San Diego Boat Tour Adventures

From feeling the rush of driving your own speed boat on a San Diego Boat Tour, to taking a tour in one of our GoCars or scooters, we offer the San Diego adventure tour you're looking for!

Captain Your Own Speed Boat Tour

Adventure is waiting for you on a San Diego Boat Tour!

Cruise the harbor in the driver’s seat as the captain on one of our high-adrenaline speed boat tours! Zip along the coastline and take in the stunning views of area attractions like the Maritime Museum, Seaport Village, photogenic seals, and of course, the iconic downtown skyline. No other San Diego boat tour packs this much excitement and harbor sightseeing into one fun-filled day. Explore downtown and tour San Diego Harbor from the seat of a speed boat and then an electric scooter. Take another combo tour of San Diego with an electric GoCar and the speed boat. No matter what San Diego adventure you choose to experience the city, you’ll enjoy every moment of it!

San Diego Boat Tour Packages

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From $89.45

1.5 Hours

Speed Boat Rides in San Diego – Speed Boat Tours

Our San Diego speed boat tours offer a driver’s seat tour of the harbor. On our boat rides in San Diego, your guide will point out famous sights like the Navy ships, the USS Midway, Coronado Bridge, seals and many more iconic sites!

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From $142.50

4-5 Hours

San Diego Day Trip – GoCar & Speed Boat Adventure Combo Tour

Save $30 and experience the best of San Diego from land and sea! This combo tour includes the Speed Boat Adventure Tour and a two-hour GoCar Tour of Embarcadero and Balboa Park.

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From $143

4-5 Hours

VIP San Diego Sightseeing – Scooter & Speed Boat Combo

Get all of the San Diego Sightseeing you can, and save $30 with our Scooter & Speedboat Combo, where you get to explore in a GPS-guided storytelling scooter for 2 hours and then hit the bay in your very own speed boat that you drive yourself! Includes 2 Scooters and 1 Double Passenger Boat.

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Our San Diego Tours are a Fantastic Way to See the Landmarks!

Looking for the best tour in SD? Experience the adventure of a lifetime on our Speed Boat Adventure Tour, a guided and narrated San Diego Harbor sightseeing tour with a twist.

The city’s most exciting Speed Boat Adventure Tour is available five times daily. Please book online to reserve your slot, and come have fun in the sun while enjoying all that the area has to offer. Reservations are required and our trips fill up fast, so book your speed boat tour in San Diego today.

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San Diego Boat Tour FAQs

- The meeting location will be at the Safe Harbor Cabrillo Isle Marina at 1450 Harbor Island Dr. #205, located across the street from the San Diego Airport.
- The speed boats go 20 to 25 knots.
- No problem! Our boats are very simple to operate and we will make sure you are fully comfortable with the operation before we leave the dock.
- There is a combined total maximum weight capacity of 425 pounds for each boat, for the driver and all passengers, the combined weight cannot exceed 425 pounds.
- Learning to drive our speedboats is simple and easy. If you can safely drive a car, you can safely drive our speedboat. The passengers of the speedboat must be 5 years of age or older to ride the speedboat.
- Part of the fun at Speed Boat Adventures is that, at times, we will be riding in open water. Although usually calm, the harbor can be choppy at times.* We do not recommend guests with neck or back problems or a recent surgery participate. Pregnant women should not participate.*
- No license is required to drive our Speedboats, only that the driver is 18 years of age or older. Learning to drive our speedboats is simple and easy.
- Absolutely! We will stop several times during the San Diego boat rides, you can switch drivers if you like, halfway through the tour!

- Every driver and every passenger must sign a liability waiver. If the passenger is a minor, then enter the minor’s information and the guardian can sign the child’s waiver. You will receive a link to the electronic waiver via email.
- The tour lasts two hours from start to finish including orientation. You are on the water for 1.5 hours.
- Part of the fun at Speed Boat Adventures is that, at times, we will be riding in open water. Although usually calm, the harbor can be choppy at times.* We do not recommend guests with neck or back problems or a recent surgery participate. Pregnant women should not participate.*
- We recommend children riding with adults be five and older. Children under five are welcome on a case-by-case basis, as long as the conditions of the water are fair, and the child can hold on, physically. If the conditions are rough, it is not safe for a child under five.
- To drive the boat alone, a person must be 18 years old. People 16 and up may drive as long as an adult is in the boat, as well.
- No, you drive your own speed boat, and follow your guide boat. You have the ability to communicate with your guide via radio system.
- Gift Certificates can be redeemed online or when booking over the phone. Please just have your Gift Certificate Code ready when submitting payment.