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The next time you head to Central California, be sure to plan to kayak Lake Nacimiento. It is a popular boating destination near California’s central coast. The lake is located at the mid-way point between Los Angeles and San Francisco.Your first glimpse of this enormous lake located in the mountains of San Luis Obispo County can be very intimidating, even to the most conditioned paddler. Paddlers will find extraordinary scenery and wildlife to explore around its 165-miles of shoreline. At full water level capacity, Lake Nacimiento is nearly 200 feet deep at the spillway and maintains an average water temperature of 72 degrees, reaching close to 80 in the summer months. Unfortunately, the lake’s water level is still low due to the ongoing drought situation in California.Lake Nacimiento is one of the largest lake listed in California. There is only one boat launch access, (besides the private launch accesses), which would allow you to paddle different sections of the lake. Since boat-in camping is not allowed, the only other solution to paddle more of the lake would be to be towed to other locations by a powerboat. It is still worthwhile to paddle the eastern loop of Lake Nacimiento and cut across the narrow channel near Bee Rock Road.
Be sure to watch out for fast-moving
watercraft when you paddle across to the
opposite shore on this popular lake. All
private boats, including kayaks, launching
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