
Trip
Sea Kayak - Cape Flattery
(FRIDAY) Rock Garden focused outing. Let's go have fun, safely! Use all that skill development to go play in pour overs, around rocky features and dynamic water. Explore sea caves and archways repeatedly as conditions permit.
- Fri, Jun 6, 2025
- Seattle Sea Kayaking
- Sea Kayaking
- Adults
- Sea Kayak VI
- Challenging
- Mileage: 15.0 nm
- Maximum Wind: 20 kts
- Maximum Waves: 6 ft
- Maximum Currents: 3 kts
- Pace: 3
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (4 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Participants shall:
1. have confidence in dynamic water, incident management, rock gardening, surfing and a good roll.
2. review what a SK VI means.
3. come to the pre-meeting (the night before), and to the beach talk, prepared with knowledge about wind-weather-wave conditions.
4. bring a spirit of "Having Fun, Safely!"
5. contact me beforehand if you have any questions on your skill level readiness, the dangers involved etc.
6. also be signed up for the umbrella outing for this weekend: https://www.mountaineers.org/locations-lodges/seattle-branch/committees/seattle-sea-kayaking-committee/seminars-clinics/surf-and-camping-weekend-hobuck-beach-neah-bay-4
The goal of this outing, again, is to "Have Fun, Safely!" There are no requirements to do any features. Realize though, that we could linger around certain features as participants find their inner glee. This outing isn't about speed or distance traveled!
7pm night before near Alan's camp (look for blue Rivian Truck).
- We'll talk through any destination modifications based on conditions, group dynamics and other groups' outing choices.
- We may launch out of Neah Bay (involving a shuttle if so), but the goal is to launch out of Hobuck early; make sure other Cape Flattery aspirant groups have enough space, etc.
8am morning beach talk on the day of.
Anticipate being out all day but usually we get back before/around 4pm. We'll stop briefly for breaks/lunch of course.
Hobuck Beach & Neah Bay
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Custom Correct North Olympic Coast
Green Trails Cape Flattery No. 98S
MapTech Cape Flattery to Whidbey Island No. 103
Sea Trails Strait of Juan de Fuca & Crescent Lake WA301
Sea Trails Roadless Coast, Neah Bay to Ruby Beach WA302
NOAA Cape Flattery No. 18485
Green Trails Olympic Coast Beaches No. 99S - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Participants on this trip should know what to bring: a working VHF radio, helmet and all the other gear we drape on us.