Now that's the word I was looking for when trying to describe the stunning views of your beautiful bay area: Awesome!
I assume you can get close enough to see the bay area and the downtown skyline? Is overhead Coronado permitted?
If you've got any ideas which will help Whirlybird's planning, please post them. Even if she takes an instructor from Long Beach, he may not know the San Diego area well enough to make the best of the new restrictions.