Boating

Lake Chabot Lake Chabot is a 315 acre lake with a nesting pair of Eagles and plenty of stocked fish. Rowboat, canoe, & one-seat kayak rentals available.

Adventure Rents Kayak, Mendocino Adventure Rents launches their rental fleet on the Gualala River that forms the boundary between Sonoma and Mendocino counties

Lake Merritt, Oakland

This shallow, 195-acre lake in downtown Oakland provides a variety of recreation activities to the city. Pedal boats, sailboats, canoes, and rowboats are available for rent at the boating center, open from 9AM to sunset.

Kayaking

AB Seas Kayaks, Monterey Kayak tours: $50 per person The tour includes a super stable sit-on-top kayak, paddle, seatback, wetsuit, dry bag, paddling instruction and safety orientation. The tour is 2-3 hours long and includes use of the kayak after the tour. Recommended for novices or experienced kayakers new to the Monterey Bay, our guides instruct you in basic paddling and guide you to many points of interest. http://www.montereybaykayaks.com/

Adventure by the Sea. Phone 8313721807. Website http://www.adventuresbythesea.com/. Tour of Monterey Bay

Adventure Rents Kayak, Mendocino Adventure Rents launches their rental fleet on the Gualala River that forms the boundary between Sonoma and Mendocino counties http://www.adventurerents.com/

Blue Waters Kayaking. Phone (415) 669-2600 Website: http://www.bwkayak.com/ Tours of Tomales Bay, China Camp, Bolinas Lagoon, and others.

California Canoe & Kayak. Phone: (800) 366-9804. Web site: http://www.calkayak.com/. Offers kayaking classes in the Oakland Estuary, Half Moon Bay and Sacramento.

Kayak Connection, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Harbor 413 Lake Avenue #4. 831-479-1121 Guided tours and rentals in Santa Cruz Harbor, Elkhorn Slough, others

http://www.kayakconnection.com/

Monterey Bay Kayaks Kayaking in Monterey Bay or Elkhorn Slough

http://www.montereybaykayaks.com/info/homes.html

Feb 2003 ReportMonterey Bay Kayaking

Outback Adventures Lessons, outings at Bolinas, Angel Island, Elkhorn and Pillar Point. Some instructions at Stevens Creek Reservoir http://www.outbackadventures.com/trips_classes/kayaking/kayak_trips/

Sea Trek Ocean Kayaking
Tours of Sausalito, Golden Gate Bridge, Tomales Bay and Angel Island.

Angel Island Adventure (All day guided paddle around Angel Island)
A thrilling, full day sea kayaking adventure. Given favorable conditions we paddle around the entire Island, stopping to explore as desired and for lunch on a secluded beach.
Schedule: Weekends & Holidays May - October.

Angel Island Adventure (2.5 hour trips)
Time: 10:30am - 1pm & 1:30pm - 4pm
Schedule: Every Sunday May - October

Call for more information and reservations at: (415) 488-1000

Venturequest Kayaking, Santa Cruz http://www.kayaksantacruz.com/

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Board Sports Since 2002, the Boardsports team has offered kiteboarding, windsurfing, and stand up paddling instruction, rentals, and retail sales. Locations in Alameda and Redwood Shores. http://boardsportsschool.com/

Sea Trek Ocean Kayaking
Paddle boards also available for rent. http://www.seatrek.com/

Shoreline Lake in Mountain View offers paddle boarding lessons and rentals http://www.shorelinelake.com./

Outback Adventures Paddle boards rentals at Stevens Creek Reservoir http://www.outbackadventures.com/rentals/stand_up/stevens_creek/

Richard Schmidt Surf School They teach both SUP and surfing at Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz http://www.richardschmidt.com/

Rafting

All Outdoors Whitewater Rafting. Phone: (800)247-2387 Website: www.aorafting.com/sfam.htm Rivers throughout California.

American River Recreation. Phone: (800) 333-7238. Website: www.arrafting.com/ Tour of American and Merced Rivers.

ARTA River Trips. Phone: (800) 323-2782. Website: www.arta.org/ Guided tours of California rivers, including the American, Tuolumne and Merced rivers.

Cache Canyon Rafting 2-day scout trips for $85 at Cache Canyon about 3 hours from Cupertino, includes 2 nights camping, 4 meals and covers 21 miles of rafting. Day trips also available. http://cachecanyon.com/ Also offers self-guided tours of Cache Creek.

