The swell was pushing in from one side then bouncing off the cliff walls and ricocheting back, making our kayak bounce around like we were in a washing machine. Our group of four kayaks was more than ...

On a predictably foggy morning in May, I boarded a ferry toward Santa Cruz Island, hoping for sun and eager to spend the day kayaking through sea caves. The sun didn’t show, but a calm, glassy ocean ...

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