The nearest beach to the White House is 50 miles away.
According to google, the closest beach to the White House is in Maryland: North Beach & Chesapeake Beach (MD): Located about 50 miles east (a 1-hour drive), these are small, quaint bay-front towns. North Beach features a popular boardwalk, a swimming beach, and a fishing pier.
So Starlight abandoned their suicide mission to drag The Deep 50 miles to a beach, where he had his best shot of using his powers to stop her.
She didn't know all the sealife was out to kill him. And as an electric siphon super hero, she thought a secluded area in the wilderness was the best place to fight another super human.
u/DeadHeart4 — 1 day ago