EarthTrek Expeditions

EarthTrek Expeditions is registered with the Boy Scouts of America to offer a whitewater merit badge to participants of our South Fork American rafting trips. Our professional guides will provide insight into reading whitewater, rigging the rafts, paddle strokes, safety procedures and running rapids. Scouts will learn valuable information as well as have a lot of fun. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA and other youth organizations qualify for a special discounted rate. Contact EarthTrek for rates and available dates.

River Runners. Phone: (530)622-5110 Website: www.riverrunners.org/ Guided tours of the American river.

Tributary White Water Tours. Phone: (800)672-3846 http://www.whitewatertours.com/rivers.htm California and Tahoe white water rafting including the American, Stanislaus, Truckee, Klamath and Trinity rivers.

Truckee River Raft Co. Phone: (877) 583-0123 Website: http://www.truckeeriverraft.com/ Rental of rafts for self guided tours of the Truckee River.

White Water Adventures. Phone: (800) 977-4837 Website:www.whitewater-adv.com/welcome.htm

Sailing

Lake Cunningham San Jose Offers sail boat rentals and classes http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=583

Monterey Bay Sailing offers small boat sailing and lessons

http://www.montereysailing.com/

August 2003 Report Monterey Bay sail and historic hike

Pacific Yachting & Sailing 790 Mariner Park Way, Santa Cruz
800-374-2626, 831-423-7245 http://www.pacificsail.com/

Shoreline Lakein Mountain View offers sailing lessons and rentals Aquatic Center

Surfing

Adventure Out is California’s premiere surf school offering lessons, clinics, and camps both in the original “Surf City” – Santa Cruz, as well as Pacifica – San Francisco’s ONLY beginner surfing beach. The crew went surfing at Pacifica, a great beach for beginners. https://www.adventureout.com/surf/

Club Ed Santa Cruz In these two-hour surf lessons we introduce surfing fundamentals, etiquette, safety, wave dynamics, paddling skills, surfboard positioning, maneuvering, proper stand-up and riding techniques. http://club-ed.com/

Richard Schmidt Surf School Through his years of teaching and experience as a professional surfer, Richard developed the 'Schmidt Guarantee', which guarantees that one will stand up and ride down the face of a wave in their first lesson. We schedule around the ocean tide and swell conditions. If the tide is low enough we teach the lessons at Cowell Beach on the west side of Santa Cruz. If the swell is small and the tide is not low enough for Cowell's to be surfable, we move the lessons over to the Pleasure Point area on the east side of Santa Cruz.http://www.richardschmidt.com/

Windsurfing

Crown Memorial Beach Alameda Crown is another park popular with windsurfers. Rental sailboards and lessons are available on summer weekends.

Windsurf Lessons: Fees are subject to change; call Boardsports at (415) 254-0566 for information.

http://activities.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaid=CAEBCB&cu_id=157

Del Valle Sailboards may be rented at the swim beach. http://activities.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaid=CAEBDV&cu_id=157

Shoreline Lake in Mountain View offers windsurfing, kayaking and sailing lessons

Shadow Cliffs Regional Park This Pleasanton park has a lake with seasonal rental and lessons for windsurfing. http://www.ebparks.org/parks/shadow.htm

Spring Lake 391 Violetti Drive, Santa Rosa, CA Sonoma County, The 72-acre lake is open year-round and is a wonderful place to windsurf, canoe or paddle boat. Rental boats are available from May through September at the Concession stand, located near the swimming lagoon http://www.sonoma-county.org/parks/pk_slake.htm

EBRP Boating Link: http://www.ebparks.org/activities/boatingsailing

East Bay Regional Parks

	Contra Loma	Crown Beach	Del Valle	Lake Chabot	MLK Shoreline	Shadow Cliffs
Canoe/Kayak	*	*	*	*	*	*
Inflatable	*	*	*		*	*
Sailboard	*	*	*		*	*
Sailboat	* 17 feet		*		*	* 17 feet
Row boat	* 17 feet		*		*	* 17 feet
Electric boat	* 17 feet		*		*	* 17 feet
Motor boat			*		*
Patio boat			*		*

East Bay Regional Parks Rental Boats
	Contra Loma	Crown Beach	Del Valle	Lake Chabot	Shadow Cliffs
Canoe/Kayak	Kayak	Kayak	*	*	Kayak
Sailboard	*	*	*
Sailboat			Hobie Cat
Paddleboat			*	*	*
Row boat			*	*	*
Electric boat			*	*	*
Motor boat			*
Patio boat			*
Duffy boat				*	*
Cachuma				*

Modified June 9, 2020