Adventures by the Sea Inc

 

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Zeke S.

Santa Clara, CA

Today was my second time out on the water with them. The first was quite a few years back on a company offsite. To some extent its hard to rate them without rating the actual act of sea kayaking in the monterey bay. This by the way is a very fun thing to do. Its not an adrenalin junkie sort of adventure day, more akin to hiking then rock climbing, sky diving or bungy jumping. It is mostly slow paced, although I hear if the wind picks up and the water is rough it can be different. We found it was cool to float on around checking out the sea otters, seal, jelly fish, crabs, sea lions, water heffalumps, dolphins, egrets, fallons, etc. Note that it can be an arm workout and you might want to bring an extra pair of underwear... just like with bungy jumping except its cold sea water that soaks them in this case.

As for Adventured by the Sea, the service was friendly, the guide was knowledgeable, the price was reasonable and everything was smooth paddling.

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Elite '08

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Dave K.

Sunnyvale, CA

The staff seemed reasonably knowledgeable but completely overworked.   The three surfer dudes tried to juggle people renting kayaks, bikes, surreys ... who knows what else.  I know it was bad when I mentioned that I didn't want front suspension so I switch the dial on top of the front fork and the guy went "duude, no idea you could do that ... sweet".

$30 renting 2 bikes for almost 3 hours.  Not bad at all.  It was way too crowded on the bike lanes, and the staff isn't much help.  All in all a decent experience, and I'll chalk it up to them being super busy.

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qirk z.

Los Gatos, CA

Cool, they have surreys.

What's a "surrey"... it's a pedal operated 'car'. You know, add a steering wheel to a four-wheeled bike, add some seats, a canopy, bell, basket and you've got a surrey.

$18/hr for a Small (2-person) or $28/hr for Large (4-person).

If you rent from this location, you can make it down to Lover's Point, stop for a few, then ride over to the Wharf, and back to the location in an hour.

The place also rents kayaks, bikes, etc.

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Elite '08

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Helen W.

Palo Alto, CA

i went here for my birthday this past weekend.  i had a group of nine and it was all our first experience kayaking.  it was very busy when we got there, but the manager made sure that we got taken care of as soon as possible.  the splash suits you're given are definitely NOT waterproof.  contrary to the website, i highly recommend wearing swim suits under, or bringing extra underwear...etc.  the staff was very nice and helpful and gave an orientation.  he made sure we were all comfortable and had a solid idea before sending us off.  it was tons of fun!  it's only $30 per person for the whole day.  you can go back to shore to take a break whenever you want.  they have drybags if you want to take cameras...etc out to sea.  there are also trained staff at sea.  and you will definitely see some seals and sea otters!  a great experience!  minus one star for too many patrons and not nearly enough changing rooms (there are 3).

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