Ride along with Outside's writers as they scour the globe for the ultimate in outdoor travel, noting the best sea-kayaking opportunities along the way. Fourteen trip ideas from the Outside files.

Hawaii

Follow the velvety cliffs of Kauai's Na Pali coast

Day trip to uninhabited Mokolua Islands just off the over-inhabited Oahu coast

Explore the coast of Molokai, Hawaii's last unspoiled island

Pacific Northwest

Paddle a wildlife refuge at Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands north of Seattle

The Gulf Islands of British Columbia offer 200 islets and protected channels

Alaska

Experience a seal's-eye view of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

The vast Kenai Fjords National Park presents a range of trip options

In Prince William Sound it's just you, the whales, and the glaciers

Secluded beaches

Massive dunes lend a coastal feel to Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes lakeshore

The palm-fringed beach of Santa Catalina Island is a slice of the tropics

Float the salt-water marsh and lagoons of North Carolina's Bear Island

International

Tim Cahill goes sea kayaking in Baja, Mexico. Plus, access and resources information.

Greece: a seven-day village-to-village paddle along Crete's south shore

British Virgin Islands: five days around Anegada, near Virgin Gorda

Belize: four to 12 days island-hopping the Caribbean atolls and cays