The San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) is a world-renowned yachting community founded in 1886, recognized for its success in bay sailing, ocean racing, predicted log racing, cruising, angling, and support of youth programs at all levels. It offers training and racing programs for adults and juniors, facilities including 600 boat slips, dry storage for over 200 boats, tennis courts, swimming pool, dining room, bar, banquet facilities, and a year-round junior sailing program with around 200 youth sailors.
San Diego Scuba Pros offers scuba diving tours, snorkeling tours, scuba classes including PADI certifications, and other water activities like stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, and jet skiing. Tours are conducted at locations such as La Jolla Cove Ecological Reserve with certified guides, accommodating all experience levels from novice to advanced, emphasizing fun, skill development, and safety. All gear is included, with dives lasting 2-4 hours at depths of 20-130 feet.
Seaforth Boat Rentals is San Diego's premier boat rental and yacht charter facility since 1976, offering the largest fleet in SoCal with over 200 charter vessels including Jet Skis, small sailboats, powerboats, luxury sailing and motor yachts, kayaks, and pontoon boats at locations in Mission Bay, Downtown, Coronado, and Harbor Island. They provide bareboat rentals, captained charters, sailing classes, and experiences like sunset sails, harbor cruises, and special event cruises for all experience levels.
Harbor Sailboats is San Diego’s premier sailing club and instructional facility since 1969, offering professional sailing lessons, bareboat sailboat rentals from a fleet of new Beneteau and Catalina yachts ranging from 22 to 51 feet, ASA certifications, charter placement programs for boat owners, and membership access without ownership costs. Located on San Diego Bay at Harbor Island, it provides superior yachts, maintenance, training, and events like flotillas.
West Coast Multihulls (WCM), founded in 1999, is a multihull sales/brokerage, world-class ASA sailing school, and catamaran charter operation headquartered at Safe Harbor Sunroad Marina in San Diego, with locations in Southern California (including Marina del Rey) and the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. They offer bareboat and captained private half-day, full-day, overnight, and multi-day catamaran charters on modern cruising catamarans from brands like Fountaine Pajot, Seawind, Lagoon, Bali, Leopard, and Gemini, in areas such as Channel Islands, Catalina Island, and Gulf of California, including activities like sailing, SUP, surfing, swimming, snorkeling, diving, hiking, fishing, and whale watching.
Sail Riviera is a luxury yacht charter business in San Diego offering private, all-inclusive, 5-star sailing experiences on the San Diego Bay and Pacific Ocean. Started by Captain Paul in 2020, it provides customized tours such as sunset cruises, brunch sails, whale watching, swimming, dining, and special events on the yacht Riviera, which features spacious decks, teak finishes, and super-yacht amenities.
Freedom Boat Club is the world's largest members-only boating club, founded in 1989, offering unlimited access to a fleet of boats without the hassles of boat ownership. Members pay a one-time entry fee and monthly dues for the ability to reserve and use boats at over 400 locations across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. The club provides professionally maintained boats ranging from pontoons and bowriders to center consoles and cabin cruisers, with fuel, insurance, maintenance, cleaning, and moorage included.
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