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I’m an east coaster, have been to San Francisco 3 times for nearly a week each time.
Later this summer as we drive from Long Beach to Seattle, I told my wife that we’ll need to plan 2 nights in SF. She was, like, why?
Now I have a list.

GREAT. Your wife wouldn't want to freeze her butt off either, which she would do on the west coast during the, like, summer. I mean the ocean, of course.

When you hit the beaches in southern California, you'll see that only children are IN the water, playing. It's fifty-five degrees in the heat of the summer.
The millions of sunbathers are safely ON THE BEACH. They may wet their toofies up to the ankles or knees but not any farther.

The water doesn't warm up until Mazatlan. And it's 82 degrees down there. The west coast Pacific ocean is COLD.

I hope you like motels and/or sleeping in your car. Motels will bust the budget. Hotels? Forget it.

I visited the southeast corner of Canada, New England and then ended up in New York. I LOVED it all. Boston is really a great place. I wouldn't care for the winters, though. We lived in Chicago when I was a girl and ALL I remember is the COLD winter, which SEEMED to last a long time.

My error: the water in San Diego is 63 degrees. We went there in December once. The Navy SEALs were doing their COLD WATER training in those waters. They were fully suited up in all their gear.
We were told that they do their WARM WATER training in Florida.

Now, in Coronado, that area of their training is roped off.

I was born and raised in Newport Beach, Southern Cal, and the water always gets warm in the summer, 65+.

The ocean is filled with thousands of surfers, body surfers and swimmers, it’s really nothing like you say...

I did live in the Bay Area, Santa Clara, and I loved the Sco, just loved it. Golden Gate Park, Chinatown, Highway 17 to Felton and Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz.

It’s a great area...and maybe in a few decades the crazed Marxists will all be gone...