Pacific Coast Skydiving
Brown Field / South San Diego · near San Diego (Otay Mesa) · San Diego
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round; book ahead
What is here
- Scenery
- mountain
- Amenities
- Scenic Otay Open Space views · Tandem skydiving focus · South San Diego / border-area location · Personal-instructor tandems
- Best for
- A South Bay San Diego tandem
- Features
- Brown Field, far south San Diego · Otay preserve & backcountry views · Tandem-focused operation · Easy from South Bay / border area
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Reservations recommended; weight limits apply · Tandem-focused operation · Hot in summer — mornings more pleasant · Weather holds possible
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Pacific Coast Skydiving
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem
- Aircraft
- turbine
- Altitude
- 13k
- Stature
- 2
- Jump notes
- A tandem dropzone at Brown Field in far south San Diego, near the border and the Otay Open Space Preserve — a scenic jump over the mesas, mountains, and reservoirs of the county's southern backcountry
- Stats note
- Tandem from ~12,500 ft; ~40–60 sec freefall; Otay preserve & backcountry views
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- A tandem dropzone at Brown Field in far south San Diego (~19 miles south of downtown, near the border), adjacent to the scenic Otay Open Space Preserve — jumps from ~12,500 ft and about a minute of freefall over the mesas, mountains, and reservoirs of the southern backcountry. A straightforward tandem-focused operation (a personal instructor is your jump partner), convenient for the South Bay. Summers are hot (mornings better); reserve ahead, confirm weight limits, expect occasional weather holds.
The guide
Pacific Coast Skydiving operates from Brown Field Municipal Airport in far south San Diego, about 19 miles south of downtown ne…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Pacific Coast Skydiving — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.572, -116.98