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Kayak La Jolla: Explore 7 Stunning Sea Caves
4.4
30 Ratings
San Diego
Discover La Jolla’s sea caves and marine life on a 90-minute sunset kayak tour. Perfect for all ages. Book now for an unforgettable adventure.
Discover La Jolla’s sea caves and marine life on a 90-minute sunset kayak tour. Perfect for all ages. Book now for an unforgettable adventure.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- La Jolla Cove - After a quick checkin process, we start with paddle instruction and safety orientation before we begin the paddle over to the Cove. Explore beautiful sea cliffs and caves as you glide through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve filled with marine life.
- La Jolla Cove - After a quick checkin process, we start with paddle instruction and safety orientation before we begin the paddle over to the Cove. Explore beautiful sea cliffs and caves as you glide through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve filled with marine life.
What's Included
- Kayaking Equipment (kayak, paddle, helmet and life jacket)
- Paddle Instruction
- Professional Tour Guide
- Kayaking Equipment (kayak, paddle, helmet and life jacket)
- Paddle Instruction
- Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
- 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
- Gratuities
- 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
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Kayak La Jolla and the 7 Caves! This 90 minute guided tour in La Jolla is a favorite of both locals and San Diego visitors. Explore beautiful sea cliffs and caves as you glide through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve filled with marine life. Paddle to Sunny Jim’s Cave, the Arch Cave, the Clams’ Cave and other sea caves for amazing close-ups of sandstone…
Kayak La Jolla and the 7 Caves! This 90 minute guided tour in La Jolla is a favorite of both locals and San Diego visitors. Explore beautiful sea cliffs and caves as you glide through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve filled with marine life. Paddle to Sunny Jim’s Cave, the Arch Cave, the Clams’ Cave and other sea caves for amazing close-ups of sandstone formations. Witness sea lions, garibaldi, leopard sharks, shovelnose guitarfish (rock on, man) and even the occasional dolphin on this sought-after La Jolla kayak tour. Ages 5 and up.
- Age: Minimum 6
- 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.
- Ocean and safety conditions determine the tour route and entrance into the sea cave is not guaranteed
- Lockers and wetsuits are available for rent upon arrival
Location
Bike & Kayak Tours
Avenida De La Playa
Parking is limited please arrive at least 30 min prior to find parking and to give yourself
time to check into our store and be fitted for equipment.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(30 Ratings)
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M1870nbadriand
Mar 31, 2026
Worth it but not easy - Definitely worth the price. I was a bit surprised how far we had to paddle (about 3.5 miles round trip; one family of four with two small kids peaced out after about 5 minutes!) and that there was only one cave you could enter. However, I was also surprised at how much I learned about La Jolla and its natural surroundings. It is truly an epic area with incredible natural beauty, rich and good looking people everywhere , and a real positive vibe.
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Zachary_m
Mar 24, 2026
Great 90 min activity - Great short time, and we’re San Diego locals. I’d definitely recommend it if only looking for 90 min of activity. Guides were knowledgeable and nice
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Matthew_h
Mar 7, 2026
It was amazing! I don’t... - It was amazing! I don’t like ‘tours’ but this one was fun and had lots of cool stories and things to see.
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T2101wpsamk
Sep 8, 2025
Do it!! - Saw seals on the cliff and dolphins at sunset while on the ocean. Props to our guides Sammy and Maddy for making a good tour great!!
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Monicamc2690gu
Aug 31, 2025
Amazing kayak tour - We had a great time on the kayak tour. Sammy, our tour guide, was so knowledgeable and friendly. We say lots of sea life, went inside a cave and even had 2 dolphins swim past us.
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Jessicabn7998hb
Aug 30, 2025
Amazing!!! - Me and my fiancé went on the kayak sunset tour and it was soooo pretty! We got lucky that rhe water was crystal clear and got to see inside one of the caves. Our guide Angie was awesome too, told us lots of cool facts about the area! Highly recommend it’s worth every penny
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Jin
Jul 30, 2025
Nice and enjoyable trip with a few blips - This business was well organized. Our guide Enzo and his partner were two nice young men with good humor. They guided us well through the entire trip. We enjoyed watching the leopard sharks and small rays. We also went into the cave and saw the seals. The scenery was quite different and very enjoyable from the kayak compared to what we saw from the shore. Overall, we had a good time.
Some minor issues with the trip came from
1) Having to wait 15mins pass our starting time for another group to join and start going. In the end, it was at least 30mins after the start time when we got into the water.
2) There was no functional toilets or ny running water to rinse our feet and hands in the shop at the end of our tour.
3) The equired hamlets smelled bad as if they were never washed or properly disinfected.
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Drrsaab78
Aug 15, 2025
No caves ! And we were not told that until we were in the ocean - Beth was good.
What was disappointing is that they clearly made the decision not to go to the caves way earlier and did not inform us. Once we were in the ocean and after some conversation , she said that in the morning they had injury in the caves and waves are strong so we won’t go to the caves. Of course safety comes first. But they should share that with people once they made the decision . The only reason for my kayak was to go into the caves.
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555myaw
Aug 11, 2025
😠- I was not even able to do it because of my age 😠and it wasn't even mentioned in the page for this event. I had to spend the time to find another place to do it just because of it cuz I really wanted to do it but luckily we got a refund
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Quynhanh_d
Aug 3, 2025
Viator Overbooks - I had a great time kayaking with my partner and no real issues with the company. The real problem was with Viator. Don’t advise booking thru a third party - when I got to kayaking, they told me Viator oversold their time slots and don’t usually communicate with them until day of on how many slots they have sold. Instead of the cave tour, I ended up just independently kayaking with my partner in the waters but we still would have liked to go on the cave tour instead.
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