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.
What began as an 8.7-mile paddle to Salt Creek is now a 12.5-mile open-ocean test from El Moro to Capo Beach, with the Bird Rock gate and the Three Arch Bay isthmus run built in. Prone divisions plus SUP, a 7:30 AM beach start (7:00 AM check-in), and a beach finish at Capo Beach in Dana Point.
It stays grassroots on purpose. Blake sets it up, Sara runs sign-in, and the field grows year over year. 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.
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 Capo Beach 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 Laguna Beach 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.
