Trip
Sea Kayak - Ketron Island Circumnavigation
This is a student paddle starting and ending in Steilacoom. If conditions are favorable we will paddle around Ketron Island and practice rescues on its southern end, take a lunch break on a public beach and return to Steilacoom with a gentle current assist. If wind or waves are excessive or uncomfortable we can paddle south along the shore to the same practice and lunch sites.
Contacts
- Sun, Jul 18, 2021
- Tacoma Branch Sea Kayaking Program
- Sea Kayaking
- Adults
- Sea Kayak II+
- Easy
- Mileage: 6.4 nm
- Maximum Wind: 10 kts
- Maximum Waves: 1 ft
- Maximum Currents: 0.2 kts
- Pace: 2.5
- 1 (6 capacity)
- 1 (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meeting place: Boat launch is immediately north of Steilacoom/Anderson Island ferry dock. Parking (pay lot) is just south of the ferry ramp. Drop boats at the launch and then park at the pay lot--credit card only last time I was there.
Meeting time: 09:00
Launch time: 10:00
Ketron Island is all private property and we cannot land on it. Our lunch site has road access via JBLM and is unimproved. Toileting is on the beach requiring a short walk south from the lunch site.
We will need to be a cohesive group as we go around the ferry dock both departing and returning. We will defer to the ferry if there are any encounters.
There are no kayak/drysuit rental opportunities in Steilacoom.
Required Equipment
These three essentials plus The Ten Essentials are required on all sea kayaking trips. All but the whistle and clothing should be provided with any kayak rental.
- U.S. Coast Guard approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
- Paddle
- Appropriate clothing for the conditions encountered seasonally
- Immersion clothing is required as we will be practicing rescues.