SEACAMP San Diego

Key Highlights

• ✓Highly structured and academically rewarding activities with a wealth of information and hands-on opportunities.
• ✓Specific activities include scuba diving, plankton labs, and especially popular shark snorkeling.
• ✓Staff are consistently described as excellent, knowledgeable, 'top notch', 'a lot of fun', and adept at developing great rapport with students, handling all aspects with perfection.
• ✓Fosters independence, experimentation, exploration, curiosity, and social development (making new friends).
• ✓Allows for second and third helpings at meals, which can be useful for picky eaters to get full on items they like.

Standout Features

• ⭐Immersive hands-on marine science education through activities like shark snorkeling, scuba diving, and plankton labs.
• ⭐Highly knowledgeable and engaging counselors who create a positive experience and develop strong rapport.
• ⭐Opportunities for academic enrichment and development of independence, exploration, and curiosity.
• ⭐Flexibility at meal times, allowing second and third helpings, which helps ensure even picky eaters can get enough food if they find something they enjoy.

Perfect For

Ideal For

🍎Food Policy

• • Spring Break Camp: Students are required to bring a snack and lunch each day.
• • Residential Programs: Good healthy meals are provided (implied by staff benefits).
• • Registration forms ask parents/guardians to provide information about medical conditions and allergies.

🛡️Safety Policy

• • Instructors: Possess at least a college degree, certified Red Cross Lifeguards with First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer (including oxygen administration training and first aid for marine hazards).
• • Instructors are fingerprinted with the Department of Justice & FBI and hold Class-C commercial driver’s licenses (for transporting students in 15-passenger vans).
• • Supervision: 24-hour supervision for residential programs. During snorkeling, one lifeguarded Instructor for every seven students (1:7 ratio), with Instructors carrying rescue tubes.
• • Water Activities: Full-length, 7mm wetsuits are required for buoyancy during water activities (provided). Coast Guard-approved Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) are worn during kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding.
• • Medical Support: No nurse on staff. A paramedic consultant is on call. Programs are within close proximity to emergency care and in a 9-1-1 service area. All facilities are easily accessible by car and ambulance.
• • Medical Conditions: Staff are not authorized to hold or administer prescription medications to students, with the exception of emergency medication (e.g., Epi Pen) which staff can administer in an emergency. Students needing prescription medication must hold and administer it themselves. Parents/guardians must provide information about medical conditions, allergies, and prescription medications on registration forms.
• • Emergency Procedures: Parents/guardians are kept informed about their child’s situation and progress in case of illness or injury.
• • Staff Communication: Instructors have access to cell phones at all times for inter-staff and emergency use.
• • Mandated Reporters: SEACAMP San Diego instructors are mandated reporters.
• • Prohibited Items (Spring Break Camp): Electronics (cell phones and smart watches must be kept off and stored away; digital cameras with wrist/neck strap are permitted), personal wetsuits unless 7mm full-length, full-face snorkels, roller blades, skates, skateboards, surfboards, skim boards, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, weapons of any kind.
• • Lost & Found: SEACAMP San Diego is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged personal property. Unclaimed items within two weeks will be donated.

📅Booking Policy

• • Enrollment for Spring Break Camp is accepted online with a $250 partially refundable deposit.
• • Spring Break Camp tuition balance and required Registration Forms are due on or before March 9.
• • Registration Forms must be completed online by a parent/guardian and include student health information, authorized check-in/out adults, and release forms. Failure to complete forms results in enrollment cancellation.
• • Field Trips for schools and groups: Interested parties must complete a residential School Year Request Form or a day camp SeaLab Request Form to receive program information.
• • School Year Residential Programs: Minimum number of participants is 20.
• • Minimum participant numbers are required for a program to run; if not met, all tuition monies will be refunded.
• • Late check-in and early check-out for day camps are generally not possible and must be done at the camp facility. Check-ins/outs are not accommodated in the field.
• • Residential Summer Camp Programs: Complimentary airport pick-up and drop-off is provided for students traveling as regular passengers, arriving and departing inside designated time frames.

🚗Parking Information

• • Day Camp Programs: Groups are required to provide their own transportation (implies drop-off/pick-up, no specific parking details for public parking).
• • Check-in/Check-out for Day Camps: Auto check-in is required each day between 8:00am – 8:30am, and auto check-out is required between 3:30pm – 4:00pm. Only authorized adults with photo ID are permitted for check-out.