La Jolla Kayak Tour: Explore 7 Caves
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79 Ratings
San Diego
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Both residents in the area and visitors to San Diego thoroughly enjoy the kayak tour in La Jolla. Traverse past magnificent sea cliffs and into caves as you make your way through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve, abundant with sea life. The tour takes you to all seven caves, which includes Sunny Jim’s Cave, the Arch Cave, the Clams’ Cave, and others, providing a close-up view of beautiful sandstone formations. Prepare to see sea lions, garibaldi, leopard sharks, shovelnose guitarfish (rock on, man) and occasionally, dolphins as you partake in this popular La Jolla kayak tour.

What's Included
  • Kayaking Equipment (kayak, paddle, helmet and life jacket)
  • Paddle Instruction
  • Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Service & Maintenance Fees (17.5%)
  • Lockers are available to store belongs (small items) for $9.00 per locker for the day.
  • Wetsuits are available for rental for $24.00 per wetsuit per person for the day.
  • Hotel pick up or drop off
Additional Information

Experience the enjoyment of Kayaking in La Jolla and its 7 mysterious caves! On this 90-minute tour, which is popular among residents and visitors of San Diego, you will get to explore stunning sea cliffs and secret caves while floating through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve teeming with aquatic animals. The paddling journey includes visits to several intriguing sea caves like Sunny Jim’s Cave, the Arch Cave, and the Clams’ Cave where you will have a close view of the fascinating sandstone formations. Get a chance to observe sea lions, garibaldi, leopard sharks, shovelnose guitarfish (stay cool, fellows), and maybe even a playful dolphin during this high-demand kayak tour in La Jolla. Open to individuals over the age of 5.

  • Age: Minimum 5
  • Arrival Time: 30 minutes before tour time
  • Attire: Swimsuit or athletic clothing that dries quickly. Guests will get wet at least from the waist down.
  • Lockers and wetsuits are available for rent upon arrival
Location
2158 Avenida De La Playa
Avenida De La Playa
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Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lorineutzling
Apr 23, 2024
Great opportunity to get onto the water - Great tour. We were looking for something active to do on the water. This filled the bill perfectly. The guides were knowledgable and share interesting information. The caves were beautiful-- we even got to kayak into one of them. This activity was very doable for someone who occasionally kayaks and never kayaked in the ocean before. Someone in our group flipped off their kayak. The guide pretty easily got her back on even though she had limited muscle power.
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940julietd
Apr 22, 2024
Wonderful Kayak tour - The Kayak tour was just wonderful. Was able to get close up on caves and animals The tour guide really hard, please tip them.
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158dereckg
Apr 22, 2024
For the best time in La Jolla go to Bike And Kayak Tours! - This place is absolutely amazing, wonderful staff very helpful. When you get down to the gorgeous beach, the tour guides are exciting and fun very personable making your experience even better. Making reservations, online was easy, being able to rent Kayaks, snorkel, Wet suits, bikes, to walk up with confirmation get everything You need and Get Out on the water fast and simple. I’ve been Coming here for years, bringing friends and family every time we come to La Jolla!
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Linhdo7
Apr 22, 2024
Awesome - Highlight recommend this tour as it was such an amazing experience. The employees were all so nice and the tour guilds were wonderful.
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Ryancg4597gq
Apr 21, 2024
Breathtaking - A great experience. La Jolla is beautiful and the kayaking tour was a great way to see the caves. Bring sunscreen and a camera.
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Bryonyhart
Apr 9, 2024
Great Experience! Highly recommended. - Trying to fill time whilst my husband is at work I decided that I would book the kayak tour of La Jolla caves. I was nervous, especially when I found out I’d be the only one on the excursion. I needn’t have worried. The team in the shop were all so helpful from getting me the gear and sorting out a locker. I hadn’t been kayaking for a very long time especially not on the ocean, but the guidance was great and gave me the confidence to get on with it. Joshua was my guide and his knowledge was great he was really informative about the area from housing to the wildlife (the best bit). Managed to spot some sharks. Unfortunately, as the swells were too rough we were unable to go into the caves. I would 100% recommend this trip.
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X8975ytjimh
Mar 30, 2024
Great experience - We had a fantastic time! We were not able to get into the caves because of the waves, but Maddie was able to show us them from where we were. Learned about the area and had a great time on the ocean. Saw sea lions very close by and Maddie was a great tour guide for our family.
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Kandisclegg
Mar 30, 2024
Fabulous family adventure! - Michael and Zach were great to work with! They were kind, clear, very approachable, and helped us feel like navigating the ocean in a kayak would be totally doable for all of us. They shared a lot of details about the cove, and our family had a great time!
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Lwilsonwdehne1
Mar 30, 2024
Cool tour with a warm guide over cold water - Cool tour over cold waters w a warm tour guide. Maddie was great. Got us out past the break, then up close w the caves, and even had sea lions come by to say a close up good morning! Then back in to shore upright and in style and a friendly chat about San Diego after
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Barefootb33
Apr 2, 2024
HORRIBLE - horrible experience don’t go unless you have kayaked before instructors don’t care about your safety and did a poor job explaining 0/10 would never come back with this company ever again
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