Skydive Silicon Valley
San Martin Airport / Santa Clara County · near San Martin / Morgan Hill · SF Bay Area
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round; mornings often calmest; book ahead
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- Turbine aircraft · Relaxed community feel · Tandem & AFF training · Closest dropzone to San Jose / Silicon Valley
- Best for
- A relaxed South Bay jump
- Features
- San Martin Airport, 25 min south of San Jose · Rolling farmland & coast-range views · Turbine altitude & freefall · Formerly Adventure Center Skydiving of Hollister
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Reservations recommended; weight limits apply · Afternoon wind possible — mornings calmer · Weather holds possible · Busy weekends — arrive early
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Skydive Silicon Valley
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · learn · licensed
- Aircraft
- turbine
- Altitude
- 13k
- Stature
- 3
- Jump notes
- A friendly turbine dropzone at San Martin Airport in the southern Santa Clara Valley — rolling farmland and coastal-range views under canopy, a relaxed community feel, and the closest jump to San Jose and Silicon Valley
- Stats note
- Turbine aircraft to ~13,000 ft; farmland & coast-range views
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- A friendly, laid-back turbine dropzone at San Martin Airport in the southern Santa Clara Valley — the closest jump to San Jose and Silicon Valley, with farmland and coastal-range views under canopy. Tandem and AFF programs with a relaxed community feel. Mornings are calmest; reserve ahead and confirm weight limits. (Formerly Adventure Center Skydiving of Hollister.)
The guide
Skydive Silicon Valley — the operation long known as Adventure Center Skydiving in Hollister, since rebranded and relocated to …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Skydive Silicon Valley — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.0816, -121.5966