La Jolla Kayak Rental SDBK

Discover top-ranked La Jolla Kayak Rental SDBK. Enjoy exclusive cave entry, extensive training, and the closest beach access. Book your adventure today!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • La Jolla Caves - The Kayak Tour of the 7 Caves is approximately two hours. You get a lesson before the tour begins and all the necessary kayak equipment is included. The tour takes place in the La Jolla Ecological Reserve. There are 3 different habitats in the Reserve, and we’ll paddle to all three on the tour (the rocky reefs, sandy flats, and kelp beds). We paddle to the seven caves of La Jolla and typically we go in to the Clam’s cave, which is the largest cave on the tour, and we offer a cave entry guarantee. We also typically see the local marine life on the tour including sea lions, harbor seals, Garibaldi, leopard sharks and the occasional dolphin.
What's Included
  • Use of Facilities- Showers, foot rinse, restrooms
  • Paddle
  • Safety Equipment
  • Life Jacket
  • 2-Person Kayak
Additional Information

SDBK is the top ranked kayak operator by the City of San Diego for kayak operations. This ranking is based on meaningful criteria including the extensiveness and quality of our training programs, our proprietary guide certification process and stringent guidelines, our operating procedures, the quality and content of our tours, our Water Safety Plan and Emergency Response Plan.

Additionally, we are the closest operator to the beach in La Jolla and we also have the most available tours as the top ranked largest operator.

We also exclusively offer a cave entry guarantee on our kayak tours in La Jolla. If conditions do permit entry into the largest sea cave we will issue passes to enter the land accessible cave. Our priority is guest safety and we are unable to enter the Clam’s Cave is ocean conditions do not permit.

Location
Bike & Kayak Tours
Avenida De La Playa
Look for the bright red Bike and Kayak Tours awning!
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sky128
Mar 25, 2023
Fantastic staff /great tour - Well worth it! From the easy check in with Maddie and her positivity to our fantastic tour guide Chase. He was knowledgeable and made everyone in our group feel safe. We went on a rough surf day and the staff swam with our boats out and back in. The hot rinse off at the end of the tour was fantastic.
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Michelle
Sep 11, 2020
Such a fun experience! - This was one of our favorite activities in San Diego. We loved our guides! They were fun and informative. We even jumped in and swam in the ocean. Such a fun time!! The staff was friendly and helpful. The store was convenient to the beach. Prepare to be wet. A small waterproof bag is helpful for phones, keys etc. Would highly recommend this tour!
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Kimberly
Jul 17, 2020
Amazing experience on the water - My boyfriend and I are visiting from Tampa, Fl and I had one request: we do outdoor activities. He found and booked this group for a tour today (middle of july), and it’s been one of my favorite vacation activities to date. Our tour guides Emma and Enrique made everything so comfortable. They were knowledgeable and fun. The cave was worth the entire trip, and I highly recommend. There were obviously other tour groups out there, but to be honest they didn’t seem as interactive on the water. Notably, one group had a lot of teenage girls who were extremely rowdy and loud, with the guides not keeping peace. that made it hard to hear our tour guides in spots, and they weren’t very attentive to running into others. Because of this, i was reassured that we made the best choice going with the red boats.
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Enriquemariglo
Jun 29, 2020
Amazing and Fun - For someone who have no experience , we have one of the unforgettable fantastic kayak experience ever! Jake and Spencer were the tour guides and totally skilled professional ! Jake’s funny stories and jokes worked well with us that were a bit anxious . Ask for these guides on your tour! We will definitely do this tour again. Thank you!
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Kayla
Sep 27, 2019
Lots of fun! - Kat and Griffin were amazing tour guides! We didn't expect so much information about La Jolla and were pleasantly surprised. The guides made it both fun and informative and we were happy we chose to do this on our last day in CA. Got some sun, a little arm work out, saw cool stuff and felt like we learned a lot about the marine life and coastal shores of La Jolla... A+
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N8woods
Sep 20, 2019
We saw dolphins! - We did the Sunset Kayak Tour and it was perfect. Our lack of kayaking experience and the fact that we had small children (two 5 year olds) in our group weren't a problem at all. Tyler & Kat were our guides. Kat was especially patient with our group (like I said, two 5 year olds). She made sure everyone felt safe and told us all about the Cliffside houses and the 7 caves along the way. The caves were super cool. You even get to go into one of them. There were sea lions all over. And we saw dolphins on our way back to shore!! Yea. Dolphins! Just chillin', swimming around right by where we were kayaking. It was awesome. Definitely check these guys out. You might see dolphins!
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Nagem95
Jun 15, 2019
7 Caves Kayaking Tour - Quin and Megan were very entertaining guides and so much fun to kayak with. They were full of knowledge about the area. This is a must do activity if you are in the La Jolla area. Highly recommend!
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Playhard21
Jun 15, 2019
Kayak Fun - Guides were knowledgeable helpful and fun. Fun to see dolphins, sea lions and went inside cave. Swimming was also option. We were traveling with teenagers adults and young kids. Everyone had a great time. Wet suits were a good idea as it was cold on the water in the morning.
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Lindsayd671
Mar 18, 2019
False advertisement - They make it seem like you are going to kayak into the caves when in fact you merely kayak near the caves and the tour guide talks about them. Our tour guide insisted on kayaking out farther to find more kelp. She couldn’t not find this so called “kelp forest.” I did not see a single fish, dolphin, or seal.
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