- Box Office Bomb: Even on a small budget of $6.5 million, its original theatrical run grossed $4.9 million.
- Dawson Casting: Ernie Reyes Jr. was 21 playing 16. Kelly Hu was 25 playing a character assumed to be around the same age. Rob Schneider was twenty eight.
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: The film was initially released on VHS in 1993 and on DVD in 2002. However, as of 2022, it hasn't seen a Blu-ray or digital streaming release.
- Mid-Development Genre Shift: The movie was originally envisioned as a straight action-adventure film in the vein of Indiana Jones. After Dan Gordon, the original writer and director, was fired, the new creative team did rewrites on the script and turned it into a goofy comedy.
- Playing Against Type: One of Leslie Nielsen's few villainous roles.
- Produced by Cast Member: Besides appearing as Johnny, Ernie Reyes Jr. was also the associate producer.
- Real-Life Relative: Ernie Reyes Jr.'s father Ernie Reyes Sr. plays Zatch.
- Uncredited Role: Rob Schneider performed uncredited rewrites during the film's production.
- What Could Have Been: Writer Dan Gordon was originally attached to direct the film, but was dismissed by Robert Shaye after he criticized Gordon's casting choice for Wendell.
- Working Title: Surf Warriors.
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