Anacapa Island - A 15 mile Journey - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Socalkayak · 03-12-2016, 01:58 PM

Just read Zeds post. I hope you don't think you are going to roll up and camp anywhere. There are a ton of rangers out there and you are not camping unless at a campground. So u need to make reservations as well there are only a few spots that you will be able to land cause it's all cliffs. There is nowhere to camp unless at campgrounds. Good luck getting reservations on the weekend. Weekdays yes weekend nope. You can leave all kayak gear on the rocky beach no problem of getting stolen then it's a 1/4 mile walk to campgrounds. Landing options are very limited when you get out there make sure you are paddling back from fishing with the wind and current. Ya it's 15 miles as the crow Flys but paddling count on a good 18. It's 15 to islands but another 2 or 3 miles to get to a place to pull into. So plan your milage from channel islands harbor to scopions. That will be your true millage. Ok I looked at navionics and from channel islands harbor. ( best place to launch ) to scorpions closes place you can camp is 17.8 miles perfect straight line so you can plan for 20 mile paddle. You can't camp on anacapa and will get emidately popped if you try. It's awsome out there but paddling probably not going to happen. Wish you the best. The current picks way up the closer you get to the islands so you really need to look at the tides at estimated arrival time and get it on a slack tide. Don't mean to be negative but you gave me flash backs of me on a 20 foot rock beach waiting 8 hours for the wind and tide to calm down so I could paddle 3 miles back at night freezing cold while my wife and two kids were freaking out at the campsite and pulling into the cove at 9pm to a wife shaking her head at me as if I didn't know I was a complete fool. That ruined me for at least a year.but good luck.

03-12-2016, 01:58 PM	#25
Socalkayak Junior Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 29	Just read Zeds post. I hope you don't think you are going to roll up and camp anywhere. There are a ton of rangers out there and you are not camping unless at a campground. So u need to make reservations as well there are only a few spots that you will be able to land cause it's all cliffs. There is nowhere to camp unless at campgrounds. Good luck getting reservations on the weekend. Weekdays yes weekend nope. You can leave all kayak gear on the rocky beach no problem of getting stolen then it's a 1/4 mile walk to campgrounds. Landing options are very limited when you get out there make sure you are paddling back from fishing with the wind and current. Ya it's 15 miles as the crow Flys but paddling count on a good 18. It's 15 to islands but another 2 or 3 miles to get to a place to pull into. So plan your milage from channel islands harbor to scopions. That will be your true millage. Ok I looked at navionics and from channel islands harbor. ( best place to launch ) to scorpions closes place you can camp is 17.8 miles perfect straight line so you can plan for 20 mile paddle. You can't camp on anacapa and will get emidately popped if you try. It's awsome out there but paddling probably not going to happen. Wish you the best. The current picks way up the closer you get to the islands so you really need to look at the tides at estimated arrival time and get it on a slack tide. Don't mean to be negative but you gave me flash backs of me on a 20 foot rock beach waiting 8 hours for the wind and tide to calm down so I could paddle 3 miles back at night freezing cold while my wife and two kids were freaking out at the campsite and pulling into the cove at 9pm to a wife shaking her head at me as if I didn't know I was a complete fool. That ruined me for at least a year.but good luck.