Anacapa Island Day Trip in Channel Islands National Park
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2021
- Anacapa Island is the closest of the Channel Islands in Channel Islands National Park. This island is only an hour boat ride off the coast of California, and while it is small, it is still a fun spot to explore. I took the day trip in August 2021 and he is what I explored. On the island, I saw nesting gulls, Inspiration Point, and the lighthouse. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments.
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I used to live right on the ocean in Santa Barbara, and I loved watching the islands off in the distance, when the fog lifted. I never had a chance to see these islands up close and personal. Thanks for this video, so I have a chance to remember that part of my life.
I went snorkeling around the arch with a Marine Biology class back in the late 70’s; it was awesome!
Dang, that sounds awesome!
When I was a kid we had a boat at Channel Islands harbor. We'd go out to Anacapa to fish for Bonito. We used live anchovy fish for bait which we kept in a bait tank outside the boat. The sharks would come around and bump the tank. Seeing a shark roll over and stare at you with those dead black eyes was always a chilling experience but the fishing was great!
Wow that sounds pretty crazy!
When I was overseas amid a stone age culture
I learned why they often extract all shark eyes.
Because by ancient means they produce a hard
translucent orb. Which women wear as woven
into their long black hair. Which I've drilled by
cordless tools and fitted with silver wire so a
man-eater glitter can be seen on pierced ears.
So, if reader has any stone age skills, you too
can use shark parts for jewelry purposes..
Always thought they had drinking water on the island. Good to know I would need to bring all my water. I've been wanting to do a day trip here for a while.
I hitched a ride with the park service for a story I was working on, also included was a short guided tour. Lots of nesting gulls when I was there eons ago. For swimming in the cove, water's chilly so bring a shorty wet-suit if you can. Park service has webcams on their website so you can view island life anytime, including an underwater cam in the protected landing cove. And I've scuba'd around the island many times too including an annual u/w fish count.
That is awesome, sounds like you have a lot of knowledge on the island. Thanks for the tip about the wetsuit as well, I will do that when I go back to snorkel!
I have camped on the island and had a blast. The hard part is lugging all your water as there is no drinkable water available anywhere on Anacapa.
You are right. The sunrise and sunsets made the trip worth while. Also, I brought my wetsuit as the water is cold but lots of younger people just jumped right in and enjoyed their swim. By Late September to October the birds are gone other than the usual number flying around.
There's a cave or rock shelter that reportedly
has a wall seep. Said wet to the touch.
Which may dry after extended rain-free periods.
Camped for 1 night a few years ago in March. A lot greener. I had a good time. Definitely a lot of time for such a small island. Plenty of time to read and just zen out But after the afternoon boat leaves it’s just the birds and maybe some other campers. Great sunset and sunrise. Was good to do it once. Got me interested to visit some of the other islands. Hopefully I will be able to see others in the future.
Thanks for sharing your experience! The other islands are pretty awesome to camp on as they have a lot more to do while you are there as well.
Fun day! One of the things I love about Island Packers is that they do take time to stop for wildlife, or the arch, or the drilling platform. It's way more than just a shuttle to & from the islands. You didn't mention whether or not you actually did get pooped on - you said a 75% chance, so ... ??? Good video!!
Have not snorkeled at that spot, but have been scuba diving there as well as a few other spots around the island. Beautiful views of the kelp forest. Expect to see lots of garibaldi and sheep head. The occasional rockfish, spiny lobster, and plenty of other fish can be found as well.
Beautiful video! Love Anacapa Island! So gorgeous!
It really is!
Going to visit this place in a couple of weeks! Thanks for sharing and letting us know what to expect. 🥰😎
On my bucket list!
I love this channel. So many places I’ve always wondered about or have been to also. But seeing another perspective is so cool. For sure gives me a better idea of places that is still want to see some day.
Indeed very beautiful
My kind of place. 2 great videos today and such different natural environments 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for watching them both! Two fun national parks for sure
Thanks, that was cool. I have always wondered about those islands. I've flown over many times and have been to Catalina on our boat as kids.
These islands are starkly beautiful! Camping would be knarly if a storm came. There's nowhere to hide!
That is for sure true haha. The other islands are a lot bigger. I camped on Santa Cruz in the past and it was awesome
I was certified as a scuba diver at Anacapa. Love the Channel Islands.
