South Bay Shores


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 Cedar Fair and opened as Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay in 2004. The name was shortened to Boomerang Bay in 2007. For the 2020 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, the water park was expanded the following year in 2005 to with the addition of a lazy river ride, two water slides and a swimming pool. Following Cedar Fair's 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 expanded for the 2020 season with several new additions, including a six-slide complex, eight kiddie slides, and other amenities within the complex. The announcement also revealed that the water park would be renamed South Bay Shores.

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