San Diego Youth Aquatic Center
1750 Fiesta Island Rd
San Diego, California (map)
Phone: (619) 298-6121
More info : The San Diego - Imperial Council Camping
YOUTH CAMP HIGHLIGHTS
The San Diego Youth Aquatic Center is the only development on Fiesta Island, in Mission Bay. The center is on the east banks, next to a sandy beach and protected cove.
Fiesta Island is a largely undeveloped, almost flat island with several miles of sandy beaches.
Watersports and group activities
The aquatic center is used by youth groups and can handle events up to 250 people.
San Diego Youth Aquatic Center has several watersports activities, including canoeing, windsurfing, swimming, kayaking, and sailing. Instruction is available.
The center has a summer youth camp, as well as year-round instructional and recreational activities for people of all ages.
Amenities include a boat launch ramp, overnight dormitories, a kitchen, marine biology labs, an open-air courtyard, and a protected cove with beach, good for swimming.
San Diego Youth Aquatic Center is available for special group events. Make reservations and inquiries with City of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation at (619) 235-1169.
Fiesta Island Youth Camp
Next to the Youth Aquatic Center is Fiesta Island Youth Camp. Campsites can accommodate 250 campers in 25 campsite clusters.
For camping reservations, contact the City of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation at (619) 235-1169.
Year Round Programs
San Diego Youth Aquatic Center makes itself available for youth group activities and special events year round.
The center has accommodated such groups as the Boy Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs, Sea Scouts, Indian Guides, church youth groups, and YMCA, with camping, watersports, service projects, safety education, regattas, camporees and more.
For reservations or inquiries, contact the San Diego Imperial Council office
Phone:
(619) 298-6121 ext. 246 or
Email:
camping@sdicbsa.org
To schedule a service project, contact the San Diego Youth Aquatic Center at (619) 275-3386. For equipment and/or facility use, make reservations at least three months before the planned activity and before making camping reservations.
Directions:
Take I-5 to Sea World Drive exit , about one mile north of I-8.
Take Sea World Drive west for about 1/4 mile to East Mission Bay Drive.
Turn right on East Mission Bay Drive and go about 100 yards to Fiesta Island Road.
Turn left on Fiesta Island Road and go past the gate onto Fiesta Island. The road becomes a one-way loop around the island.
Turn right and proceed around the first cove of Mission Bay.
Turn right at the junction in the road and proceed to the Aquatics Center.
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