Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs, Water park in Palm Springs, California, United States
Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs occupies a 21-acre site in Palm Springs, California, of which 16 acres held 20 attractions at its 2001 peak. The park was renamed Palm Springs Surf Club and opened in 2024. Its wave tank, used for the surf contest scenes in the 1987 film North Shore, is the feature to look for.
Oasis Water Park opened in 1986 under Waterpark Associates and by 2001 covered 16 acres with 20 attractions and 200,000 seasonal visitors. Cedar Fair bought it in June 2001 for $9.1 million, then spent $2 million rebranding it as Knott's Soak City for 2002. CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it in 2013 and renamed it Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs from 2014; Pono Acquisition Partners bought it in 2019, and it reopened in 2024 as Palm Springs Surf Club.
The water park served as a filming location for the opening scenes of the 1987 surf movie North Shore and later skateboarding videos.
The location is accessible by car with adequate parking available on-site. Visitors should plan for full-sun exposure throughout the day and bring sun protection and water.
In June 2019, before demolition began, Tony Hawk, Lizzie Armanto, Riley Hawk, Omar Hassan, Aaron Homoki, Kevin Kowalski, Torey Pudwill and Daewon Song spent a week filming in the closed park. The result was a nine-minute video for Thrasher Magazine titled "High 'N' Dry".
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