List of the World’s Tallest Water Slides!

Current list of the tallest water slides on planet Earth. This unfinished list will be altered occasionally as new slides are to be entered and categorized from tallest downwards.

If you have any info on other tall water slides (preferably those taller than 90 feet/27 meters), please email me at waterslidedb@gmail.com or use the contact box located at the bottom of this page.

List updated: September 3, 2020

  • Location: Barra Do Pirai; Brazil
  • Water Park: Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: 164 feet / 49 meters
  • Rough Speed: 56-60mph / 91km/h
  • Opened in 2002 (X)
  • Kilimanjaro is the current world’s tallest water slide. Slide currently holds the record for the highest drop height on a body slide. The slide utilizes the side of a hill to safely extend it further, and digs into the side of it to achieve its great drop height.
  • Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Water Park: DreamWorks Water Park
  • Type: Dual trap-door free-fall slides
  • Height: 142 feet / 43.3 meters
  • Part of the newly (soft-opened) American Dream shopping mall in New Jersey, which includes amenities like an indoor amusement park and indoor ski hill. It is to become “North America’s largest indoor water park.” The park was originally slated to open on November 27, 2019 (source), then on March 19th, 2020, but was then postponed due to the pandemic. American Dream mall remains closed since March 14, 2020 due to ongoing pandemic. (source)
  • Photo tweets by Arthur Levine (@AboutThemeParks):
  • Records broken (once opened): World’s tallest indoor slide, world’s tallest trap door body slide, world’s second tallest water slide.
  • Update (Aug. 20, 2020): Multiple sources cite the name of this slide as “THRILLAGASCARRRR!” (or Thrillagascar). (x)(x)(x) I have reflected the name here as well.
  • Update (Sept. 3, 2020): The official website states the water park will open October 1, 2020.

2. Captain Spacemaker

  • Location: Jesolo, Venezia; Italy
  • Water Park: Aqualandia
  • Type: Freefall inline raft slide
  • Height: 137.8 feet / 42 meters
  • Rough Speed: 62mph / 100 km/h
  • Tallest water slide in Europe. This 4 person inline raft slide has an impressive 60 degree slope for it’s drop.
  • Update (May 5, 2019): Despite there being disputes of how tall the water slide is, the official website states it standing at 42m, which means the slide is indeed 138 feet tall. Because of this, the slide has been bumped up on the list.
  • POV video by TubeRides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptgb4bDcTM

3. Daredevil’s Peak

4. Insano

  • Location: Aquiraz; Brazil
  • Water Park: Beach Park
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: 134.5 feet / 41 meters
  • Rough Speed: 65mph / 105km/h
  • Location: São Paulo; Brazil
  • Water Park: Wet’n Wild – São Paulo
  • Type: Trap-door free-fall slide
  • Height: 131 feet / 40 meters
  • Opened October, 2018! World’s tallest drop capsule slide. 70 degree slope.

6a. Ko’okiri Body Plunge

  • Location: Orlando, Florida; USA
  • Water Park: Volcano Bay
  • Type: Trap-door free-fall slide
  • Height: 125 feet / 38.1 meters
  • Opened May 25, 2017! 70 degree slope.
  • Source of height info
  • Opened May 25, 2017! A fully enclosed trap-door free fall water slide.
  • Location: Orlando, Florida; USA
  • Water Park: Volcano Bay
  • Type: Dual trap-door speed body slides
  • Height: 125 feet / 38.1 meters
  • Opened May 25, 2017! Two separate slides. Shares same structure as Ko’okiri Body Plunge. Both layouts consist of many sharp turns after an initial trap-door drop.
  • Source of height info
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Deep Water Dive at Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay

7. Deep Water Dive

  • Location: Louisville, Kentucky; USA
  • Water Park: Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay
  • Type: Trap-door free-fall slide
  • Height: 121 feet / 36.9 meters
  • 70 degree slope. Opened along with the amusement park’s reopening on May 24, 2014.
  • POV video
  • Location: Orlando, Florida; USA
  • Water Park: Walt Disney World’s Blizzard Beach
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: 120 feet / 36.6 meters
  • Rough Speed: 55mph / 89km/h

9. Everest

10a. Verti-GO

  • Location: Benidorm, Alicante; Spain
  • Water Park: Aqualandia
  • Type: Trap-door free-fall slide
  • Height: 108.3 feet / 33 meters
  • Opened in August 1, 2013! Technically breaks the previous record, held by King Khajuna, for being the tallest free-fall body slide in Europe, although this slide utilizes a trap-door beginning.

10b. Le Géant

  • Location: Monteux; France
  • Water Park: Wave Island
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: 108.3 feet / 33 meters
  • Rough Speed: 49.7mph / 80km/h
  • Built by Polin!
  • The water park saw a name change in early 2018 from Splashworld to Wave Island, which included new attractions to the park. The park re-opens June 9, 2018. (source)
  • Location: Dubai; UAE
  • Water Park: Wild Wadi
  • Type: Trap-door body slide
  • Height: 105 feet / 32 meters
  • Rough Speed: 50mph / 80km/h
  • Jumeirah Sceirah has, since it’s original version, undergone a new form. Instead of its usual one flume three drop course, it now has two tunneled trap door flumes that have two drops.

11c. Xpirado

11d. FreeFall

  • Location: Quarteira, Portugal
  • Water Park: Aquashow Park
  • Type: Dual freefall body slides
  • Height: 105 feet / 32 meters
  • Length: 423.2 feet / 129 meters
  • Opened in 2015!

11e. El Abismo

12a. King Khajuna

12b. ZOOMbabwe

  • Location: Santa Claus, Indiana; USA
  • Water Park: Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari
  • Type: Family Raft Slide
  • Height: 102 feet / 31 meters
  • Location: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
  • Water Park: Noah’s Ark Water Park
  • Type: Trap-door aqualoop body slide
  • Height: “10 stories”
  • Note: Cannot yet confirm whether this is the world’s tallest aqualoop-type water slide.
  • Ride begins with trap-door freefall, followed by a large inclined loop element, and ends with an additional downward slope afterwards.
  • This water slide is being added with no ranking due to height statistics not being concrete enough.
  • Location: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
  • Water Park: Noah’s Ark Water Park
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: “10 stories”
  • This water slide is being added with no ranking due to height statistics not being concrete enough.

13a. H2-Oh-No!

13b. Zero-G

  • Location: Vernon Township, New Jersey; USA
  • Water Park: Action Park
  • Type: Trap-door body slide
  • Height: 99 feet / 30 meters
  • Opened in July of 2014! Features two back-to-back flat loops after a drop capsule start.

14b. The Beast

  • Location: Calvia, Majorca; Spain
  • Water Park: Western Water Park
  • Type: Freefall body slide
  • Height: 98.4 feet / 30 Meters
  • Location: Orlando, Florida; USA
  • Water Park: Walt Disney World’s Blizzard Beach
  • Type: Triple-dip body slide
  • Height: 90 feet / 27.4 meters
  • Sits below Summit Plummet freefall body slide.
  • Location: Shakopee, Minnesota; USA
  • Water Park: Valleyfair
  • Type: Dual freefall body slides
  • Height: 90 feet / 27.4 meters
  • Opened May 25, 2015!

If you have any info on other tall water slides (preferably those taller than 90 feet/27 meters), please email me at waterslidedb@gmail.com or use the contact box located below.