The team's home ground is Canyonside Park, located in the community of Rancho Peñasquitos.

The Surf Riders were formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket.

[2] The team is co-owned by Rajinder Ghai, Gangaram Singh, Sanjit Menezes, Jimmy Anklesaria, and Ram Madabushi.

[19] The Surf Riders, however, only won three times after their opening match victory, once against the Thunderbolts,[20] once against the Master Blasters,[21] and once against the Irving Mustangs.

[18] Americans Sri Krishna A and Timil Patel lead the batting and bowling leaderboards for the team, with 344 runs and 18 wickets.