Italio River Adventures - Surfing in the North Pacific

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Surfing

Attention: Due to changes in the "insurance industry", we can no longer offer surfing as an activity. Please see the Icy Waves Surf Shop web site for information about surfing the Yakutat area. (effective 08-02-2005)

Yes that's right! What trip to the icy waters of the North Pacific would be complete without surfing. Surprisingly, Yakutat is becoming a "hot" international surfing destination. We even have our own surf shop! (Icy Waves Surf Shop) Mile after mile of pristine ocean beach stretches on either side of the Italio River Adventures camp. A short walk over the dunes and you have wave after wave of pounding Pacific surf.

This isn't nearly as nuts as it sounds. In the summer, our warm ocean current brings the water temperature up to 60 degrees. Although we are primarily a fly fishing outfitter, we were forced into buying a set of boards and thick wetsuits for our clients last year. By October, we were still out there in the waves, between arm-aching Coho fishing sessions.

Imagine a wilderness trip like this: Seven people arrive in Yakutat and spend a day on a deep-sea charter. The next day, we head out for two days of sea kayaking beneath the towering ice of the Yakutat Glacier. After hiking into Italio Lake, we float and fish our way down from the mountains to the ocean beach, where we spend a couple days catching hundreds of salmon on flies - the first time any of them have ever touched a fly rod. Everyone describes each day's adventures as the best thing they have ever done in their lives. Although they are convinced nothing can outdo the previous day, each day is more spectacular than the one before. As a lark, we head out to the beach on their last morning. As everyone boards their charter flight back to Yakutat, heads hang low because they wish they had spent more time SURFING! I guess you can't win 'em all. They even "complained" they were HOT in the wetsuits

Italio River Adventures has several body and surf boards for you to use, along with a variety of wet suits. We are learning the sport ourselves, but having a ball all the time. Anyone (who is a good swimmer) is welcome to spend some time out in the water with us. It is a great and refreshing way to spend a couple hours after, or before a day of fishing.

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Italio River Adventures
P.O. Box 210
Yakutat, Alaska 99689

(907)784-3697
1-866-737-1123

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