San Antonio Estero // May 27th 2026

True Grass Farms to Pacific Ocean // 7 miles // 4 hrs

We put in at high tide at True Grass Farms campsite rental. Narrow and muddy.

High tide is probably the only time you can run this Estero as low tide is most likely too shallow in most parts and will have you walking through the muck.

For the first couple of miles as the Estero winds through farms and open countryside the wind changes around every corner. Some mellow spots followed by some heavy paddling. Lots of hard looks from the local cows along the banks. Hawks, Egrets, Red-Winged black birds in flight all around us.

About two thirds of the way the hills start getting bigger and there are amazing open rocky areas along the route. Coyote tracks in the mud and more curious cows.

Most of the last third was quite windy with heavy paddling, but the canyons were some of the most beautiful we've seen on ony of our paddles.

As we got near the mouth of the ocean the wind picked up and we were paddling pretty hard. A heavy workout so far, but all part of the adventure.

When we got to the beach we weren't sure how to get down to Dillon Beach to grab the other car, but between the three options, paddling out past the breakers or dragging along the shoreline were definitely out. Hiking was our only option. Fortunately, there were a few folks down at the beach staying nearby and offered us a ride to grab my car.

From the beach there is a pretty tough climb for about 100 feet and then after that about a mile of dragging the kayaks past incredible vistas and through cow pastures we made it to our new pals air bnb.

I got a ride to my car, we loaded up the kayaks, and headed back to the starting point.

Another incredible adventure on a beautiful day along the Northern Pacific Coastline.