Located at Mission Bay, just minutes from the train station, the 77ha SeaWorld San Diego park offers shows, up-close animal encounters, attractions and rides. It also employs a wildlife team that is available 24 hours a day to rescue and care for marine animals.
If you’re visiting California for Disneyland Resort, it’s worth adding SeaWorld to your Anaheim family holiday itinerary – it’s only a 90-minute drive down the SoCal coastline. You can also get from LA or Anaheim down to San Diego on the scenic Pacific Surfliner train.
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Rides and attractions at SeaWorld San Diego
Little adventurers will love the one-of-a-kind Ocean Explorer™ children’s land. Experience the beauty of Orca Encounter™ and get ready for Electric Eel™ ride!
Thrill rides at SeaWorld San Diego
The theme parks’s newest attraction is Tidal Twister – the world’s first horizontal, infinity-loop coaster. The coaster accelerates to 48km per hour as riders twist and bank like they are riding the tide along a figure-eight track that includes dynamic Zero-G roll.
Among other thrill rides at SeaWorld are Electric Eel, San Diego’s tallest and fastest roller coaster featuring multiple-launch elements, high-energy twists, and heart-pounding loops.
There’s also Manta, a two-part attraction featuring a double-launch coaster boasting a 16m drop and lots of twists and turns.
Turtle Reef
Turtle Reef explores the life cycle, characteristics and preservation of sea turtles. It includes a one million litre plus aquarium that’s home to dozens of sea turtles; a motion-activated video game; a touch-screen map that allows guests to track sea turtles in the wild; and an exhilarating ride called Riptide Rescue.
Penguin Encounter
SeaWorld California’s Penguin Encounter is home to more than 400 penguins representing six Antarctic and sub-Antarctic species. It’s the only facility in the western hemisphere where guests can see emperor penguins, which are the largest species, weighing as much as 40kg and reaching as tall as one metre.
Orca Encounter
SeaWorld is home to 10 killer whales that can be seen through large underwater viewing panels. Orca Encounter is a live documentary-style presentation helping park guests gain a deeper appreciation and respect for the creatures, and preserve their future.
More family fun at SeaWorld San Diego
Guests can also spin, splash and swirl around a tropical island at Shipwreck Rapids, and venture through a tunnel surrounded by nearly a dozen shark species in the Shark Encounter. Other park highlights include Dolphin Point, where guests interact with bottlenose dolphins. Plus, join Elmo and friends as they parade the pathways of the park in an all-new Sesame Street® Party Parade.
Wildlife rescue at SeaWorld California
Did you know? Your visit helps SeaWorld provide $10 MILLION in donations and in-kind services every year for animal rescue and conservation efforts. Your trip to SeaWorld supports rescuing thousands of animals in need every year.
While visitors are enjoying all the animal shows, exhibits and education programs that have made SeaWorld famous around the globe, behind the scenes there is a mission to care for the environment and the animals that extends beyond the park’s borders.
SeaWorld animal experts care for thousands of animals every day and are on call to rescue marine animals in need along the San Diego coastline. SeaWorld California alone has rescued more than 20,000 animals, including sea lions, seals, dolphins, whales, turtles and birds. The goal of the program is to rescue, rehabilitate and return animals to the wild, giving them a second chance at life.
