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South Bay Shores

Water park in California, US

Field	Value
name	South Bay Shores
logo	Cga-southbayshores-logo.png
image	California's Great America 3.JPG
caption	Pup's Pier (then Jackaroo Landing) (2015)
location	Santa Clara
location2	California
location3	United States
park	California's Great America
coordinates
homepage
owner	Six Flags
opening_date
previous_names	2004–2006: Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay
2007–2019: Boomerang Bay
season	May to September
area	11 acre
pools	2
slides	11 (excluding kiddies)
children_areas	2

2007–2019: Boomerang Bay South Bay Shores is a water park located at California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, California. The water park is owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and opened as Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay in 2004. The name was shortened to Boomerang Bay in 2007. For the 2021 season, it was expanded and renamed South Bay Shores.

History

Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay opened in 2004 as the first water park in Northern California to be included within an amusement park. Originally covering 2.7 acre, the water park was expanded the following year in 2005 to 11 acre with the addition of a lazy river ride, two water slides and a 150000 gal swimming pool. Following Cedar Fair's (now Six Flags) purchase of Paramount Parks properties in 2006, which included California's Great America, the name of the water park was shortened to Boomerang Bay for the 2007 season.

On August 8, 2019, California's Great America announced that Boomerang Bay would be renamed South Bay Shores and expanded for the 2020 season with several new additions, including a six-slide complex, eight kiddie slides, and other amenities within the complex. The park did not operate in 2020 or in the first half of the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and two stay-at-home orders issued by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

In 2022, Cedar Fair sold the land occupied by the park to Prologis, announcing intentions to permanently close Great America by 2033. Cedar Fair stated that the sale will help them lower the company's corporate debt to $2 billion.

List of attractions

Intensity rating (out of 5)

Note: Number ratings assigned per California's Great America, while the colors are unique to Wikipedia. For more details, refer to the California's Great America Guest Assistance Guide.

Name	Year Opened	Description	Former name	Manufacturer	Model	Rating
Barracuda	2021	Solo inner-tube water slide with a drop at the end. Part of Pacific Surge six-slide complex.	N/A	WhiteWater West	Open Flume	5
Breakers Bay	2007	355000 gal wave pool.	Great Barrier Reef		Wave Pool	4
Coastal Cruz	2004	Four-person raft water slide	Didgeridoo Falls	WhiteWater West	Family Raft Ride	4
Feeding Frenzy	2021	Solo inner-tube water slide with a bowl at the end. Part of Pacific Surge six-slide complex.	N/A	WhiteWater West	Super Bowl	5
Mission Falls	2004	Two-person inner-tube water slide	Down Under Thunder	WhiteWater West	Boomerango	4
NorCal Wipeout	2004	Fully enclosed, two-person inner-tube water slide	Tasmanian Typhoon	WhiteWater West	Water Coaster	3
Otter Trotter	2004	Children's "spray-ground" with interactive fountains and other water activities.	Kookaburra Cay	WhiteWater West	AquaSpray	1
Pup's Pier	2004	Family-oriented, multi-level water fortress complete with slides, bridges, and rope ladders	Jackaroo Landing	WhiteWater West	Rain Fortress 5A	3
Reef Racer (1st Slide)	2005	30 ft body water slide with enclosed chute and a 45-degree drop, relocated from the former Manteca Waterslides.	Ripsnort Ridge	ProSlide	PLUMMET	4
Reef Racer (2nd Slide)	2005	Fully enclosed body water slide over three stories tall featuring twists and serpentine curves, relocated from the former Manteca Waterslides.	Screamin' Wombat	ProSlide	TurboTWISTER	4
Rushin' River	2005	Lazy river ride	Castaway Creek		Wave Pool	2
Shark Reef Plunge	2021	Four fully enclosed drop capsule body water slides. Part of Pacific Surge six-slide complex. It is similar to the installations at other Cedar Fair parks including Kings Dominion, Dorney Park, Carowinds, Cedar Point, Knott's Berry Farm, Worlds of Fun, and Kings Island.	N/A	WhiteWater West	AquaDrop/HSAT	5
Tide Pool	2005/2021	Family-friendly 150000 gal heated lagoon with a tropical theme. 8 new kiddie water slides added to the lagoon in 2021.	Boomerang Lagoon	WhiteWater West (Slides)	Mini Slides	1

Former attractions

Name	Image	Year Opened	Description	Former name	Manufacturer	Model	Rating

References

"Water Park Facts". Ultimate Waterpark.com.
(21 August 2003). "Paramount's Great America to introduce "Boomerang Bay" water park in 2004". Roller Coaster Database.
"South Bay Shores Waterpark {{!}} California's Great America".
"Cedar Fair sold the land beneath Great America to Prologis for $310M and intends to eventually close the park". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Ratings assigned per California's Great America, where "1" is the least intense and "5" is the most.
"Guest Assistance Guide".

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