10 Fun Team Building Activities in San Diego for 2025
Ah, San Diego (or Sun Diego). Regardless of what you call America’s finest city, there are a few things in particular that it’s known for: beaches, surfing, and vibes. But there are a lot more things that you can enjoy in the city, particularly if you’re looking to engage in some group excitement. In this post, we’re going to outline 10 fun team building activities you might be missing out on when you’re considering your options in good old San Diego.
Treat your team!
1. Sidewalk Food Tours
There’s no better way to get a taste of the diverse food and culture San Diego has to offer than by taking a guided, walking food tour. Sidewalk Food Tours take foodies on a journey through the international cuisines and aesthetics available in San Diego. Visit the Gas Lamp Quarter to make sure your team is knocked off their feet by historical charm and culinary adversity, or choose the corporate teambuilding tour with any and all dietary restrictions accommodated. Get a feast for both your eyes and your tongues.
Take home a new recipe…
2. Sidewalk Cooking Classes
Alternatively, you can switch the focus from getting good eats to making them. Sidewalk Food Tours offers interactive cooking experiences for groups and teams. Coordinate a cooking experience from your chosen space and interact with the affectional virtual chef leading a 1 and a half class. This includes icebreakers, challenges, and plenty of cooking for proper fun and teambuilding.
Break something with this crazy new trendy activity!
3. Rage Rooms
For an experience that allows you to see a different side of your team, why not give rage rooms a go? These experiences allow you and your team to really go to town, indulging in the feeling of being able to take a hammer to something just to see it break. Cars, glass, tires – San Diego has plenty of rage rooms that allow you and your team to really let loose, sweat, and experience a true, almost primal release.
Can you figure it out before time runs out?
4. Escape Rooms
If rage rooms are all about the physical, escape rooms are all about the mental. These rooms allow you and your team to engage in solving hints and figuring out puzzles as you try to escape from a customized trap. San Diego offers escape rooms that are futuristic, historical, or themed – such as trying to pull off a prison break.
Ready….Aim….Throw!
5. Axe Throwing
Axe throwing is a truly unique activity allowing your team to engage in throwing knives, tomahawks, and axes – after little bit of training, if required. Then you can engage in friendly competition where you either pair into teams or take each other on one-on-one. These events are often catered as well!
Pretty awesome experience…
6. Whale Watching
Gray whales, humpbacks, and dolphins (oh my!). You and your team can get lost in the wonder of mother nature by engaging in some classic whale watching. Whether you’re doing this during the day or engaging in sunset cruise, there’s nothing quite like the shared experience of watching some of the largest aquatic mammals on earth.
Let’s go surfin’ now 🎶
7. Surf Museum
Speaking of seeing things relating to water, why not check out the California surf museum? This serves as a permanent monument to the history of surfboards and wave riding in the state of California. Build a new appreciation for a commonly overlooked activity – and load up on merch and pictures as well.
Are you up for the challenge?
8. Punch Bowl Social
This unique San Diego venue offers a blend of fun, food, and games. This iconic boxing marquis has been turned into a space where people can do anything from bowling to shuffleboard to karaoke. Here’s a spot where you and your team can have fun for hours with a diverse range of activities.
Get the adrenaline pumping!
9. Indoor Skydiving
Did you know you can skydive indoors? That’s right – you and your team can get the flight instructor experience, strapped into your flight suits, and take a ride in a wind tunnel. This activity comes with gear, preflight training, and one-on-one instruction so everyone is comfortable.
Get together with your people!
10. Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger hunts are a great way to combine exploring the city of San Diego with problem-solving and team building. There are several companies that host guided tours and puzzle solving as a way to get to know the city better, along with pointing out historical landmarks such as Little Italy or the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.
San Diego is one of the cities with a lot of underrated treasures for teams to enjoy. Hopefully, us unearthing these ten hidden gems has given you an idea of where you can take your team next.