We haven’t posted a good paddling link in a while, so I figured it was time.
National Geographic Adventure
has got a nice little piece
on paddling Big Sur. This is surely one of the great California trips. I was in the Channel Islands paddling just a few
weeks ago, and one of the guides there mentioned Big Sur to me when I asked him about other great Cali locales, so it
was with a dose of pleasant surprise that I came across this story in Nat Geo.
The swells in the area can be dangerous, and of course it is close to the notoriously Great White rich feeding grounds
of Piedras Blancas, but it’s ridiculously rare for sharks to attack kakayers…not that this makes the thought of
paddling among them any easier.
A couple of local outfitters are mentioned if this trip is of interest.
Big Sur Kayak Adventures offers paddling trips, as
does Cambria-based Sea for Yourself Kayak Outfitters. Trips
with these guys will run you a bit less than $100…easily worth it.