Overlooking the waterfront in Old Town Eureka, the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center (HBAC) is one of the easiest and most exciting ways to get out on the water this summer. With a friendly, knowledgeable staff and a wide range of rental options, HBAC makes exploring Humboldt’s myriad waterways accessible for adventurers of all skill and […]
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A Peaceful Protest and Paddle Out
On a clear-skied Sunday morning, more than 150 people gathered in the tranquil, sandy cove south of the Samoa Peninsula’s Coast Guard station for the Paddle Out for Peace. Although many masked surfers, kayakers and standup paddle boarders arrived with signs to support racial justice, this was more than a protest. (See the slideshow below […]
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Kayaker Describes Harrowing Shark Attack (with VIDEO)
This morning, a shark attacked a lone kayaker fishing in the waters off Southern Humboldt County. According to Cheryl Antony, spokesperson for Shelter Cove Fire Department, at 7:45 a.m. an emergency dispatcher sent her department to look for a victim of a shark attack in a kayak. Antony said that they were able to see […]
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UPDATED: Kayakers Reportedly Find Dead Body Near Trinidad
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release this evening stating that the deceased person found by kayakers near College Cove this morning appears to have been a white male in his 60s. See the full press release copied below our original post. PREVIOUSLY: A group of kayakers located a dead body near […]
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Just Kayak Fishing with Great Whites, No Big – Video
Yesterday round noon, Eric Stockwell of Loleta Eric’s Guide Service was fishing alone at Cape Mendocino when he spotted and briefly filmed a great white shark swimming between him and the group of kayakers he’d paddled up to. If you want to know what one looks like close up in the wild, you can get […]
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Aggressive Hitchhiker Spotted in King Salmon
It proved to be a pretty epic first kayak trip for Liz Bagnell. Bagnell, a sales consultant for Northwood Chevrolet, had just moved down to King Salmon from Cutten, and set out to get to know her new neighborhood by hopping a kayak for the first time to paddle around the residential channels in her […]