Kayak camping, tides & launches: Channel Islands & Southern California

Channel Islands & Southern California: Coastal paddling with 352 campsites, 126 boat launches and 39 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 17 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (137 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Southern California on the mapTides at Santa Monica, Municipal Pier
352campsites
126boat launches
39tide stations
17current stations
137 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 13 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (43)

Permit, protocol or private (10)

Free or backcountry (52)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (205)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Tidal currents and slack water

Boat launches

Plus 108 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Coastal Waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican Border and out to 10 nm 路 East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island 路 Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands 路 Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands 路 Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands 路 Waters from San Mateo point to the Mexican Border Extending 10 to 60 nm out including San Clemente Island

Download for GPS and other map apps

353 campsites and 129 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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