MONTEREY and PACIFIC GROVE
MONTEREY and PACIFIC GROVE Kayak, Canoe and Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) Guide
Monterey County California
The area around Monterey bay has some excellent scenic kayak spots. You can either launch from the protected harbor or better yet from several protected spots west of the harbor. Scroll down the page and keep reading for more information.
MAPS of MONTEREY and PACIFIC GROVE
Lovers Cove is an excellent and very protected spot to launch. There is a short ramp down to the beach. There usually is no surf on the beach by Lovers Cove so you can also launch a canoe here quite easily.
West of Lovers Cove and just West of Coral Street there is a good spot which is often protected from the waves and swell. A small beach about ten feet from Ocean View Blvd. is a popular spot for kayakers and kayak fishermen to launch.
Just a short distance west beyond the Coral Street launch is another spot where one can launch on some days. This spot is further West of Lovers Cove very near to the Point Pinos Light House just before the coast of the peninsula heads southwest. Launch In a small cove between some finger rocks that can be very protected by the large finger rocks of Point Pinos. Park in one of the pullouts along Ocean View Blvd. a little bit (about 150 yards) west of Asilomar Ave. A small finger beach is about 3 ft. below the road here. The point can be calm and protected on the east side while the surf 20 yards away on the west side is huge and hazardous. On a windless December morning we launched from here with no surf when just around the point the surf and swell were 8ft+ (having been raised by a big storm and high winds the day before). We rounded the point and bobbed up and down on the giant glassy swells which provided us the opportunity of seeing otters closer then we had ever seen them before. The rolling swells prevented the otters from seeing us until we were right next to them. As we reached the top of each swell we would appear right next to otter after otter. Many of the otters seemed quite surprised to see us bobbing with them in their water wonderland.
The water offshore from the Point Pinos Light House is also an excellent spot to see migrating Grey Whales that come quite near to the shore here.
Sea Lions in Monterey - warming their flippers:
See more kayak and stand up paddle board (SUP) pictures of Monterey and Pacific Grove
(c) Copyright 2011, 2013, 2016 by Mister Dave KayakDave.blogspot.com
Sponsor ad:
Help support our website! CLICK HERE to help support our website at NO COST TO YOU
