San Diego Speed Boat Adventures | San Diego Boat Tours - San Diego, California

Kymber ly

This was a great experience! Even if you have no prior experience driving a boat, you will be okay. Our captain was Captain David, and he was great! Loved his energy, the stories, guidance and reassurance throughout the trip. I would recommend coming here as a date or just for fun. It was amazing to be out on the water in places you see only from the shore line. We will be coming back or buying a boat now lol

My only recommendation to Speed Boat Adventures, and con for us customers, would be the parking. In the email it is very well expressed where to park and to be at the meet up location at least 15min prior to launch time. However, from what I was told, by staff member, the parking lot that the business(es) use there is almost always closed for events on weekends; leaving this location to park unavailable. You are subjected to the hotel or street parking only. There is also more public parking just pass the Sheraton on the left, however the day we went (8/24/24) it was also closed to the public, due to an event. We ended up getting lucky and got street parking very close to facility. I would recommend leaving early to be able to look for parking. My recommendation to Speed Boat Adventures, is to add in the email that this parking lot is almost always closed to the public for events-on the weekends, and may not be a viable option to use for parking.

Pros: Great experience, boat speakers are loud and clear so you able to hear Captain communication out on the water fairly easily, boat easy to drive, you get up close to many sight seeing structures, but from the water-like the Midway.

Cons: parking situation, steering wheel on boat was stiff so you get a work out on your arm, waves that you hit can be hard on your bottom (=

fastgeek

Ours was the first outing of the day and, despite what you might think, you really don't get wet in these boats. Yes, you'll occasionally catch some spray to the face on some of the bigger "hits", but that's about it. Our guide, Jeremy, was awesome. Very laid back, friendly and knowledgeable. Bit of a kidder, too. 😉 The boats are dead simple to operate and not stupidly powerful. If you can drive a car, you can operate these boats. You'll do everything from moving at a crawl to high speed runs; maybe even a little silly fun on the way back.

Will say that one huge advantage to being the first group, on a Tuesday morning, would be that it was just us, Jeremy and another boat. Made things really easy for him and stress free for all of us. Seeing the Midway up close and personal, after having toured it the previous day, was really cool. We were also extremely lucky and happened to see a pod of dolphins! Honestly, that was the icing on the cake for a terrific morning out!

Christine Giraud

Our guide was funny and knowledgeable, and took us along the entire San Diego Bay. So many sea lions were playing right next to our boats and my family enjoyed that! We were able to go max speed on the boats several times as well throughout the entire ride which was exciting as well! Definitely recommend!

David DeLauder

I’ve lived in San Diego for 36 years and I’ve never done this… Never knew what I was missing out on. This was one of the best if not the best touristy travely awesome thing you can do in San Diego. Being able to drive your own speedboat at 25 to 30+ miles per hour was awesome. You get to see all the best things in the harbor. Me and my buddy were laughing our butts off. Definitely give this a try. Captain David was the best.

Rachel Dalzell

Fantastic experience today with Keegan. Beautiful weather and we were able to tour all the best parts of San Diego from the water. Blessed with some dolphins visiting us too! Highly recommend this experience if you love boating.

terry g

Love this!! Tour guide “Sunny” was awesome and he was very patient. Wished the tour was longer and we didn’t have folks that didn’t pay attention because it ate up our time. It’s definitely worth trying out but the price was high for the time limit you get in the speed boat!

Rocio Torres

Best date experience ever. If you're seeking a heart-pounding adventure, look no further than these speed boats. Captain K, our tour guide, was phenomenal.

Trisha Gard-thompson

Great tour . My 10 year old son got nervous and he let us go last so we didn't have to be at full speed all the time. The person who tour is great and we had an awesome time