes[]
Places/Stores[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
There is also an unnamed below-grade shopping plaza between Collar & Cuffs and the Pole Position.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
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Weapons[]
Grand Theft Auto: 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 Wenifall restaurant)
- Uz-I (behind the Pay'n'Spray)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Brass Knuckles (in a small park across the street 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 Cocktails (by cluster of bushes and trees on the beach)
- SMG (southwest end of Pier 2 on the Ocean Bay Marina)
- Spaz 12 (backyard of house east of Ocean Beach Synagogue)
- Stubby Shotgun (middle of small area of apartments across from an empire site)
Ammu-Nation[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Colt .45/Pistol ($100)
- Ingram Mac 10/Mac 10 ($300)
- Shotgun ($500, after Mall Shootout)
- Kruger/Ruger ($1,000, after Guardian Angels)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Assault Rifle ($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)
- Spaz 12 ($4,000 ($3,000 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
Spawning Vehicles[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Ambulance
- Banshee
- 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...)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Ambulance
- Biker Angel (after Taking the Fall)
- Infernus (after From Zero to Hero)
- PCJ-600 (always parked outside Pier 1)
- Sanchez (always parked by the lighthouse, triggers Land, Sea And Air Ace)
- Stinger (always parked outside Pier 2)
- Stretch
Icons[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Ground floor of Washington Mall
- Top of the stairs at the building next to Pay'n'Spray
- Ammu-Nation ($200) after Jury Fury
- Ocean View Hospital
- On a small path near the piers)
- Lower shopping area near Collar & Cuffs
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Body Armour
- 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 Synagogue
- 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. |