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San Diego, California
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Extreme
Emperor
Steel · Opened 2022
153 fttall60 mphtop speed3xupside down
52 inches to ride
Dive coaster, straight-down drop
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Extreme
Electric Eel
Steel · Opened 2018
150 fttall62 mphtop speed1xupside down
54 inches to ride
Launched
Coaster page
Family
Journey to Atlantis
Steel · Opened 2004
95 fttall42 mphtop speedNeverupside down
42 inches to ride
Oldest here
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Thrill
Manta
Steel · Opened 2012
30 fttall43 mphtop speedNeverupside down
48 inches to ride
Smallest here
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Thrill
Arctic Rescue
Steel · Opened 2023
40 mphtop speedNeverupside down
48 inches to ride
Newest here
Coaster page
No coaster here matches both picks. Try a taller height or another intensity.
Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is from the park or, where it publishes none, Wikipedia.
Ridden one? Find it here and see where the rest sit.
FamilyThrillExtreme
No new coaster is listed as being built at SeaWorld San Diego.
The 1 that used to run here, newest closure first.
| Coaster | Ran | What it was |
|---|---|---|
| Tidal Twister2019 to 2023 | 2019 to 2023 | Steel |
5 are operating. 1 more has closed for good.
Tallest: Emperor, 153 feet. Fastest: Electric Eel, 62 mph.
From 42 inches to 54 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 3 of the 5. Only Electric Eel needs 54 inches.
Under 42 inches or with an adult: Journey to Atlantis (42 inches).
2 of the 5: Emperor (3 times) and Electric Eel (1 times). The rest never turn you over.
Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at SeaWorld San Diego.
Straight-line distance from SeaWorld San Diego, among US parks with five or more coasters.
Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (SeaWorld San Diego, read Thu 10/1/2026). Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.
Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Noah Wulf (CC BY-SA 4.0), Rockclaw1030 (CC0). Photographs via Coasterpedia: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.
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