San Diego Harbor Cruise: Skyline and History
4.5
2,049 Ratings
San Diego
Experience the beauty and history of San Diego on a relaxing harbor cruise. Enjoy stunning skyline views, live commentary, and up-close encounters with massive watercraft.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • San Diego Bay - Enjoy breathtaking view of the beautiful San Diego Bay including downtown San Diego, Midway ship, Coronado Island, Coronado military base, Coronado bridge, cruise ship terminal and many more!
  • Star of India - South Bay cruise covers the Star of India, Coronado Bay Bridge, US Navy fleet and the shipyards.
  • Coronado Bridge - South Bay cruise covers the Star of India, Coronado Bay Bridge, US Navy fleet and the shipyards.
  • Naval Base San Diego - Those on the North Bay trip will check out North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island and Cabrillo National Monument.
  • Shelter Island Park Shoreline - Those on the North Bay trip will check out North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island and Cabrillo National Monument.
  • Cabrillo National Monument - Those on the North Bay trip will check out North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island and Cabrillo National Monument.
What's Included
  • Choose between a 1-hour or 2-hour harbor cruise
  • Both indoor and outdoor seating available
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks (onboard snack bar available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a calming 1- or 2-hour harbor journey across San Diego’s bay and enjoy stunning vistas of the city’s skyline. This fully guided tour will cover all the must-see spots with plenty of time to relish them! Experience live narrations providing insights, history and highlights of this fantastic bay. Get close-up views of some of the world’s biggest water vessels.

  • Please note: you must advise of your preferred departure times in the Special Requirements field at checkout. All times are subject to availability
  • Please provide contact information (i.e cell phone) for the local operator to be able to reach you in case of changes to boarding or yacht
  • Some ships only have restrooms either up or down a flight of steps
Location
990 N Harbor Dr
North Harbor Drive
Flagship ticketbooth
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kimberly_h
Jan 2, 2024
Family fun time.. - Great time for the entire family, 15 of us. Nervous youngsters could be inside. Adventurous teens could be up top. Lots of room to spread out and enjoy the beauty of San Diego...
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Denise_m
Oct 16, 2023
2Hour Tour - Loved the information given. Great 2 hour tour- great tour, good accommodations, friendly staff, and beautiful weather. Parking at the Embarcadero was horrendous.
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Rory_d
Oct 8, 2023
AWESOME San Diego Bay Tour - Highly recommend taking the San Diego Harbor cruise. If you can, take the 2 hour cruise --the experience is worth the time and money. Weather permitting, acsend to the top deck for the very best views! Reservations were booked online through viator.com. I recommend using Viator as the reservation process was easy and convenient.
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Mrslambert
Sep 15, 2023
Relaxing couple of hours - We did the 2 hour North and South harbour cruise, it was really interesting and the commentator, Rusty was really knowledgeable. It was our first full day in San Diego and this was a lovely relaxing way to see the bay.
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Joanne_s
Oct 20, 2023
Nice views but boring moderator - Beautiful weather and nice views from the harbor. The person talking during the trip talked about the ships and planes going by 95% of the time. I wish I could have learned more about San Diego. Or more stories would have been more interesting.
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Adrian_t
Oct 19, 2023
disappointed with the company and crew - The boat broke down so they put us on a second boat (and hour and 15 minutes later) . The Cruze was supposed to be a 2 hour cruse, they made it into 2 ,exactly the same, one hour cruses with a long time back in dock before the 2nd one hour cruse. There was never a "we're sorry about the inconvenience" or anything really. Kinda soured the experience. Had they been even a little bit kinder, it would have made a world of difference.
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Northstar778619
Sep 28, 2023
San Diego Bay 2-hour cruise - We signed up for the 2-hour cruise. It was worth every penny. The views were gorgeous! I was disappointed initially with Flagship because my husband is deaf and I called them to let them know I needed an ASL interpreter and the customer service agent didn't even know what I was talking about and said he would call me back when he found something out and I never received a call back. The day of the cruise, everything went smoothly checking in and boarding. The staff was very friendly and the bartender, Jules, was the ultimate best. She was so friendly and the pina colada she made me was delicious. The guides were very informative as they gave their tours, but needless to say, there was no ASL interpreter waiting for us at all. If they had called us back and scheduled us an ASL interpreter, I would've given them five stars. It would be nice if Flagship would train their customer service agents to know what they need to do to get an ASL interpreter for deaf customers and not be totally clueless when a person calls in to ask them about their services for customers who are hearing impaired.  
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Russ_a
Sep 4, 2023
Good and Bad - The north bay portion was wonderful. For the second half we were asked to move to forward to allow a large family to sit together outside. Unfortunately they chose to be talking non-stop each louder than the person next to them while all trying to talk over the tour narrator. Ruined the tour for the rest of the people.
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Melanie_m
Oct 19, 2023
Underwhelmed - The narrator was not very informative overall. There was a LOT of silence from the crew. I had hoped for a lot more information about the sights and landmarks... it's a long time to be on a boat with very little crowd engagement.
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I2069fwkristam
Sep 17, 2023
Only go if you like military info - 95% of this tour was “look at that ship/boat/vehicle! It’s the xyz class that the navy uses to do something or other”
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