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: October 1, 2020
1. Kilimanjaro
- 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
- Opened October 1, 2020!
- 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 water park was originally slated to open on November 27, 2019 (source), then on March 19th, 2020, but was then postponed to October 1, 2020, due to the pandemic. (source)
- Photo tweets by Arthur Levine (@AboutThemeParks):
- Main slide structure featuring the 142 foot tall slides.
- “Far Far a Bay” Wavepool.
- “Toothless Trickling Torpedo” water coaster behind slide structure.
- Records broken: World’s tallest indoor slide, world’s tallest trap door body slide, world’s second tallest water slide.
3. 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
4. Daredevil’s Peak
- Location: CocoCay, Bahamas
- Water Park: Thrill Waterpark
- Type: Enclosed speed body slide
- Height: 135 feet / 41.1 meters
- Slide features one large spiral around the tower structure.
- Opened in 2019. (x) North America’s tallest water slide! Technically takes Insano’s record for “Tallest freestanding body slide in the world.”
- Photo of completed structure.
- POV video by Tyler Richards (Epilepsy Warning)
5. Insano
- Location: Aquiraz; Brazil
- Water Park: Beach Park
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 134.5 feet / 41 meters
- Rough Speed: 65mph / 105km/h
6. Meteor
- 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.
7a. 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.
7b. Kala and Ta Nui
- 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

8. 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
10. Everest
- Location: Valcartier, QC; Canada
- Water Park: Vacances Valcartier Resort
- Type: Dual belly mat racer water slides
- Height: 109 feet / 33.5 meters
- Opened in 1987. Converts into a snow inner-tube slide in the winter!
- Height source 1 | Height Source 2 | Historical Source
11a. 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.
11b. 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)
12a. Jumeirah Sceirah
- 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.
12b. Stukas BOOM
- Location: Localita Fossalta, Lazise; Italy
- Water Park: Caneva World Aquapark
- Type: Dual trap-door free-fall slides
- Height: 105 feet / 32 meters
- Source 1, Source 2 ,
12c. Xpirado
- Location: Rio Quente, State of Goias; Brazil
- Water Park: Hot Park
- Type: Body slide
- Height: 105 feet / 32 meters
- Features a helix, followed by a sloped drop.
12d. 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!
12e. El Abismo
- Location: Tigre, Buenos Aires; Argentina
- Water Park: Aquafan
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 105 feet / 32 meters
- Opened in 2015.
- Source 1 | Source 2 | Source 3
13a. King Khajuna
- Location: Salou, Tarragona; Spain
- Water Park: PortAventura’s Aquatic Park
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 102 feet / 31 meters
- Rough Speed: 6 meters per second
- Opened May 18, 2013. 55 degree slope.
- Source 1, Source 2, Source 3
13b. ZOOMbabwe
- Location: Santa Claus, Indiana; USA
- Water Park: Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari
- Type: Family Raft Slide
- Height: 102 feet / 31 meters
*a. Scorpion’s Tail
- 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.
14a. H2-Oh-No!
- Location: Vernon Township, New Jersey; USA
- Water Park: Action Park
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 99 feet / 30 meters
14b. 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.
15a. The Devil’s Drop
- Location: Benicàssim, Castellón; Spain
- Water Park: Aquarama
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 98.4 feet / 30 meters
- 62 degree slope.
15b. The Beast
- Location: Calvia, Majorca; Spain
- Water Park: Western Water Park
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 98.4 feet / 30 Meters
16. Tower of Power
- Location: Tenerife, Canary Island; Spain
- Water Park: Siam Park
- Type: Freefall body slide
- Height: 91.9 feet / 28 meters
17a. Slush Gusher
- 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.
17b. Breakers Plunge
- 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.