Maritime Museum of San Diego

New! H.M.S. Surprise main deck AND below deck exhibits are open to visitors! We just completed restoration.

Time to take a selfie!!! Visit the famed vessel featured in the award-winning motion picture Master and Commander and Pirates of Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

SEA MONSTERS: DELVING INTO THE DEEP MYTH EXHIBIT IS OPEN! 

Free with admission. Interactive, educational and entertaining!

A VISIT TO THE MARITIME MUSEUM IS A SEA AND SHIP LOVERS TREAT!

Add a 45-minute narrated historic bay cruise for only $15.00 with general admission. Tours 12:45, 1:45 and 2:45 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Check with Ticket Booth staff for availability. Ticket Booth Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

On the weekend add $20.00 to your general admission ticket purchase and you can add a 75-minute narrated Naval History Bay tour led by Docent Swift boat volunteers. You may reserve in advance up to a day prior at sdmariitime.org (OR check availability when you arrive.)

Your self-guided tour includes boarding the fleet of historic ships and all below deck exhibits and galleries for one low admission ticket price.

General Admission – Step Back In Time With This Seafaring History Experience! The Maritime Museum of San Diego’s visitor tour includes a walking self-guided exploration of our historic fleet, including below deck exhibits and galleries. This one-of-a-kind collection includes the  world’s oldest sailing ship, Star of India, the Navy frigate replica H.M.S. Surprise, featured in the award-winning film Master and Commander, California’s official tall ship schooner Californian, Spanish galleon replica San Salvador, Victorian – era steam ferry boat Berkeley, 1904 steam yacht Medea, and USS Dolphin submarine.

See the Museum like never before! Sign up for a Docent-led Guided Tour today. Tours are 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & 11:30 – 1:30 p.m. on select days. Choose from tours on the 2nd and 4th week of the month.

Advance online reservations required. Visit the link below for more information.

https://sdmaritime.org/visit/public-events/docent-guided-tours/

Looking for an activity in the great outdoors and on-the-water that is educational and entertaining?

Reserve your tickets for a weekend afternoon sail aboard the 16th century galleon replica San Salvador or the tall ship schooner Californian!  These 4-hour sailing adventures include general admission too! No sailing experience is required.

Details on Narrated Bay Tour Experiences

45-MINUTE HISTORIC BAY CRUISE offered 3 time per day at 12:45 p.m., 1:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

75-MINUTE NAVAL HISTORY BAY TOURS  Two tours with check-in at 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. (Offered Saturday and Sundays only.)

Maritime Museum of San Diego Bay Boat tour reservations can be made by customers in advance online at sdmaritime.org OR, if space is available, upon arriving at the Museum when purchasing general admission passes from the Ticket Booth. Once scheduled, guests may check-in for boat tours prior to scheduled runs, before or after they explore the Maritime Museum.

The Museum Gift Shop is open Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Museum Ticket booth hours are daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. No guest admittance permitted after 4:00 p.m. daily. Credit/Debit cards may be used to purchase tickets at the Museum Ticket Booth machines located on the embarcadero. Cash will not be accepted at this time. Offer may not be combined with any other offer.