What to do and see in La Jolla, California (CA): The Best Scuba & Snorkeling

September 12, 2021 Vivienne Hutton

Topnotch golf courses, art galleries and seals share the dramatic oceanside landscape of La Jolla, an affluent community 15 minutes from downtown San Diego. Swimmers, snorkelers and kayakers dip into La Jolla Cove, where the protected waters shield an abundance of bright orange Garibaldi fish and sea caves indent the cliffs. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the family-friendly Birch Aquarium and the acclaimed La Jolla Playhouse deliver breaks from the sun.
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1. San Diego Scuba Guide

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5.0 based on 117 reviews

San Diego Scuba Guide

We provide guided SCUBA and Snorkel tours in San Diego area. While on your vacation join our NAUI certified adventure guides and discover the beautiful underwater world of La Jolla Cove. La Jolla diving tops many vacation to do lists. Clear water visibility, gentle rolling waves, kelp beds, underwater caves and an abundance of underwater sea life attracts scuba divers and snorkelers.

2. Mermaid Scuba Tours

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5.0 based on 10 reviews

Mermaid Scuba Tours

Scuba diving tours for certified scuba divers. Not a scuba diver, no problem lets go snorkeling and look for leopard sharks and green sea turtles! Photography packages are available!

3. Trident Divers

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Trident Divers

Founded in 2013, Trident Divers was the result of a lifelong love of the ocean, exploration and devotion to the ideal of safety through education. As a former ocean lifeguard, and lifelong waterman Joel Tracey’s focus is on competence in the water, both swimming and diving – while in pursuit of exploration. I’ll guide you to competence in the water, and help outfit you to make a splash.

4. San Diego Scuba Pros

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San Diego Scuba Pros

San Diego Scuba Pros offers scuba and snorkeling tours as well as scuba classes at affordable rates. We customize the schedule to fit your busy lifestyle. We also make the tours and classes both enjoyable, fun, memorable, and we emphasize skill development. Other attractions include Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Jet Skiing w Inflatables, Kneeboards, & Wakeboarding

5. San Diego Scuba Pros

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San Diego Scuba Pros

San Diego Scuba Pros offers scuba and snorkeling tours as well as scuba classes at affordable rates. We customize the schedule to fit your busy lifestyle. We also make the tours and classes both enjoyable, fun, memorable, and we emphasize skill development. Other attractions include Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Jet Skiing w Inflatables, Kneeboards, & Wakeboarding

6. Zach's Scuba Shack

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Zach's Scuba Shack

Zach's Scuba Shack is a mobile scuba tour operation that offers professionally guided tours of the world famous La Jolla Cove, located in beautiful San Diego California. La Jolla Cove is literally "The Jewel" of southern California shore diving, being most famous for it's Giant kelp forest and the Sea Lions that frequent the Underwater Preserve. This dive site is a treat for novices and experienced divers alike, there is truly something for any diver to marvel at. Your Divemaster will meet you/your party at the dive location with your rental gear set up (which you will have the option to purchase before checkout) or divers can bring their own gear. After a simple dive briefing going over safe entry/exit procedures and the dive plan, divers will be guided through some of our favorite routes in the cove. Please note: Shore diving at the cove includes stairs and a 5-10 minute surface swim. All tours are for certified scuba divers only. Tanks and soft weights are included.

7. SCUBA Snorkel San Diego

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SCUBA Snorkel San Diego

We're passionate about protecting & promoting our waters. We're professional divers, snorkelers, and conservationists. We believe in supporting local explorers & their communities. Our trainings and excursions are with small groups, so our students can learn and our divers & snorkelers have a personalized experience. Join us for a dive trip, snorkel with the sea lions, or become a certified diver!

8. SCUBA SOCAL ADVENTURES

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SCUBA SOCAL ADVENTURES

SCUBA and snorkel tours of La Jolla and PADI certified class offered by a PADI certified open water instructor with diving experience dating back to 1994.

9. Bike and Kayak Tours

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Bike and Kayak Tours

Kayak the 7 Caves of La Jolla, or bike the Freefall! We offer kayaking, biking, snorkeling tours and rentals in La Jolla.

10. Scuba San Diego Inc

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Scuba San Diego Inc

Welcome to Scuba San Diego, Inc., where we bring you the finest in San Diego scuba diving and snorkeling. Since 1968 we have been providing the safe professional guided tours. Our guides have combined 50 years of diving/snorkeling experience throughout the State of California. Our NAUI and PADI certified dive guides have the experience you expect. Come, enjoy the magic of the La Jolla Cove Ecological Reserve. The kelp forest is teeming with a multitude of sea life. The California State fish is the "Garibaldi" known for its brilliant orange coloring and is abundant. We often see rare and endangered Giant Black Sea Bass and Soup Fin Sharks. Dive or snorkel the La Jolla kelp forest and Clamshell sea cave. Sea lions and harbor seals frequent the reserve and a close-up encounter with these beautiful sea mammals is very likely on every tour. Close up encounters with harbor seals and California Sea Lions are a high point of any snorkel or diving Tour. We recognize your NAUI, CMAS, BSA

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