Port Orford Ocean Kayaking
Port Orford, Oregon
Trip Type: Kayaking & Canoeing
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Kayak in the lee of a large and beautiful headland protected by Oregon State Parks full of secret coves. View a US Coast Guard cultural site, kelp beds, Aquarium Arch paddle through, sea bird colonies, summer resident whales and other marine mammals, the working fishing port of Port Orford, access to and views of Redfish Rocks Marine Research Reserve and Humbug Mountatin to the south.
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Kayak in the lee of a large and beautiful headland protected by Oregon State Parks full of secret coves. View a US Coast Guard cultural site, kelp beds, Aquarium Arch paddle through, sea bird colonies, summer resident whales and other marine mammals, the working fishing port of Port Orford, access to and views of Redfish Rocks Marine Research Reserve and Humbug Mountatin to the south.
We meet at the SCT dock office where we have our safety talk and get equipped with wetsuits, booties and personal flotation devices. You get comfortable with your kayak in the calm waters behind the break wall before making the paddle out to Orford Heads. On our way out you can view many different birds, sea lions, whales and harbor seals. This heavily protected head land offers calm waters when it's blowing strong over the rest of the coast. We paddle through kelp forests, offshore rocks and coves until we get to the relics of a US Coast Guard Launch area in the amazing Nellies Cove. There are usually Brown Pelicans, Pigeon Guillemots, Osprey, Cormorants and Common Murres as well as lots of curious Harbor Seals! Sometimes the seals get close enough to get some good pictures and swim under our kayaks. Often times paddlers can get close experiences with the migrating or summer resident Gray Whales. Harbor Porpoise are also sometimes seen on this paddle. Round trip usually takes around 2 to 2.5 hours and the paddling difficulty is easy to medium level. Total distance is about 3.65 miles for this tour.
We meet at the SCT dock office where we have our safety talk and get equipped with wetsuits, booties and personal flotation devices. You get comfortable with your kayak in the calm waters behind the break wall before making the paddle out to Orford Heads. On our way out you can view many different birds, sea lions, whales and harbor seals. This heavily protected head land offers calm waters when it's blowing strong over the rest of the coast. We paddle through kelp forests, offshore rocks and coves until we get to the relics of a US Coast Guard Launch area in the amazing Nellies Cove. There are usually Brown Pelicans, Pigeon Guillemots, Osprey, Cormorants and Common Murres as well as lots of curious Harbor Seals! Sometimes the seals get close enough to get some good pictures and swim under our kayaks. Often times paddlers can get close experiences with the migrating or summer resident Gray Whales. Harbor Porpoise are also sometimes seen on this paddle. Round trip usually takes around 2 to 2.5 hours and the paddling difficulty is easy to medium level. Total distance is about 3.65 miles for this tour.
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