Alaska Sea Kayaking

Alaska Sea Kayaking. It's one thing to enjoy kayaking on inland lakes and rivers. It is quite another to go sea kayaking. Sea kayaking in Alaska gives you the opportunity to see majestic scenery and the abundant wildlife of the coastline.

The best way to have your Alaska sea kayaking adventure is to take a guided tour. There are many tours available to Lowell Point, Fox Island, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound. It is just a matter of choice.

Make sure you are correctly outfitted for your kayaking adventure in Alaska. With the temperatures you'll encounter, this is necessary. Keep safety and comfort high on your priority list. To protect yourself from hypothermia in the cold waters of Alaska, outfit yourself with a drysuit. These are more important than rain gear. In wet weather, these drysuits will keep you warm, dry and comfortable.

You can rent all the kayaking gear you need for Alaska Sea kayaking. Rain gear, rubber boots, pogies (kayaking gloves) to keep your hands warm, tents , sleeping bags, and dry bags to pack your gear are available at many outfitters.

If this is your first Alaska sea kayaking adventure, taking a kayaking tour is a good point to start from. You can pick any thing from a 3-hour kayaking trip to a seven-day Alaska Sea kayaking adventure. Starting from Lowell Point you can start your adventure and experience the abundant marine life and the beautiful glaciers of Resurrection Bay. Kayaking along the shoreline of Caines Head State Recreation Area, you will come across sea otters, seabirds, bald eagles and experience the exhilaration of watching leaping salmon.

The wilderness of Fox Island is considered one of the the best Alaska Sea kayaking locations and one of the finest in the world. You can get an eye-full of Fox Island’s temperate rain forest, sculpted cliffs, long pebbled beaches and protected coves. There is an abundance of marine life including sea lions, sea otters and whales, while peregrine falcons, bald eagles and puffins soar in the sky above.

Another great Alaska sea kayaking adventure can be had at Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park. This place is teeming with wildlife. There are many waterfalls cascading down sheer walls and if you are bold of heart, you can even kayak under the waterfalls. While exploring the rugged shoreline of this fjord, you can sea kayak through the many rock arches.

The Harding ice field offers you a chance to witness the awesome power of calving glaciers from a ring side seat in your kayak. These tidewater glaciers, spilling down the ice field, offer an awesome sight and the sounds of the falling glaciers is just unbelievable. The booms and echoes are something you will not forget.

The full tour of 7 days of sea kayaking is the best way to explore the wilderness of Alaska. Head to Alaska and experience the Alaska sea kayaking trip of a lifetime.