This kayak trip destination is excerpted from “The East Coast’s Best 5 Places to Paddle” in Adventure Kayak magazine.
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, North Carolina’s Outer Banks are littered with shoals that extend up to 15 nautical miles out to sea. The Outer Banks’ shifting sands have wreaked havoc on mariners for hundreds of years. Now sea paddlers are discovering the ideal playgrounds created by the combination of exploding waves, sandy bottoms and warm water. Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras and Oregon Inlet all produce exciting water with the right wind, swell and tide combinations. Also blessed with fantastic protected water on the inside of the banks, North Carolina supports some of the most prolific shorebird habitat in the Lower 48.
Find more information about this area at Barrier Island Kayaks, www.barrierislandkayaks.com.
This article originally appeared in Adventure Kayak, Early Summer 2009. Download our free iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App or Android App or read it here.
