Anders, Nina and I planned 3 days of kayaking on Santa Rosa Island. It turns out we were rather naive.
The outer Channel Islands have very strong currents and are more often than not hit by strong winds.
The first 2 days we were there we had gale warnings and could not go kayaking at all. (Instead, we went on several very good hikes on the island.)
Finally, we got to go on the morning of the day we left the island. Since the weather was downcast, we decided not to bring our cameras. This turned out to be a big mistake. In just 45 minutes each way we were able to go around to Carrington Point where the day before we had seen a huge camp of sea lions and harbor seals. On the way out we were guided by a cute harbor seal. Once we arrived near the point we were surrounded by up to 10 sea lions who were very curious and came up close. It was quite fun and we stayed for 20-25 minutes playing with them. This was definitely one of the coolest kayaking trips to date.
The photo was taken the day before.
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