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Is Blue Water Seafood Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 26 San Diego, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Blue Water Seafood is listed open on bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The business's own website shows live online ordering and current hours for both its Mission Hills and Ocean Beach locations. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (S26 Special, 'All Stacked Up,' aired 2017-03-10), Guy Fieri revisited Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill, a seafood restaurant and market that brothers Matt and Judd Braun opened in San Diego's Mission Hills neighborhood in 2004, according to San Diego Magazine. On an earlier visit, Fieri praised the restaurant's sea bass taco with lemon garlic butter and its cioppino made with wahoo, mahi mahi, ahi tuna, and scallops, according to We Are Not Foodies. A 2026-09-08 check of the restaurant's own website shows live online ordering, current hours for both the original India Street location and a newer Ocean Beach location, and continued promotion of its tacos and fresh local seafood, according to bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com. The site also lists gift cards and a full bar menu among its current offerings, according to bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 26

Aired
Title: All Stacked Up · What was featured: Sea bass tacos and a spicy seafood cioppino
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com http://bluewaterseafoodsandiego.com/
  2. sandiegomagazine.com https://sandiegomagazine.com/archive/how-blue-water-seafood-built-one-of-the-countrys-best-fish-markets/
  3. wearenotfoodies.com https://wearenotfoodies.com/blue-water-seafood-market-grill-san-diego-ca/
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Record ddd-0968 · checked by Cal Marchetti.