Jim, try Southwest Kayaks in San Diego. They have a shop right on mission bay, near Sea World if you know where that is. Very good folks, nice equipment for rent, and you can put in right in the back of the shop. Of course if you can swing it, the best places to paddle in the area are actually in Mexico. A 2 hour (being conservative- I've done it much quicker) drive south will put you in some of the best paddling in the world. Baja is great. The SW kayak folks can point you in the right direction if you're interested. Also paddling out of Mission Bay and down along Pt Loma is very scenic too. Another good place is to put in along shelter island in San Diego Bay, then cross over and look at the aircraft carriers (if any are in port) be sure to maintain the proper standoff (I think it's 100 yards or so), but still you get a perspective on the sheer size of them that is hard to get any other way. If you're REALLY adventurous, try going north to Oceanside Harbor, that's where the guy saw the great white shark while paddling about 2 miles off the coast and fishing there (see this months SK magazine for details) :) Hope this helps! R/ Kevin Oh yeah, I forgot, you can also paddle along the bay side of Sea World. Sometimes they have shows going (like the silly Bay Watch Nights they used to do) that you can see from the back. Kind of interesting to watch all the prop changes etc. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Tynan <kayakbound_at_worldnet.att.net> To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 17:41 Subject: [Paddlewise] San Diego paddling >I'll be in San Diego next week at the Town & Country Convention Center [500 >Hotel Circle North]. Tuesday is a free day and I'm hoping to get in a >paddle. I'm not familiar with the area and was hoping a Paddlewiser or two >could point me in the right direction -- kayak shops with rentals, good >paddlin' spots, etc. > >Thanks in advance! > >Jim Tynan >Pike Road AL > > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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