Northern California water parks to check out for summer 2023

Mar 26, 2023

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The former Raging Waters site at Cal Expo is closed for the season as a new operator works to renovate the water park in Sacramento County.

For those who love water parks, there are plenty of other options to check out in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.

(Video above: Previous coverage of Great Wolf Lodge's opening.)

Here's a look at water parks to visit this summer.

The Great Wolf Lodge boasts a 95,000-square-foot indoor water park, as well as an adventure park and themed suites where you can stay overnight. The park includes a four-story treehouse with slides, a lazy river, a basketball water playground and more. Learn more here.

Velocity Island Park's "Pirates Cove" features a floating obstacle course with 30,000 square feet of slides, swings and more. There's also a wakeboard park where you can get lessons and a swimming beach. Learn more here.

If you want mini-golf and arcade games along with water slides, you can visit Golfland Sunsplash in Roseville. Besides slides and a "water coaster," Golfland Sunsplash has an "adventure island" for kids and a wave pool. There's also a Golfland in San Jose.

The Jellystone Park campground in Lodi boasts a water playground, lazy river, pools, mini-golf and more. Learn more here.

The Water Works Park in Redding features slides, a raging river and lazy lagoon, an "avalanche" style slide, a beach wave pool and more. Learn more here.

Island Waterpark in Fresno boasts a lazy river, water slides, tube slides and a wave pool. Learn more here.

Wild Water Adventure Park in Clovis near Fresno features more than 20 attractions and 38 slides, including a giant kiddie pool area. People can also go fishing and barbecue in the area. Learn more here.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Concord features a splash playground, thrill slides, a breaker beach wave pool, a lazy river and more. Learn more here.

Wake Island Waterpark offers cable wakeboarding, a floating obstacle course, a sandy beach, human hamster wheels, ziplining and more. Learn more here.

Spring Lake Water Park in Sonoma County features a swimming lagoon with an inflatable playground that has climbing walls, humps and a sports court. Learn more here.

Raging Waters San Jose has a wave pool, slides and more. Learn more here.

South Bay Shores in Santa Clara features a wave pool, thrill slides, a kid's water playground and more. Learn more here.

Gilroy Gardens in Gilroy features a "water oasis" splash park with some slides and other rides. See more here. Know of another water park to include? Email [email protected].