Big Kahuna's Water and Adventure Park is a

water park A water park (also waterpark, water world, or aquapark) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming ...

located in

Destin, Florida Destin is a city located in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is a principal city of the Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,931 at the 2020 census, up from 12,305 at th ...

, United States. It opened in 1986. It is primarily a

, with over 40 attractions, private cabanas, a half pipe for surfing, and flow boarding. The park contains a

skycoaster Skycoaster is the name of a free-fall and flight-simulating amusement park attraction produced and managed by Skycoaster Company, LLC.. On the Skycoaster, riders in groups of 1 to 3 are harnessed in specialized Flight Suits (in a face-down, p ...

which stands at 100 feet tall, and racing at speeds around 60 miles per hour. It also features several thrill ride attractions and a miniature golf course. In 2014, the original owners of Big Kahuna's Water and Adventure Park sold to Apex Park Groups, which later went through a financial restructuring and renamed it Boomers! Park. On July 16, 2019, Big Kahuna's lazy river was shut down by the Okaloosa County Health Department for unsanitary water conditions. In 2022, parent company Boomers Parks re-branded Sahara Sam's in West Berlin, New Jersey to Big Kahuna's Water Park.

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