CALIFORNIA WATER PARKS

Antioch Water Park
Antioch
925-776-3070
ci.antioch.ca.us

Operated by the City of Antioch, this small municipal water park features 5 adult and kids water slides that include Humphrey's Slide, Crystal Slide, Canyon Cooler, Rattler's Run and a toddler slide. The park is available for private events.

Boomerang Bay
237 W to Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 988-1776

Great America's Australian themed water park is included with admission and is open during the summer, Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. The park features Great Barrier Reef, Boomerang Lagoon, Castaway Creek, Cabana Village, Didgeridoo Falls, Down Under Thunder, Jackaroo Landing, Kookaburra Cay, Ripsnort Ridge, Tasmanian Typhoon and Screamin' Wombat.

The Island Waterpark
Fresno
559-277-6800
islandwaterpark.com

42-acre waterpark with tube slides, body slides, 3 speed slides, family raft ride, lazy river, wave pool, family raft ride, kids' area. This 42-acre waterpark features a body and tube slides, kid slides, and a children's play area complete with a tipping bucket that releases 500 gallons of water. The Island Waterpark also offers a wave pool for body boarding.

Knott's Soak City at Knott's Berry Farm
8039 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park
714-220-5200

Located adjacent to Knott's Berry Farm. Funnel ride, body slides, tube slides, speed slides, mat racing slide, wave pool, lazy river, children's activity pool, and interactive water play structure with dump bucket. Knott's Soak City is a large water park with plenty of watery diversions. Among its highlights is the Pacific Spin funnel ride, the three speed slides on Old Man Falls, and the Banzai Falls mat racing slide. Less adventurous guests will enjoy the long lazy river, Sunset River, and the Beach House interactive water play structure.

Knott's Soak City Palm Springs
1500 S Gene Autry Trail
Palm Springs
760-327-0499

Knott's Soak City in Palm Springs includes Pacific Spin funnel ride, the two speed slides on the Tidal Wave Tower, and the Surf Rider Rapids family raft ride. Less adventurous guests will enjoy the Sunset River lazy river and the Kahuna's Beach House interactive water play structure.Funnel ride, family raft ride, body slides, tube slides, speed slides, wave pool, lazy river, children's activity pool, and interactive water play structure with dump bucket.

SeaWorld Aquatica (formerly Soak City)
2052 Entertainment Circle
Chula Vista
619-661-7373

SeaWorld Aquatica in San Diego includes funnel ride, family raft ride, body slides, tube slides, speed slides, wave pool, lazy river, children's activity pool, and interactive water play structure with dump bucket.

Legoland California Water Park
Carlsbad

Family raft ride
Tube slides
Body slides
Lazy river
Water play structure with tipping bucket
Play area for kids

The 5.5 acre park isn't very large, but it's loaded with colorful fun and creativity for the young. Build a raft, water fountains, pools and water elements from toddlers to youngsters. Children 2 and under are free. This stand-alone water park opened in 2010 and was a splashing success as the third of three theme parks inside Legoland California. Each is separate admission, though passes are sold with admission to all the parks.

Mustang Waterpark
Arroyo Grande
805-489-8832
mustangwaterslides.com

Located in a remote campground, the Mustang Waterpark is a small, relaxing park where the slides are actually built into the sides of the hills.

Raging Waters Sacramento at Cal Expo
1600 Exposition Blvd.
Sacramento
916-924-3747
ragingwaters.com

Raging Waters Sacramento offers enclosed body slides, tube slides, and raft slides. Some of its more unique attractions include the Dragon's Den bowl ride, Cliffhanger dual racing slides, and Splashdown,two slides that abruptly drop out for a freefall experience into a pool. Volleyball courts inside the park.

Raging Waters San Dimas
San Dimas
909-802-2200
ragingwaters.com

50 acres of 36 slides and attractions, Raging Waters in San Dimas is a day of fun for all ages. Dragon's Den, a tube ride that sends guests circling around a 35-foot bowl with a mist-breathing dragon, Dropout, a 7-story vertical drop slide, High Extreme, a massive two-person tube ride, Neptune's Fury, a4 person raft ride with a 60-foot drop through the dark, and Thunder Rapids, a large family raft ride. Raging Waters also has kids attractions such as Splash Island Adventure, an interactive play area, Volcano Fantasea, Kid's Kingdom, a large water playground and water slides for children.

