Riptide queue times
Riptide at Pleasurewood Hills averages 15 minutes. It is shortest at 10am. It has run 62% of the park's opening hours recently.
Riptide queue times, day by day
Riptide over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Riptide has averaged about 15 minutes of queue across its recorded readings. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Riptide queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Riptide peaks at 10am with 15 minutes, and is at its shortest at 10am with 15. Riding it at the right hour saves 0 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Riptide
Best time to ride
Riptide averages 15 minutes at 10am. The longest queue it has ever held is 15 minutes.
Riptide by day of the week
Average wait by day
4 days with a recorded queue
- Sat15m
- Sun8m
Sunday is the quietest day for Riptide, at 8 minutes against 15 on Saturday.
Does Riptide break down?
Uptime and closures
62% of opening hours · 4 days recorded
↓ decliningRunning 62% of the minutes Pleasurewood Hills was open, across the last 4 recorded days.
Last 4 days uptime
- 100%
- 100%
- 50%
- 0%
Riptide ran 62% of Pleasurewood Hills's opening hours across 4 recorded days, and is declining. It ran without a recorded stop on Friday 2 Oct.
Longest Riptide queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Saturday 19 Sept15m
- 2Sunday 20 Sept15m
- 3Saturday 26 Sept15m
The worst queue recorded for Riptide was 15 minutes on Saturday 19 Sept.
Riptide through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Pleasurewood Hills publishes for this ride, recorded every few minutes through the park's own opening hours. The hourly pattern is this ride's own last 28 days; the day-by-day rail is its last 14 days. Uptime is the share of the park's operating minutes the ride was running.
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About Riptide
Riptide is one of 22 rides tracked at Pleasurewood Hills, 3rd longest of 22 by usual wait. It queues about 15 minutes on a typical day, longer than the 10-minute park average.
Riptide has averaged about 15 minutes of wait over recent weeks. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 62% of the park's operating hours.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Riptide?
The live wait time for Riptide at Pleasurewood Hills is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Riptide queue times.
Is Riptide open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Riptide is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Pleasurewood Hills's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Riptide has been open around 62% of Pleasurewood Hills's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Pleasurewood Hills.
What's the best time of day to ride Riptide?
For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window. The hour-by-hour heatmap on this page shows Riptide's specific pattern once a few days of data have been recorded.
How long is the queue for Riptide usually?
Over recent weeks, Riptide has averaged about 15 minutes. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak queues for Riptide at Pleasurewood Hills.
Is Riptide often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Riptide has been running about 62% of the time. We track Riptide's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Where can I find Riptide at Pleasurewood Hills?
Riptide is at Pleasurewood Hills - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Pleasurewood Hills page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest queues right now.
Can I get queue time alerts for Riptide?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Riptide's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Riptide is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.