Sea Kayaking Specials

Although we love our regularly scheduled kayaking trips, sometimes it's fun to do something a little different. The ability to explore new areas is what makes sea kayaking so appealing to so many people. Our great location here in Anacortes allows us to run an amazing variety of fun kayak trips that are appealing to people of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.

Here's some of the sea kayaking that we have planned for 2008:

Sucia Island 3-Day, and 5 Day, Kayak Camping Trips

This may be the most coveted sea kayaking destination on the entire west coast of the United States. Actually a cluster of small islands, the Sucia Islands are famed for their crazy sandstone formations. This blonde stone erodes into fantastic honeycombs, and surreal hoodoos creating a fantasy land for intrepid paddlers to explore. Wildlife abounds up here on the edge of the vast Strait of Georgia.

Last winter we were shocked to hear that no Orcas Island kayaking company was offering multiday kayak trips up to Sucia. In fact, nobody here in the San Juan Islands was actually bringing guests to Sucia Island. We knew right then that we needed to step in and get people out there. Sucia Island is just too remarkable to ignore.

As expected, we hadn't even published the web page and we had already booked several trips. Sucia Island truly sells itself.  For a more detailed description follow this link to our Sucia Island Multiday Kayaking page.

We will only run this kayak tour a handful of times this summer so you'll want to reserve a place soon.

Call now! (800) 992-1801

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Skagit River Delta Kayaking

Saturday, April 19th, 3:00 p.m, 3 hours, $65  (Burrows Island Kayaking is also available)

Mid-April is the heart of the Tulip Festival, thousands of people come here from all over the world to witness the extraordinary spectacle of millions of Tulips blooming simultaneously across huge fields.

Unknown to most of these visitors is a quieter place that is of equal, if more subdued, beauty. The Skagit River, which flows mostly unseen behind earthen dikes throughout the Skagit Valley, empties into the Puget Sound just a few minutes away from the Tulip fields. As the river enters the delta, the landscape changes dramatically. Narrow side-channels braid themselves into a matrix of cattail-filled marsh lands, open mud-flats, and brushy lowlands. You wouldn't want to walk too far in this environment, but with a sea kayak the possibilities for exploration are endless. Paddling quietly through the maze of waterways brings back nostalgic memories of childhood adventure. We spent a lot of time in the Delta this winter and every trip brought a new discovery. Wildlife abounds in these nutrient rich waters. The birding takes the words "world-class" to a new level, and the delta's importance as a nursery for all of our species of Salmon has recently brought the area to national attention.

This trip is perfect for people of any age, and absolutely no experience is necessary! In fact, if you've ever been curious about sea kayaking, but never had the guts to climb into a kayak, then this might be the chance you've been looking for. The water is often quite shallow, which is perfect for novice kayaks.

(The standard joke is; "In the event of a capsize the first thing to do is....stand up.)

We'll depart from Freshwater Slough, and head down the channel toward the saltwater. From there we'll duck into side channels and work our way through the delta, eventually returning to where we started. This is a

We advise that you bring boots along for this trip. We may stop somewhere along the way for a stretch break and it is likely that you'll need to step in a few inches of water. If you do not have boots then let us know, we have a limited supply of neoprene booties that we can bring.

Space is limited on this trip, early reservations are highly recommended!

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