Raging Waters San Jose
San Jose
ragingwaters.com

New at Raging Waters San Jose
Bombs Away
Brave guests will climb to the top of the slide's tower, enter the capsule, and experience a 55-foot vertical drop after the trap door in the bottom of the capsule is opened. If that's not crazy enough, riders will then enter a near-vertical loop before being deposited (hopefully with bathing suits firmly attached) into a splashdown track. Raging Waters in San Jose features a variety of slides spread across the 23-acre park. Although not as large as its sister park in San Dimas, it hosts some of the same attractions, including Dragon's Den, a tube ride that sends guests circling around a 35-foot bowl overwatched by a mist-breathing dragon. Raging Waters also features some unique attractions, including Shotgun Falls, a body slide that sends guests plunging into thin air before landing in a 10-foot pool, Barracuda Blaster, a three-person tube ride, and Pirate's Cove, an interactive play area complete with water cannons and a tipping bucket.

The Rapids Waterslide-permanently shuttered 2013
Pleasanton
925-829-5600
shadowcliffs.com

A small, municipal water park located at the Shadow Cliffs East Bay Regional Park.

The Ravine Waterpark
Paso Robles, California
805-237-8500
ravinewaterpark.com

Tube slides, speed slide, body slides, wave pool, activity pool, lazy river, and play areas for younger kids. A medium-sized water park, The Ravine includes the Viper and Anaconda tube slides, the Kickback Kreek lazy river, the Calypso Bay wave pool, the Vertigo and Kamikaze speed slides, and the Kiddie Cove play area for young children. The park also offers beach volleyball and snack stands.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Valencia
sixflags.com

Six Flags Magic Mountain. Separate admission from Magic Mountain. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor California Water Park Features:
Funnel ride, tube slides, speed slides, body slides, racing slides, family raft ride, wave pool, lazy river, and play areas for small children. Mr. Six's Splash Island is an interactive water play structure for younger guests that will include slides, sprayers, a dump bucket, and other wet fun. Among the largest water parks in California, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor hosts a variety of thrill rides and kids attractions, including Tornado, a tube ride that sends guests barreling through a six-story funnel, Lost Temple Rapids, a 560-foot long family raft ride, Taboo Tower, a complex of three 65-foot slides, and Castaway Cove, a large play area for children with interactive games and kids slides.

Sunsplash
Roseville
916-784-1273
golfland.com

Facility includes tube slides, Master Blaster "roller coaster" water slide, large wave pool, lazy river, and Adventure Island play area for small children
features Thunder Bay, an 84-foot wide wave pool, The Stealth, a five-story halfpipe water slide, and Master Blaster, an attraction that sends guests shooting uphill with powerful jets of water before sending them straight back down five stories. In addition to water attractions, the facility offers mini-golf, laser tag, and go-karts.

WaterWorks Park
Redding
530-246-9550
waterworkspark.com

Small park with 3 twisting slides, large activity pool, tube slide, toboggan slide, and kids' play area and fun attractions, Avalanche, the half-pipe water slide.

Waterworld California
Concord
925-609-1364
waterworldcalifornia.com

Thrill rides such as the funnel ride, halfpipe wave ride, speed slides, body slides, tube slides, family raft ride, wave pool, lazy river, and family rides for small children. Waterworld California has Honolulu Halfpipe--a slide that sends riders plunging down over four stories both forwards and backwards--the Tornado funnel ride, The Big Kahuna family raft ride, Diablo Falls Shotgun Slides, and a gigantic, 15-foot wide lazy river.

The Wave Waterpark
Vista
thewavewaterpark.com

Small facility includes tube slides, body slides, Flow-Rider, lap pool, and interactive play area for small children.
The Wave Waterpark features six adult water slides and the FlowRider, one of its more interesting attractions, in which guests ride a simulated wave without ever moving anywhere.

Wild Rivers (reopens in new location in 2014)
Irvine
wildrivers.com

Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a long-term lease to build and operate a new Wild Rivers on County owned property in Irvine! The new park will provide the same high level of customer service as before but will showcase a completely new array of rides, featuring all the latest and greatest technology to offer more thrills and fun than ever. The new Wild Rivers will also be an educational park with various educational elements intertwined within the attractions. It will be a place like no other!! Construction is slated to begin in the summer of 2013. Wild Rivers Irvine opens in May 2014!

Wild Water Adventures
11413 E Shaw, Clovis
559-297-6500
wildwater.net

Body slides, tube slides, flume slide, family raft ride, wave pool, large kids play area, and a water dark ride! In addition to its water attractions, the 52-acre Wild Water Adventure Park features picnic grounds, fishing, volleyball courts, and even horseshoes for interested guests. Also unique to the park is its star attraction, Gold Rush Mountain, in which guests ride tubes through haunted mine shafts with strobe lights, fog, and special effects. Wild Water play area has more than 20 activities for kids.

Coming

Great Wolf Lodge California (may open in 2015)
Garden Grove
Indoor water park resort. Great Wolf Lodge California is under development and not open till 2015.The Great Wolf Lodge at InternationalWest will be located at 12591 Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove, near Disneyland.