Rescue Riders wait times
Rescue Riders at Seaworld San Diego averages 6 minutes. It is shortest at 4pm and worst at 5pm. It has run 98% of the park's opening hours recently.
Rescue Riders queue times, day by day
Rescue Riders over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Rescue Riders has averaged about 6 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 6 minutes, with the longest queues near 5pm, and the shortest near 4pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Rescue Riders queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Rescue Riders peaks at 6pm with 13 minutes, and is at its shortest at 9am with 2. Riding it at the right hour saves 11 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Rescue Riders
Best time to ride
Rescue Riders averages 2 minutes at 9am against 13 at the 6pm peak - 11 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 20 minutes.
Rescue Riders by day of the week
Average wait by day
14 days with a recorded queue
- Mon5m
- Tue6m
- Wed5m
- Thu5m
- Fri5m
- Sat9m
- Sun9m
Monday is the quietest day for Rescue Riders, at 5 minutes against 9 on Saturday.
Does Rescue Riders break down?
Uptime and closures
98% of opening hours · 14 days recorded
Running 98% of the minutes Seaworld San Diego was open, across the last 14 recorded days.
Last 14 days uptime
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Rescue Riders ran 98% of Seaworld San Diego's opening hours across 14 recorded days. It ran without a recorded stop on Thursday 1 Oct.
Longest Rescue Riders queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Sunday 27 Sept20m
- 2Saturday 26 Sept15m
- 3Saturday 19 Sept10m
- 4Sunday 20 Sept10m
- 5Tuesday 29 Sept10m
- 6Thursday 17 Sept5m
- 7Friday 18 Sept5m
- 8Monday 21 Sept5m
The worst queue recorded for Rescue Riders was 20 minutes on Sunday 27 Sept.
Rescue Riders through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Seaworld San Diego 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 Rescue Riders
Rescue Riders is one of 14 rides tracked at Seaworld San Diego, 10th longest of 14 by usual wait. It queues about 6 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 8-minute park average.
Rescue Riders has averaged about 6 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 5pm and quietest around 4pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 98% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Wednesdays and busiest on Sundays.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Rescue Riders?
The live wait time for Rescue Riders at Seaworld San Diego is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Rescue Riders wait times.
Is Rescue Riders open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Rescue Riders is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Seaworld San Diego's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Rescue Riders has been open around 98% of Seaworld San Diego's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Seaworld San Diego.
What's the best time of day to ride Rescue Riders?
Based on historical wait time data, Rescue Riders is typically quietest around 4pm. 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.
What is the best day to ride Rescue Riders?
Rescue Riders is usually quietest on Wednesdays, and busiest on Sundays based on recent weeks - visit on a Wednesday for shorter waits.
How long is the line for Rescue Riders usually?
Over recent weeks, Rescue Riders has averaged about 6 minutes, with lines usually longest around 5pm. 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 lines for Rescue Riders at Seaworld San Diego.
Is Rescue Riders often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Rescue Riders has been running about 98% of the time. We track Rescue Riders'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 Rescue Riders at Seaworld San Diego?
Rescue Riders is at Seaworld San Diego - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Seaworld San Diego page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Rescue Riders?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Rescue Riders's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Rescue Riders is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.