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San Diego Harbor Cruise: Skyline and History
4.5
2,729 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.
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:
24 hours
Highlights
- San Diego Bay - Delight in the stunning views of the picturesque San Diego Bay, featuring downtown San Diego, the Midway ship, Coronado Island, the Coronado military base, the Coronado Bridge, the cruise ship terminal, and much more!
- Maritime Museum of San Diego - The South Bay cruise showcases the Star of India, the Coronado Bay Bridge, the…
- San Diego Bay - Delight in the stunning views of the picturesque San Diego Bay, featuring downtown San Diego, the Midway ship, Coronado Island, the Coronado military base, the Coronado Bridge, the cruise ship terminal, and much more!
- Maritime Museum of San Diego - The South Bay cruise showcases the Star of India, the Coronado Bay Bridge, the US Navy fleet, and the shipyards.
- Coronado Bridge - The South Bay cruise highlights the Star of India, the Coronado Bay Bridge, the US Navy fleet, and the shipyards.
- Naval Base San Diego - Participants on the North Bay trip will explore the North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island, and the Cabrillo National Monument.
- Shelter Island Park Shoreline - Participants on the North Bay trip will explore the North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island, and the Cabrillo National Monument.
- Cabrillo National Monument - Participants on the North Bay trip will explore the North Island Naval Air Station, the Naval Sub Base, Harbor and Shelter Island, and the Cabrillo National Monument.
What's Included
- Choose between a 1-hour or 2-hour harbor cruise
- Both indoor and outdoor seating available
- 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
- 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…
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(2729 Ratings)
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Jet59249245777
Jul 27, 2025
Beautiful day and JJ was amazing! - JJ was awesome and it was easy to understand her speaking. We enjoyed the 2 hour tour. It would have been better to know ahead of time that the boat went to one end and back to the dock to drop off and pick up passengers for the tour of the other end of the bay. It was a beautiful day!
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Sean_b
Jul 17, 2025
Fantastic - Great Experience for a someone’s first time in San Diego and to really see the city from water. Good for solo travelers.
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Pamsk9790cf
Jul 15, 2025
Great tour!! - Great day for the boat tour! Beautiful day, sunny, light winds. JJ was a great tour guide! Very knowledgeable and hS a great sense of humor!!
Only had water to drink, so the bartender Damien was very gracious!
So glad we took this boat tour!!
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Jolie_m
Jul 14, 2025
Relaxing tour! - We had a great time on our harbor tour and the guide was very knowledgeable. My kids loved seeing all the Navy ships as well as the sea lions and seals.
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M4082zgelizabethw
Jun 24, 2025
Great tour - Take the two hour. We chose the one hour at first but everyone was having such a great time we extended it to two. JJ and the crew were so great and informative.
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Tac359
May 24, 2025
Fantastic, must-do in San Diego! - My hubby and I did the combined two hour south harbour tour with the north harbour, with a short stop at the harbour in between to let on other passemgers doing just one part.
The ship was very roomy with three floors and had plenty of seating. There was a snack/refreshments bar and the open top deck had tables and chairs as well as bench seating around the sides.
The crew were very friendly and welcoming and the tour guide who was named Rafael was very knowlegeable and informative. We saw sooo much on this tour..beautiful scenery, great view of the San Diego skyline, sealions and lots of naval ships, helicopters etc.
We had a great tme on this cruise and it was a highlight of our trip. I would definitely recommend it! 10/10 👍🏻😁
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Betsy
Jul 27, 2025
Fun way to hang an hour or two on the bay - We had a nice little sightseeing excursion. Purchased 2 hour cruise but did not realize it is 2 - 1 hour cruises where you go back to dock and load more people. It makes it more of a 3 hour time commitment so know that if you want the 2 hour. Good narration and price is fair all things considered.
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Briansx1537is
May 26, 2025
Everything should be tried once - This was enjoyable enough, especially if you are a military buff. Enjoyed the Coronado Bridge. We did the 2 hour tour. The Narrator was well informed.
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Kkh1975
Jul 20, 2025
Misleading 2 hour cruise - We bought our tix for this cruise on TA. I didn’t know (or missed the fine print) that the 2 hour tour is actually 2 separate 1 hour cruises. After 1 hour, you come back and unload and load more people then head out for the other route. (There are 2 routes). You waste a good 20 minutes doing this. I felt like it was a lot of shuffling people around.
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Erin
Jul 6, 2025
Not enough season on top deck - There were too many people on the boat, with extremely limited seating on the top deck, where everyone wants to sit on a beautiful sunny San Diego day.
It was also hard to hear the girl who was doing the commentary.
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