Roche Harbor Kayaking | Sea-Kayaking & Whale Watching

5 Things to Consider When Buying a Kayak

I first learned how to sea kayak when I started working for San Juan Outfitters in 2012. From then on, I have grown my kayaking skills and become the owner of my very own kayak. After paddling many different boats through San Juan Outfitters, I was pretty sure of the boat that I wanted and was looking for.

A friend sent me a link to a beautiful blue and yellow 2003 Valley Avocet that was being sold on Lopez, and I could not pass up the opportunity...

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Ode to Kayaking

Glassy seas with the lightest of rains. Occasional oyster catchers squeel and seagulls cry to punctuate this otherwise dead-calm suspension in space. Grey skies aren’t dark enough to occlude flickers of light on the water or dull the green from the cedars on shore. The only real movement on the water is the kayak roughing the water enough to send ribbons streaming from bow and stern like a gown as she glides across the Salish.

These are the conditions of early...

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Great 3 hour family trip to Posey Island!

Today we had a great trip filled with awesome wildlife and beautiful scenery! Our family tour had a chance to stop on Posey Island, Washington's smallest state park (about an acre large) and do some tidepooling. From rock crabs to limpets, as well as a few oystercatchers who put on a show for us, it made for a great tour! We even had a curious harbor seal approach one of our boats to check us out. Just another great day out on the water!

Kayak Guide Callie, 3 hour...

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