Love your videos it inspires me to travel thru this lovely state :)
I've swam to and from Anacapa. I've also circumnavigated it. I highly recommend swimming anywhere around the island. The water clarity is amazing.
Están increíbles 😍 California es bello!
Thank you for The SHOW You have the best channel.
Wonderful
thanks for the video enjoyed to walk through and narration thanks for sharing
Love his channel
Thanks for doing the videos. I've been wanting to go to the Channel Island so I'll watch your prior videos on that as well.
I love Santa Cruz Island, such a fun one to explore
nice video josh, that will be next on my list. thanks
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Great video!! Love it 😍
Haha my best friend recently went to Anacapa Islands and she had the same experience as you... she mentioned a lot about the birds and the bird poop everywhere. Thank you for your wonderful experience! I still want to camp here someday!
It was quite the experience haha but I had fun!
Beautiful spot, taking out the sheer amount of birds and potential bad weather, I would consider camping there.
haha yea, if I had a kayak to explore it would prob be pretty fun to camp there
Super informative amigo! I’ve always wanted to visit.
Glad you liked it!
Love these day trip videos. I moved to LA right before the pandemic, so my exploration has been stunted. Your videos are so helpful!!
So much to explore in that area, hope you can get out to some of these spots soon!
I love your videos!!!!
Appreciate that!
You can land a boat at Frenchys Cove on the north end of Anacapa also. It's a beach landing. You have to stay on the beach though.
Cool Video. I have been to Anacapa a bunch of times but only Set foot on it one time way back in 1983 with a school class. I need to go back and take pictures. I really want to visit Santa Rosa Island. I could get a lot of Pictures in 4 hours.
I’ve snorkeled there and man was it scary as a kid! Water was cold and the water was a deep blue… but thinking back it was so beautiful. Always look forward to your videos!
Sounds crazy! I would love to do that in the future!
Try Micronesia. Bathtub warm down to 30 feet.
The most frequent injury occurs when visitors
forget to not walk under coconut trees is windy
weather. Me? I learned how Stone Age culture
could transform shark eyeballs into translucent
orbs. Which women wore in braided scalp hair.
The cold glitter of man-eaters in moonshine
or at daybreak dares you to step-up.
Uh-huh. No kidding.
How is everyone? I've been to anacapa Island twice. When I was a teenager about 17 years old me and my two buddies took the boat there with our little dinghy they allowed us to bring and all of our snorkeling gear and spearfishing gear and camped for the weekend. We had an awesome time swimming through the beautiful kelp forests spearfishing swimming with the sea lions. We gathered abalone one lobster and speared a whole bunch of different varieties of fish. The biggest one that I speared was a calico Bass. The weather was great there was no wind hardly and there weren't a lot of birds at the time. At night we ended up having a big fish fry and sharing it with four or five other campers that were on the island for the weekend it was a great time. The second time I was at anacapa Island was many years later I brought my son he was 10 years old at the time. We got dropped off on the island. I brought some snorkeling gear. I did not bring my Hawaiian sling spear gun because at this time when we went there there was only one area on the island that was open to spearfishing in which you would have to swim all the way there and actually it's where all most of the sharks are. I had my young son and did not want risk him being in the water and snorkeling for his first time on top of it. It turns out that it was very rough water very murky that time. The biggest problem was that the time of year we went because we did not know was right in the middle of the mating season for all the seagulls it was a disaster it stunk so bad on the island like seagull poop and they're screeching was so loud constantly never ceasing. The wind blew so strong at night it was really rough I ended up with a major headache from the smell of pneumonia from the poop. But we had to ride it all out the entire weekend because the boat was not going to return till Sunday and we were the only ones on the island. So I suggest anyone going over there check to make sure that it's not the seagull or sea birds or whatever all the species were are on their peak mating season because trust me it was really bad. There is a sign there that says every single in the world was probably born right on anacapa Island or there's a good chance of it it says a very good chance so you can only imagine how many seagulls were there that weekend probably millions
Camped on Anacapa two years ago in early May, the island was definitely way greener and prettier than in late summer.
Was the only tourist staying overnight besides some maintenance workers. In my memory there were even more seagulls sitting around and screaming all day long, besides the fog-horn honking every 15 seconds. Was so glad when the ship came back after 24 hours, the noises drive you carzy there.
