101 Surf Sports—San Rafael, Redwood City; a full service water sports sporting goods shop specializing in SUP, prone paddleboarding, windsurfing, kiteboarding, surfing, and kayaking; offers a full range of lessons, gear rentals, board repair, kayak storage, SUP storage, boat storage, and guided tours.
California Canoe and Kayak (CCK)—Outfitter in Oakland's Jack London Square, Half Moon Bay (Pillar Point Harbor), San Carlos, Sacramento, and Coloma (American River); offers classes and trips
Cali Watersport Collective—Learn the art of kayaking in a friendly and supportive environment! We offer single and multi-day clinics in surf and sea kayaking. ALL people, ages, and skill levels welcome!
City Kayak—At Pier 38 on The Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco
Current Adventures—Offers high-quality clinics in surf kayaking, as well as outings on Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Bay
Eskape! Sea Kayaking—Santa Cruz; specializes in high-quality instruction including ACA instructor certification
Golden Gate Kayaking—Offers classes on San Francisco Bay, roll sessions on the Peninsula, and BCU training
Half Moon Bay Kayak Co.—Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay; offers classes, expeditions to Honduras and Baja's Pacific coast, local trips, sales, and rentals
Kayak Connection—Offers tours, rentals, and instruction in Santa Cruz Harbor and Elkhorn Slough
Kayak Mendocino—Offers tours and kayak surfing classes out of Van Damme State Park on the Mendocino coast
Liquid Fusion Kayaking—Fort Bragg; offers classes and trips on the Mendocino coast and rivers
Monterey Bay Kayaks—Monterey Bay and Elkhorn Slough; offers sea kayaking rental and instruction, and worldwide sea kayaking expeditions
River & Ocean Paddlesports Coaching Collective—SF Bay Area; a coaching collective dedicated to the delivery of quality, student-centered instruction and coaching in kayaking and stand up paddleboarding.
The River Store—Lotus, CA; offers rentals, demos, and classes; based on the South Fork of the American River
Sea Trek—Sausalito; offers trips, classes, and rentals
Ecosummer Expeditions—Offers wilderness expeditions to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Johnstone Strait, and Gulf Islands in British Columbia
Escondido Trex—Has trips in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula (home to Corcovado and Piedras Blancas National Parks)
Fiji Sea Kayaking—Tropical and polar kayaking specialist operating sea kayak tours in Fiji, Turkey, Vanuatu, Antarctica, Amazon, Greenland, High Arctic, Australia and Tonga
Kayak Academy—Founded by George Gronseth in Seattle WA; offers classes and trips in the San Juan Islands
Kayak Kaua'i—Outfitter on the Hawaii island of Kaua'i
Kayak Shed—In Hood River, OR sells kayaking gear and offers BASKers 15% off all gear except boats. Email Kate for details and the BASK promotional code
Kayak Solomons—Operates from the Uepi Island Resort, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Miramar Adventures—Outfitter for sea kayaking and whale watching tours in Baja California, Mexico
Mountain Travel Sobek—Offers sea kayaking trips to Vietnam, Costa Rica, Alaska, Panama, Baja, Greenland, etc.
Natural Habitat Adventures—Takes small groups of paddlers to Tahiti, Turkey, Portugal, Greenland and other places; trips range from exploratory style adventures (typically very demanding) to peaceful relaxing adventures
Spirit of the West Adventures—Tours in the realm of the killer whales and mothership expeditions around Vancouver Island, British Columbia
TerraSanta Kayak Expeditions—Trips and classes in the Mediterranean shores of Israel, Cyprus and Turkey, the Red Sea, the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
Tex's Riverways—Outfitting services on the Colorado and Green Rivers in Utah
Unexplored Scotland—Sea kayaking and river kayaking tours and courses in Scotland.
Water Walker—Outfitter that offers trips in central Maine
West Coast Expeditions—Experience basecamp sea kayaking, professionally guided kayak expeditions & family kayaking tours; ocean kayak with sea otters & whales while eagles soar overhead. Participate in local aboriginal culture. Based on Spring Island, near Kyuquot, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Wilderness Travel—Sea kayaking in Alaska, Baja, Chile, Fiji, Palau, etc
Wildheart Adventures—Offers a wide variety of different sea kayaking tours on Vancouver Island
Yak Expediciones—Offers sea kayaking trips in Chile and Argentina
American Paddler - Free online database of kayaking, SUP and canoe rentals, with 6,000 locations (including more than 450 in California) in a searchable map.