Why a kayak school in Homer?
Homer is strategically located on the North shore of Kachemak Bay on the southern Kenai Peninsula in South Coastal Alaska and offers nearly year-round sea kayak and kayak surfing (the latter when surf’s up). Many rivers and lakes on the Peninsula offer a wide range open canoeing and river kayaking opportunities from small lakes to Class V rivers (from May to October most years). On any summer day, we can go sea kayaking in the morning and river kayak play boating in the afternoon. The Homer Spit extends 4 miles out into the center of Kachemak Bay and provides a diversity of sea paddling opportunities year round. Wind, waves and tidal currents are a near constant providing active and diverse conditions for training. Kachemak Bay experiences 14 ft. of tidal exchange on neap tides and as many as 26 ft. on spring tides. There is always something moving. Bald Eagles, Sea otters and many seabirds are constant companions on paddles in the bay. To top it all off, the many miles of protected an
