SISKA November 26, 2025 Monthly Meeting

Starts at 7:00pm at Unitarian Universalist Community Of Victoria Building: 5575 West Saanich Road, Saanich *

Baja California as a Winter Kayaking Destination with

Eduardo Rivas of San Carlos Kayaks
Baja California Sur Mexico

* Please note that this is a new location for our monthly meetings

Eduardo will share with us:

-How has the Baja changed over the past 20 years and is it still a good place to paddle?

-Can I rent kayaks or use my own boat in the National Parks of Baja; (e.g., Loreto Bay National Marine Park and Isla Espíritu Santo)?

- Other paddling areas to explore
-Isla San José
-Isla Monserrat
-Bahia Magdalena
-Bahis de los Ángeles

-Fly or drive the Baja Highway and safety?

-Is Baja expensive?

Eduardo Rivas was born and raised in the small fishing town of Puerto San Carlos, on the shores of Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur. He studied at university in La Paz and became a sea kayaker in the early 2000s while working in Loreto for a guiding company based on Gabriola Island, BC. Around the same time, he trained as a NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) kayaking and hiking instructor, working for the school in Baja and Alaska, and guiding on Vancouver Island with Gabriola Cycle & Kayak.