Salt Marsh Tours

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(High Tide)

When ocean tides fill the bays and rivers they also fill salt marsh channels for you to explore. Golden grasses, river otters, hunting raptors, and herds of elk at dusk or dawn, are some of the critters you may find exploring these places too.

Perfect coordination with the energy of moving tidal currents into “the top of the flood” as we call it, ensures there is enough water to get up into these systems and most importantly, back out.

Don’t get stuck in the mud. Beware the tide, go with a guide.



Trestle Bay (Warrenton)
Launching from sandy beaches along the Columbia River you are likely to witness the passage of huge ocean freighters on the way to experience Trestle Bay (a.k.a. "Jetty ...
Experience: Average
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$105.00
Despite close proximity to human civilization, a paddle on the Nehalem river feels like a remote escape. Nearby Nehalem Bay State Park, surrounding salt marshes, and ...
Experience: Low
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$85.00
Hall Slough (Tillamook)
Get a taste of Tillamook Bay before ducking into a network of narrow salt marsh channels leading to the lightly forested Hall Slough. From a launch site nestled into a ...
Experience: Average
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$85.00
Tillamook River (Tillamook)
Meandering between grasslands and a sleepy county road, lightly speckled with riverbank trees, the Tillamook River is a charmer! Plentiful migratory birds play here ...
Experience: Low
Fitness: Low
2.5 hours
$85.00
Sand Lake Estuary (Pacific City)
Float in the shallow and often crystal clear waters of this marine-dominated estuary, where there is a steady mix of marine life in and out of Sand Lake. Many fish and ...
Experience: Average
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$85.00
Pacific City Tour (Pacific City)
Paddle out and away from the tidally influenced estuary waters and up into the fresh flowing waters of the Nestucca River. After a quick trip through the middle of ...
Experience: Low
Fitness: Low
2.5 hours
$85.00
Salmon River (Lincoln City)
View the gorgeous mountain meadows of popular Cascade Head, salt marshes, and forested mountain sides while relaxing in your kayak. This estuary system is among the most ...
Experience: Low
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$105.00
Siletz Bay (Lincoln City)
Experienced paddlers should take a chance on this very photogenic waterway! Above the water, sun-bleached branches from fallen trees reach out to share stories of their ...
Experience: Average
Fitness: Average
2.5 hours
$105.00
Siletz Wildlife Refuge (Lincoln County)
Navigating through this serene setting you might not guess this wildlife refuge was formerly pastureland diked up to block the ocean tides for dairy cows. These ...
Experience: Low
Fitness: Low
2.5 hours
$105.00