Channel Islands Expeditions - Oxnard

Robyn Friedman

We had a wonderful time on our Channel Island Kayak adventure! Our three man team of Captain Alex, Naturalist Evan and Kayak Guide Craig was fantastic! They showed us amazing sites, told us impressive facts about animals and history and stories about the island and treated our family of four very well. It is an adventure we are pleased we got to have and something we will not soon forget. Such a beautiful place and well worth the time to get to it and explore around it!

Martin Design Company

SO MUCH FUN! Outstanding experience with the entire crew. The Captain was great, deckhand was great, guides were all great. It's a happy boat with a bunch of Kayaks on top of it... and you take those Kayaks through Island water caves. 100's of Dolphins trailed the boat on the way out to the Island, maybe thousands. Good deal.

Molly Banks

I highly recommend this trip to everyone! It's the perfect escape from the mayhem currently going on in the world, while still being completely COVID safe. From start to finish, I felt entirely comfortable with the social distancing and mask-wearing. At no time was I worried about being too close to anyone; the capacity of the boat was very low due to COVID and the crew did an amazing job of making sure everyone was wearing masks and keeping people comfortable. The boat rides over and back were beautiful! Everyone on board and the entire crew were constantly looking for wildlife, and the captain said if anyone saw anything he would be happy to change our course to go check it out! It was a quiet day on the way over with just a few sea lions, but it was so beautiful just to look out over the beautiful blue water and seeing Anacapa get closer and closer. On the way back, dolphins were swimming towards us, so the captain turned the boat toward them, and they swam in our wake for a while! Whenever they stopped, we drove over to them and they did the same. The crew really wanted us all to have a great time and see some beautiful sea life. They said they often see whales throughout the channel crossing, and if you go you're likely to see them! The kayaking was absolutely incredible. It was a once in a lifetime experience; we got to kayak under arches, into amazing caves, and see a ton of sea life! Garrett and Austin, our guides, were incredibly knowledgeable and helpful, telling us when to go through certain caves and fully answering any and all questions we asked! Garrett told us all about the history of the island, which was amazing. Honestly, I'd go just to hear the history of the island, it's awesome to hear all the fun stories! I'd give this trip 6/5 stars if I could, I absolutely recommend it!

M L

We drove about 2 hours from Irvine, CA to reach the harbor in Oxnard, CA. We were all prone to sea sickness (highly recommend asking your doctor for that motion sickness patch). We did not see dolphins or anything particularly crazy. The trip can be on the expensive side at about $300 per person, including tip). It was the BEST kayaking experiencing of my life. The boat was loud and if you don't like the smell of marine diesel, you're gonna want to sit near the front. And if you don't like waves and sea travel, then ...I have a lot of other questions for you. But if you can tolerate about an hour and a half of being on a boat, then you're going to be in for a treat. Visiting the Channel Islands is like going to California's version of the Galapagos. It's nearly untouched and it's a nature preserve (being a National Park). So there's a lot of wildlife and limited people. I recommend going in October since it's no longer super hot and apparently we went on a 'perfect day' according to the crew. We briefly saw a Blue Whale en route and it was spectacular. I go kayaking several times a season and a lot of the kayak rental places are very hit or miss. The crew at Wild Blue REALLY care about your comfort. They swapped kayaks for me to make sure that I had a good time on the water. That is a HUGE deal, especially if you're going to be on a kayak for several hours going through caves and such. If you are afraid of the ocean and tight spaces, going ocean kayaking and weaving in and out of sea waves is going to be a bad time. But if you love adventure and you are a capable swimmer, there's almost no chance of dying because everyone has a life vest plus you're on a kayak. I strongly recommend bringing a GoPro AND practice mounting / framing it. It's useless if everything is out of frame or you don't have the right mount. I used a shoulder / backpack mount and I was able to strap it on the chest of my life vest. Awesome footage with awesome people. Garret, Mark, Melissa (?), and everyone aboard the Sun Fish made this a once in a lifetime trip. I plan to go back at least once a year until the world ends again.