Ocean City / Fenwick Island Ocean Paddle

 

I signed up with Coastal Kayaks for the Ocean Paddle Tour. We started out on 136th Street in Ocean City, MD, where we unloaded the equipment and drug the boats in the sand to the beach. The launch from the beach was fun and challenging in the pounding surf. Once we walked the sit-on-top kayaks out past the breakers, we were able to climb aboard and paddle hard before the next wave. It was a relaxing paddle as we stayed parallel to the beach and drifted up and down in the swells. The wind was constantly pushing the group out further, but our guide, Jim, was able to keep everyone in safe distance from the shore by keeping an eye on specific landmarks along the way.

We were greeted a couple times on our journey by dolphin coming in the opposite direction, 50 yards further out from the beach line. There were also many Pelican out circling the area and fishing along with the Osprey. Once we made our way back up to Fenwick Island Beach, we were guided in one by one. Each of us was asked to paddle in close to the shore, just before the breakers, and bail from the kayak. Once we were carefully behind the boat, we simply pushed it in ahead of us to let the next wave carry it to the beach.