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| Acknowledgments | |
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| What's New in this Edition | |
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| Map Legend | |
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| Paddling the Pacific Coast | |
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| Trip Planning, Water Safety, and Sea Sense | |
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| Boats and Gear | |
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| Weather-The Pacific High, Northwest Winds, and Paddling in the Lee | |
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| Tides and Currents | |
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| Swell and Surf | |
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| Open-Coast Paddling | |
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| Basic Kayak Navigation | |
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| Minimum Impact | |
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| How to Use This Book; Guide to Route Descriptions | |
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| The Lost Coast and Mendocino | |
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| Shelter Cove to Usal Beach | |
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| Noyo River Estuary | |
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| Noyo Bay to Caspar Beach | |
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| Russian Gulch to Caspar Beach and Beyond | |
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| Big River Estuary | |
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| Mendocino Headlands and Beyond | |
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| Van Damme Slate Beach to Albion | |
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| Albion River to Dark Gulch and Beyond | |
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| Navarro River Beach and Albion to Elk | |
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| Point Reyes National Seashore and Vicinity | |
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| Russian River Estuary to Duncans Mills and Beyond | |
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| Russian River Camping Trip from Guerneville to the Sea | |
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| Bodega Harbor and Goat Rock to Do ran Beach | |
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| Estero Americano | |
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| North Tomales Bay-Nicks Cove to Tomales Point and Beyond | |
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| Central Tomales Bay-Inverness to Hog Island | |
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| South Tomales Bay-Whitehouse Pool to Millerton Park | |
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| Drakes and Limantour Esteros | |
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| Drakes Beach to Chimney Rock and the Point Reyes Headlands | |
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| Point Reyes National Seashore Outer Coast Camping Tour-Drakes Bay to Coast Camp and Stinson Beach | |
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| Bolinas Lagoon and Duxbury Reef | |
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| San Francisco Bay | |
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| China Camp and Marin Islands Reserve | |
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| Richardson Bay to Angel Island | |
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| Golden Gate to Point Bonita and Muir Beach | |
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| Bair Island Reserve and Corkscrew Slough | |
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| Newark Slough Wildlife Refuge | |
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| Alviso Slough | |
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| Special Section: Bay Area Lakes and Reservoirs | |
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| Bay Area Lakes | |
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| Route 27A: Lake Del Valle | |
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| Route 27B: Stevens Creek Reservoir | |
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| Route 27C: Lexington Reservoir | |
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| Route 27D: Loch Lomond | |
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| Route 27E: Calero Lake | |
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| Route 27F: Anderson Lake | |
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| Route 27G: Coyote Lake | |
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| Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Vicinity | |
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| Pillar Point Harbor and Devils Slide | |
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| Pigeon Point to Franklin Point Rock-Gardens | |
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| Santa Cruz Harbor to Three-Mile Beach and Davenport Down | |
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| Santa Cruz Harbor to the Cement Ship | |
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| In the Lee of Pleasure Point: New Brighton to Capitola and Beyond | |
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| Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: Moss Landing to Kirby Park | |
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| Upper Elkhom Slough-Kirby Park Area | |
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| Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge | |
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| Montereys Cannery Row and Around the Peninsula to Carmel | |
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| Stillwater Cove to Cypress Point | |
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| Point Lobos State Marine Reserve to Mai Paso Creek | |
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| Big Stir Coast to Pismo Beach | |
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| Andrew Molera State Park to Point Sur and Beyond | |
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| Lopez Point to Cape San Martin | |
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| San Simeon Bay and Beyond | |
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| Cayucos State Beach to Point Estero | |
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| Morro Bay Estuary | |
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| Morro Rock to Spooner's Cove in Montana de Oro | |
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| Spooner's Cove to Point Buchon and Port San Luis | |
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| Port San Luis, Avila Beach, and Beyond | |
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| Avila Beach to Shell Beach | |
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| Shell Beach Dinosaur Caves to Pismo Beach | |
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| Appendix: Lessons, Tours, Rentals, and Clubs | |
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| Route Index | |
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| About the Author | |