Touring San Francisco's waterfront...by Kayak.

From: Sunset | Date: February 1, 1986 | Copyright information

Touring San Francisco's waterfront . . . by kayak

One of the most unusual ways to tour San Francisco's waterfront is by ocean kayak. Two kayak centers and one tour company offer half- and full-day excursions and twilight paddles along 6 miles of city waterfront. In preparation, novices will need a beginning class (for details, see page 46B of the October 1984 Sunset). One operator includes beginning instruction in the tour cost; others teach them separately.

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