P.S. Carrying 90 pound of luggage up the stairs and to the campground is a good workout
haha I didn't think about the gulls and fog horn all night, that would be rough for sure!
@@californiathroughmylens
My top 3 island camp dislikes.........
1. A blowing fog horn at night is getting louder and I then recall the island has no such automation.
2. Screaming yacht cocktail revels end as an ebb tide tilts their hull hard atop a rocky reef.
3. Awakening on the beach when trod upon at night by hungry coconut crabs.
I went to Anacapa back in the 1980's. But we went at low tide, they took you ashore and we got to spend several hours looking through the tide pools. I don't know if they still do that, but if they do I would suggest that.
This is very helpful. We’re 99% sure we’re going to hike Santa Cruz again when we come this winter, but this makes me want to reconsider. 😁
Santa Cruz is probably my favorite. So much to do there and so beautiful
@@californiathroughmylens I think we’re going to do Santa Cruz, but we have floater days. We may do Anacapa as well. Our last experience with Santa Cruz was memorable but not what we wanted lol
Consider hiking up to a former USAF national defense site,
Thanks!
That is very kind of you. Thanks!!
Thanks for sharing the video. We took the same boat trip in July 2019, the island was much greener and had pink wild flowers on ground. Sun came out after 12 PM, so we were not exhausted by sun exposure. Maybe spring is the best season to visit the area?
Fantastic video. My kind of place to chill out. By the way, my big hound was really liking those seagull cries. We're going back to Morro Bay in October, so she'll be able to enjoy them there.
haha that is funny!
Amazing :-)
I believe I saw Anacapa island on Huell Howser show.
They didn’t have a docking station then .
Thx ,We’ll go .
I camped overnight at Anacapa Island back in 1981. I didn't sleep very well because the foghorn keeps going all night. Interesting experience but kind of uneventful. It's probably great snorkeling and kayaking though.
Wow it looks beautiful there. So they have any handicap access or assessable for seniors?
awsome video man
Glad you enjoyed it
Jason is the captain of The Vanguard - can drive a single screw like no one else! He also happens to be my best friend's son :) She is one of the owners of Island Packers. Such a class act operation! We could see the Anacapa Lighthouse light from the house I grew up in - very cool to see the original lens! Isn't it crazy how big the baby gulls are? We saw blue footed boobies in Mexico and noticed that. We need to get you to San Miguel next! Miguel has my the most beautiful beach in California!
What they need is a bird poop scraper for your shoes.
Great vlog.
Nice content! How long did it take for you to hike Inspiration Point? Is it far from Lighthouse? We are trying to plan and was wondering if 5 hours at the island would be sufficient time. Thanks!
Nice video bro 😀😀👍👍
Thanks 😁
the arch was used in Pirates of the Carabean!
I really want to visit the Channel Islands! How feasible would it as a day trip from OC or would it be better to get a hotel in Ventura?
I went in June gloom(10yrs ago w/ carpets of wildflowers & yellow puffball chicks. Territorial parent bird behavior was hard for me to see(against innocent neighboring chicks...sad). My understanding was most gulls in CA are hatched there! They had an underwater scuba ranger filming underwater nature and answering questions from our school group. Snorkelers had full wetsuits!
Wow that sounds like a pretty full experience on the island, thanks for sharing that!
Alaska 261 brought us here 😭
Great video! That arch is incredible. Does it get cold on the water on the way out to the island? Of the islands you visited, which is your favorite? I love Oxnard!
Yea, it can get cold on the water, a light jacket is nice for the wind and for the sun exposure on the boat. I like Santa Cruz the best myself, it is a lot of fun to camp on
There are interesting offshore caves whereas the arch is just the last slice of one.
Tell me more about the kayak thing. Can you rent them and bring them with you? Is there somewhere to chain them up so you can go hike?
Can you bring your own kayak or they provide it for a fee? I done the sea cave one by santa cruz island that was fun, not sure what the conditions are around Anacapa, looks a bit windy, but would be fun to kayak up to the arch.
You can pay to have them take your kayak over. I am not sure how much but we had 4 kayaks on the boat coming home.
Love this! I've always wanted to hike at the islands. Which island should I hike first?
santa cruz is much bigger, anacapa is very small...it is up to you, san miguel is remote, but a lot of seals
@@jmei8295 awesome. Thank you
Anacapa is a short boat ride from Ventura harbor & the island is smaller than the others so it makes for a nice day trip.You can visits the channel islands website to find out more about the various islands off our coast. I've been to all of them scuba diving and have hiked/explored 4 of them.
