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Exploring the Pacific Coast: San Diego to Seattle (3rd Edition, 2026)
460 Black/White Pages, Perfect Bound
Color Cover
ISBN: 979-8-9905255-9-7
The 3rd Edition of Exploring the Pacific Coast guidebook, Revised and Updated in 2026, is a must-have for boaters cruising the U.S. West Coast. The Pacific Coast book includes detailed recreational boater information for safely transiting the 1,300-mile coastline from San Diego to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, San Francisco Bay, lower Columbia River, Puget Sound and all of the coastline between.
Exploring the Pacific Coast, San Diego to Seattle is one in the series of Exploring guidebooks by the late Don Douglass and the late Reanne Hemingway-Douglass that is unparalleled in research, detailed cruising, and anchorage information for both permanent and temporary weather stops.
Leonard and Lorena Landon, editors with Waggoner, have updated this one-of-a-kind guidebook, organized for easy reference from south to north. The new Updated and Revised Exploring the Pacific Coast 3rd Edition includes the latest resources and information for river bar crossings, the latest Coast Pilot information, updated marina guest moorage information and anchorages, along with updated reference maps and dock diagrams as needed. You’ll find information about marine parks, too.
Anyone cruising the West Coast will find this guidebook invaluable, containing 500+ marinas and anchorage sites, 1,000 tested GPS waypoints, and proven cruising routes. Whether you’re planning a journey south or north on your own along the West Coast or joining a group like the Coho Ho Ho or the Baja Ha Ha for an adventure of a lifetime, Exploring the Pacific Coast, San Diego to Seattle is a must have resource.
