Hi folks, I will be spending a few days on Jekyll Island GA and was wondering if anyone had favorete/reccomended places to paddle in the area. Ed, Atlanta Kayakers The Atlanta Kayakers Website address is : http://atlkayakers.home.mindspring.com/kayak *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
There are a variety of excellent opportunities on the Altamaha River, but I can't be specific. I went on a fabulous guided trip with Southeast Adventure Outfitters (St. Simon's/Brunswick). <www.gacoast.com/navigator/sea.html> I'll bet Steve Cramer knows this area. Steve??? Sandy *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
KayakherSC_at_aol.com wrote: > > There are a variety of excellent opportunities on the Altamaha River, but I > can't be specific. I went on a fabulous guided trip with Southeast Adventure > Outfitters (St. Simon's/Brunswick). <www.gacoast.com/navigator/sea.html> > I'll bet Steve Cramer knows this area. Steve??? I haven't paddled St Simon's much, except to play in the surf. Which is pretty puny, except toward the north end of the island, where it is merely mild. I did take my boat to Jeckyll once, but came down with a stomach bug and couldn't paddle. Mike Moody at Altamaha Wilderness Outpost knows about paddling around the north end of Little St Simons. He does Altamaha trips that end up there. You can contact him through http://broadriver.com. Steve *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Ed, I used to live in Brunswick. One of my favorite paddles is down Cat Head Creek, from west of Exit 10 off I-90, down to the town of Darien (about 20 miles north of Jekyll Island). It's about a 4 hour paddle. Take Exit 10 about a mile west, follow the left fork when the road splits, and look for a culvert crossing. Put in there. Take out is at the river's north bank just west of highway 17. The creek splits at one point, and you should take the right fork. The left fork dead-ends. Lots of old rice plantation sluice valves and side channels available for side trips to look for water mocassins, etc. It's shaded with lots of riverside trees and you can see alligators. Try to do it on a falling tide so you aren't fighting the current, as it's tidal in the lower half of the trip. You can paddle the Intracoastal Waterway inland of St. Simons Island. You can paddle the surf off St. Simons or Jekyll, but be careful of the tidal current between the two islands. Its fast and strong, and can get you in trouble if you don't know local conditions. As I recall, the rising tide carries you south from St. Simons and probably north from Jekyll. In between it can get really choppy. Another great trip is from Fort Clinch, FL to Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA. I wouldn't try it alone, though. Darrell Lee Alameda, CA snorkler_at_juno.com >Hi folks, >I will be spending a few days on Jekyll Island GA and was wondering if >anyone had favorete/reccomended places to paddle in the area. >Ed, *************************************************************************** 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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