About
A community paddle, growing into an institution.
Blake and Sara raced up and down the coast, the South Bay Paddle, the Waterman's Challenge, and kept noticing the same gap: there were no real open-ocean distance races between LA and San Diego. So they built one, on the most scenic route they could find, their favorite local paddle.
The course is an ~15-mile open-ocean out-and-back from the San Clemente Pier, south past Trestles toward San Onofre and back to the sand you started on. Prone divisions plus SUP, a 7:30 AM beach start (7:00 AM check-in), and a beach finish back at the Pier.
It stays grassroots on purpose. Blake sets it up, Sara runs sign-in. It's the scenic distance race that fills the gap between LA and San Diego, a real open-ocean distance test, with a community heart.
The vision from here: permits, safety plan, sponsors, and a photo/video engine that turns race morning into next year's start line, a permitted, sponsored SoCal institution and a fixture on the summer calendar.
San Clemente Pier · out & back
Lend a hand
Volunteer on race morning
A grassroots race runs on people who show up. We can always use hands at sign-in, the start, and the San Clemente Pier finish, a couple of hours, a great view, and you're part of it.
Email to help out →Support paddlers
Need one, or have one to offer?
Open ocean is safer with a buddy. If you'd like a support paddler alongside you, or you're happy to shadow someone, let us know and we'll pair people up at sign-in.
Get paired up →Presented by
Lundquist Surfboards
Paddle San Clemente is presented by Lundquist Surfboards, custom prone paddleboards and surfboards shaped in Southern California. The founding sponsor, the sleeve mark on every event tee, and the reason this whole thing exists. The halo runs both ways.
San Clemente