La Jolla Sea Caves Kayak Tour in La Jolla booking from $34.50

La Jolla Sea Caves Kayak Tour

Overview

This popular kayak tour will allow you to kayak the La Jolla sea caves and ecological reserve, which boasts an amazing array of scenery and wildlife you can't find anywhere else in San Diego. As you paddle alongside your expert naturalist/biologist guide, keep an eye out for sea lions, dolphins and even a Grey Whale!

City: La Jolla

Tue 24 Sep

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What's Included

Professional guide

Life jacket

Wet suit rentals are offered during fall, winter and spring

Kayaks (single or tandems) and Paddle

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
PLEASE BE IN THE KAYAK SHOP 1 HOUR BEFORE TOUR START TIME, Allow time for parking and gear set up
Expect to get wet, please wear appropriate clothes such as a bathing suit and shoes that can get wet (tennis shoes, 'river shoes' or flip flops)
Hats, sun screen and towels are strongly advised
Please do not bring valuables and things that cannot get wet
There is a weight limit of 250 pounds per single kayak and 450 pounds per double kayak
For safety reasons, the tour operator does not guarantee going into the caves on tours. Entrance to caves is based on ocean conditions, safety, and participants ability as determined by guide.
Minimum age is 6 years for a double kayak and 16 years for a single kayak
All participants must be able to swim
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands

What To Expect

La Jolla Shores Park

La Jolla Caves

La Jolla Kayak

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (689)

3LittleJamericans

Jun 2022

We had the most personable and fun guides (Adam and Chase). The sea was relatively calm so we got to go all the way in and see inside the caves. There were lots of seals, penguins and other birds outside. We also saw a turtle and leopard sharks. Excellent experience !

anitamD1548VQ

Jun 2022

We thought we were kayaking inside sea caves, but instead you just kayak in the middle of the rough Pacific Ocean trying to look down for Leopard Sharks (of which we did not see). You do go by some of the caves, but water is too rough to go inside. If you get sea sick, take Bonine beforehand. Overall, it was nice to be on the water, but definitely not worth $50+/pp.

BJAllstate

Jun 2022

I arrived around 8am per their website instructions, which was pointless. I was left standing around for 40 minutes until they finally directed me to the back to be handed a helmet and life jacket, which took about 2 minutes. Then, we were left standing around as a group for another 20 minutes while the employee guides finished getting themselves ready (instead of being ready in advance). I had to rent a locker for $7 to put my phone and wallet in, which is somewhere between absurd and ridiculous since their customers are tourists who are all going to need a safe, dry place to put their belongings. I asked to use a restroom and was told they did not have one and that I would need to walk around to find one. The instructors were nice, fun, and had a lot of good energy about them and made the rest of the trip fun. We kayaked out into the ocean and over to the caves. It was a decent distance over there, which was the vast majority of the kayak time in the water. When we got to the caves, or cave I should say, since we were only able to kayak into one of them, and the guide said that the water was low and that we may or may not go in, and that the previous week no one was able to go in. Apparently getting to go into the cave is more rare than advertised. The cave was briefly neat, as they take 1 kayak in at a time, you are in there for a minute, maybe two minutes at the most, and then they swim you back out of the cave. After this, you kayak back towards the beach and kayak surf to shore (most people get dumped into the water on this part, unless they are really good or really lucky). I did not feel this trip was worth the time or cost. I felt I would have been better off renting a kayak and paddling around in the ocean for a while. However, they guides were handy to explain now to paddle out from the shore and make it back in with the waves when done. Also, our guide was very knowledgeable about the area, the history, the wildlife, and our surroundings, and that made the trip interesting and worthwhile to some extent. Knowing what I know now, and I am kind of glad I went once, I don't know that I would do it again if I had it to do over, and I would not do it a second time.

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