Riptide Rescue wait times
Riptide Rescue at Seaworld San Antonio averages 6 minutes. It is shortest at 4pm and worst at 9pm. It has run 86% of the park's opening hours recently.
Riptide Rescue queue times, day by day
Riptide Rescue over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Riptide Rescue has averaged about 6 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 10 minutes, with the longest queues near 9pm, and the shortest near 4pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Riptide Rescue queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Riptide Rescue peaks at 7pm with 11 minutes, and is at its shortest at 10am with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 11 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Riptide Rescue
Best time to ride
Riptide Rescue averages 0 minutes at 10am against 11 at the 7pm peak - 11 minutes for turning up at the right hour. The longest queue it has ever held is 20 minutes.
Riptide Rescue by day of the week
Average wait by day
8 days with a recorded queue
- Thu0m
- Fri6m
- Sat15m
- Sun6m
Thursday is the quietest day for Riptide Rescue, at 0 minutes against 15 on Saturday.
Does Riptide Rescue break down?
Uptime and closures
85% of opening hours · 8 days recorded
Running 85% of the minutes Seaworld San Antonio was open, across the last 8 recorded days.
Last 8 days uptime
- 100%
- 100%
- 0%
- 100%
- 100%
- 100%
- 0%
- 100%
Riptide Rescue ran 85% of Seaworld San Antonio's opening hours across 8 recorded days. It ran without a recorded stop on Saturday 10 Oct.
Longest Riptide Rescue queues on record
Peaks in the last 14 days
Every one a real date · tap through to that day
- 1Saturday 26 Sept20m
- 2Saturday 3 Oct15m
- 3Sunday 4 Oct10m
- 4Friday 9 Oct10m
- 5Sunday 27 Sept5m
- 6Friday 2 Oct5m
The worst queue recorded for Riptide Rescue was 20 minutes on Saturday 26 Sept.
Riptide Rescue through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Seaworld San Antonio 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 Rescue
Riptide Rescue is one of 14 rides tracked at Seaworld San Antonio, 10th longest of 14 by usual wait. It queues about 6 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 15-minute park average.
Riptide Rescue has averaged about 6 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 9pm and quietest around 4pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 86% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Sundays and busiest on Saturdays.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Riptide Rescue?
The live wait time for Riptide Rescue at Seaworld San Antonio is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Riptide Rescue wait times.
Is Riptide Rescue open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Riptide Rescue is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Seaworld San Antonio's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Riptide Rescue has been open around 86% of Seaworld San Antonio's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Seaworld San Antonio.
What's the best time of day to ride Riptide Rescue?
Based on historical wait time data, Riptide Rescue 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 Riptide Rescue?
Riptide Rescue is usually quietest on Sundays, and busiest on Saturdays based on recent weeks - visit on a Sunday for shorter waits.
How long is the line for Riptide Rescue usually?
Over recent weeks, Riptide Rescue has averaged about 6 minutes, with lines usually longest around 9pm. 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 Riptide Rescue at Seaworld San Antonio.
Is Riptide Rescue often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Riptide Rescue has been running about 86% of the time. We track Riptide Rescue'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 Rescue at Seaworld San Antonio?
Riptide Rescue is at Seaworld San Antonio - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Seaworld San Antonio page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Riptide Rescue?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Riptide Rescue's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Riptide Rescue is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.