The driver had been offloading a jetski and meant to drive forward when he accidentally put the truck in reverse, backing it into the water, the captain told the Ventura County Star. The driver was able to exit the vehicle before it became fully submerged in the water.

Elon Musk tweeted in 2022 that the Cybertruck "will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat." But a Cybertruck did not float in Ventura Harbor.