La Jolla Sea Cave Kayak Tour

Explore La Jolla’s Sea Caves by kayak. Encounter seals, sea lions, and more. Perfect for nature lovers and adventure seekers. Book your unforgettable tour now.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 2261 Avenida De La Playa - Guests will participate in a 90-minute, fully-guided tour of the La Jolla Ecological Reserve and the famous Seven Sea Caves. Our tour guides will lead you through the reserve and give you insider knowledge of the area, including local history, marine life, and conservation efforts.
    All guests must arrive 30 minutes prior…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • 2 person kayak with all required equipment
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Concessionaire Percentage Fee
  • Hotel pickup
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option not selected)
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Wetsuits are available for rental for $12.00 per wetsuit per person for the day.
  • Lockers are available to store belongs (small items) for $6.00 per locker for the day.
Additional Information

The Original Sea Cave Kayak Tour (90 Minutes in Length) offers unforgettable guided tours through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve. Each tour is lead by experienced guide(s) who ensure participants safely navigate through the unique ecological habitats while seeing different types of marine life.
This highly-protected and unique area boasts one of the…

Location
2261 Avenida De La Playa
Avenida De La Playa
Please, ensure that you arrive 30 minutes prior to your reservation time for Check-in at: 2261 Avenida De La Playa, La Jolla, CA, 92037 We have changing rooms, lockers available for rent, and anything else anyone would need to have an amazing experience available at our shop.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Llagrega
Jan 2, 2025
Sea cave Kayak tour. - Excellent tour with Toumas and Veronika. We saw sea lions, leopard sharks, and many dolphins. It was chilly but the water was calm and the wet suits made a big difference. Highly recommend this tour.
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Joanna_b
Jan 1, 2025
This tour was incredible!... - This tour was incredible! I will caution you that if you are a person who experiences motion sickness- TAKE ALL THE DRUGS. They have things that you can purchase in the shop. Better safe than sorry. That being said- Christian and Veronika were wonderful tour guides. They did an amazing job preparing us and sharing all kinds of interesting facts about local wildlife and the biodiversity in the cove. We saw dolphins and sea lions that were very near us in the water. It was amazing. I only wish that seasickness hadn’t cut our experience slightly short. But that was my own fault. Even in that situation- Christian towed our kayak for a bit to give me a chance to recover and made me feel 1000% better about such an unfortunate and embarrassing situation. Would HIGHLY recommend this tour to anyone!
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Z6oerebeccak
Dec 24, 2024
Beautiful scenery and awesome tour guides - We made the choice to do this trip same day and Everyday California was very accommodating and called to follow up about reservation and advise of timing, arrival, etc. Once we arrived everyone was very nice and helpful. Guided us through the process of prepping and introducing us to our amazing tour guides Tuomas and Josh who were very friendly. Knowledgeable on the water and made everyone comfortable as many of us were beginners. Josh provided a lot of history about La Jolla, beach, coastal line, development, sea life, etc. We learned a lot about the area while also having calm waters beautiful scenery. I would definitely suggest this tour to anyone interested. If I lived in CA this would be a place i would definitely go again. Shout out to Tuomas and Josh for making this such a fun tour!
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P381gjdales
Dec 4, 2024
Kayaking in La Jolla - Trevor was awesome! He was great at pointing out interesting points. He made sure we were having a great time. Although we were not able to enter the cave, we still had a great adventure
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Kristina_e
Nov 19, 2024
A most do! - I r had a great time with Tomas! He was very patient with us as we were slightly older than the other group we were with. Very scenic and beautiful! We even had dolphins jumping 10 fr in front of us! Breathtaking!
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Ann_d
Jan 11, 2025
Weren’t able to see the caves due to semi rough waters - Only thing we really saw were leopard sharks, and a couple sea lines pop up, which we could’ve saw on the shore.
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Nathalietv5483as
Jan 10, 2025
Cove yes, but no cave - Truly disappointed that we did not see the cave, as I though we would. We only kayaked in La Jolla Cove. This said, the two guides were great at explaining how special the La Jolla cove is for the marine life. We got to see seals and dolphins, swimming all around us and as close as two feet from our kayaks. The guides pointed where we could go after to see sea lions, seals, pelicans, cormorans, etc - make time to go, as it is well worth it. The sea was a bit rough to enter and exit. Be prepared to get wet - a wet suit is a must and well worth the rental cost. Same for your electronics/cameras - make sure they are in a good sealed container.
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Molly
Dec 28, 2024
Hoping to get to caves next time…. - Charlie was a super knowledgeable guide, very fun! We were able to see dolphins and sea lions up close which was incredible! Only down side is that we couldn’t go into the caves due to the tide, so we sat in place for quite some time.
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O3147etamyf
Nov 29, 2024
The sea was rough that day my friends! - Our excursion was nothing like shown in the photos. I expected a calm sea cove. Well the ocean I guess was rough the day we went and we did not get to go into the sea caves. It was challenging just launching the kayak into the ocean. Thankfully my husband is experienced and got us out from shore. Others wiped out. It was fun once we got going and we saw dolphins. The guides were great and pointed out the caves, sea lions and birds. It was exhilarating paddling with the high waves but I would say not for true beginners. Not what I expected but overall a good experience. Also best move was renting wet suits!
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Janine_c
Nov 22, 2024
Company won’t stop spamming me - Average experience but made worse by the constant pressure to tip and review. Why can’t you just let us enjoy we’ve paid for the trip and that should be enough, The constant stream of emails sent to me after is outrageous and even though I’ve contacted viator they still come. Don’t book unless you want many emails after the event
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