@@keithjohnson5398 ok cool. Thank you!
Anacapa is best for Kayaking tour, but Santa Rosa is better for hiking/camping
Josh when I was growing up my father was an avid sailor. We lived in California so the Santa Cruz Island channel was my camping trip although I was on a sailboat. Anacapa was especially amazing for us. The boat that takes you there now did not exist there were no tours we anchored off the coast. We took a six man dinghy and we went and explored the caves. Some were very deep. First of all let me make this clear this was illegal at the time the military was using these islands for different things and no one was supposed to be there. There was no light except for the light that our sailboat produced. If it was an especially rough night dad was up all night making sure that we didn’t slam into the rocks. When I say me I am talking about our two families mine and our neighbors about 10 people in at all. The wildlife was not afraid of us they hadn’t seen us they weren’t exposed to people. It was amazing the caves were filled with shells that cost a dollar.06 to $10 in Catalina at the Shell shops. They were covered with tar And as it turned out the year that we were there there was a terrible killing off of a bologna and other she’ll creatures which was very sad. We took homework treasures which we were not allowed to do and gave them out as soap dishes to all of our families and friends. My Tat was in the Navy retired he knew what he was doing but just for a little moment he got to be a pirate and that was all great with us. The joy of that island and the mystery that it behold has nothing to do with walking on it it’s going into it there’s your mystery there’s your fun. Go back at night bring a dingy.
- Jenny Gaines BTW This was 50 years ago
@@Jennafromcalli I recommend SLAB CITY in California.
Where illicit harvesting of military munitions will buy
grocery needs and beer. Live free of rent and taxes.
Please remember not to pee on anybody sleeping .
Showing you were born with awfully good instincts.
I think you should go back while wearing a "Seagull" costume.....just to see how the many seagulls would react towards you. But, on the serious side, I think you should go back during the spring and see all the flowers that bloom there.
haha that would have been hilarious 😂
Is it an all day tour and how much it cost?
What are the average temperature for the island?
best island to do a kayat tour. it's $$$$ but worth it.
Would love to do that, sounds awesome
So which Island has been your favorite so far? Any plans to make it out to San Miguel and Santa Barbara Islands?
Also, which would you recommend for 7/8 year olds in March?
The weather is better June to August
but in any heavy weather Anacapa is
a suicidal destination .
I've been wondering how to get to channel islands.
They are beautiful and fun to explore
👍😍
Which one is the best island?
Inspiration Point is where the seagulls teach their young how to fly.
Go to San Miguel Island
that one is remote, and full of seals
It's next on my list, but much harder to plan
I went out there maybe 25 years ago when I was in high school. My mom taught at Long Beach Poly and a bunch of teachers, administrators and their families went out to see the pinnipeds. We were actually on the sister ship of the dive boat that tragically burned a few years ago and took so many lives. We had to cut our time short due to poor weather, and when they tried to get us from shore to the main ship via zodiac the waves were PUMPING: Like 10 foot hollow shorebreak even though we were on the leeward side of the island! Anyway, a huge wave broke right on us and I got thrown into the water, fully clothed, mid-winter. I swam in and then had to hike to the ranger station, which was not close by. I was in pretty bad shape and they were going to air lift me out but the weather was too rough. I ended up with pneumonia, bad memories, and one hell of a story!
Guess I haven't been to Anacapa in a very long time, the vegetation looks all but wiped out & dead... is that normal this time of year? I remember it being much greener than this.
I think that is pretty normal this time of year with all the gulls and heat then it comes back in the spring.
@@californiathroughmylens That's good to know, thank you again for posting these videos. It's good to see parts of Cali that I've been to and others I need to visit.
go in June and you'll see everywhere lots of adorable chicks and eggs in nests (instead of rather ugly sub-adults lol)
haha yea, I hope to do that next year at the 2 month olds were not as fun to see haha
Are there snakes on the island?
No sure, but I have never seen any
bring a kayak
Is there a Starbucks there?
The other channel islands are way better. The view is nice but other than that, its limited for activities.
Day Trip??? Gonna be g8.....errrrrr no thanks think I will chill at home
Looks pretty dry and desolate
Lots of bird poop