My friend Craig and I were nearing the end of our paddling excursion through Channel Islands National Park: a circumnavigation of Santa Rosa Island, followed by an open ocean sprint through pea soup ...

Ventura, on the California coast, is the jumping-off point for exploring one of the newest national parks, the Channel Islands. The park consists of five islands that range from one to nearly 100 ...

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The four main islands of Channel Islands National Park are as close as 13 miles off Ventura County’s coast, yet neither my husband, Michael, nor I had been there. In May, we decided to check out Santa ...

One of the nation’s least-visited offshore refuges has been compared to the Galápagos—and the best way to meet its wild residents up close is with a double-bladed paddle. When I was a rookie beach ...

I was reminded of this most recently during an April daytrip to Scorpion Anchorage on Santa Cruz Island with the Santa Barbara Adventure Company, which offers guided kayak trips along the craggy ...

I scanned the brittle, pock-marked walls of a dark sea cave within Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the west coast of California. The caves harbor pelagic cormorants and pigeon ...

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While cutting lazy circles in the teal waters near Channel Islands National Park’s Scorpion Anchorage during my second-ever sea-kayaking experience, I made a rookie mistake. “What are some of the most ...

SINCE THE BEGINNING of time, man has been fascinated with caves. Dark, dank and mysterious, they test the very depths of our imagination. But while man lived for centuries in caves on dry land, it’s ...

If the crowds are getting a bit much, then it’s high time you took a trip to the Channel Islands National Park, an undeveloped hidden gem off the coast of Southern California. Known as the Galapagos ...