You are in good hands - Great value for the tour, length of time, and the attention from our guide. I loved many things about the experience: perfect weather, small group size, funny stories our guide shared about humans doing really incredible things and also really dumb things in the ocean. The marine animal education was great. Most impressive was the ability of our guide to observe all us kayakers and give us directions to keep us from getting injured by the currents, our own bad driving, or even our own hands getting squashed between kayaks

Kayaking with a seal. - Megan was our guide and she is exceptional—- has knowledge of the area and the personality. We enjoyed talking with her on so many subjects. She was easy going and helpful in giving us instructions before we headed out. We also saw a seal within 5 ft of our kayak.

Oak Bay (Victoria, BC) Kayak tour with Ocean River Sports - Day tour out of Oak Bay Marina guided by Lee was great. The whole experience was super. The staff at Ocean River were great, and even called me the day before to review updates to the tour itinerary. Lee was a great guide and really knows the area. Even if you are capable of doing this yourself, it helps to have an experienced guide who knows where the tidal currents and eddies are to avoid wasted effort battling the currents as you tour the islands. Rental equipment was first rate. Saw lots of seals and waterfowl. Just missed an Orca pod by a few hours. Meaghan was taking a family out at the same time and her interaction with them also looked to be top notch. James has a full line of paddle gear from boats to booties at the paddle shack and was interesting to talk to to learn about their newest lineup of sea kayaks.

I would recommend this for everyone. - This was a very relaxing enjoyable tour with a knowledgeable guide. We saw several seals sunbathing themselves in the harbour.

Beautiful morning paddle - Wonderful morning touring Oak Bay. Beautiful scenery and wildlife including bald eagle and seals. Our guides were fantastic!

Kayak tour - We went out with Paul, who was an excellent instructor, guide, and story teller. We only had six in our tour, which was very nice. We all enjoyed the tour.

Safety First - delightful paddle for off shore perspective of Oak Bay - The Oak Bay Shoreline tour was supposed to be a practice paddle before a weekend overnight kayak trip. Due to bad winds this tour was postponed. Safety first. Ocean River Sporta staff are professionals w/ great customer servive. Guide Paul's paddling expertise is top notch. Highly recommended. Excellent equipment and launching dock.

Great Experience - This was a great experience. The guide tailored the trip to our skill level and stamina. We saw jelly fish, seals and bald eagles. I would definitely recommend this to others.

Frist Time Kayaking - This was our first time ever kayaking. The guide was great. The equipment was great and the location was not too busy with boats

Great scenery! - I took a short bus ride from downtown and showed up in this cute waterfront town. The staff at Ocean River were all really nice and helpful. They don't provide you with a lot of gear which surprised me since I paddle in places that need wetsuits and spray jackets. They did have a dry bag and partial spray skirt which I appreciated. We didn't leave the dock until 1045am so I was bummed when the tour only went until 1240pm. Given the literally perfect paddling weather, I would have liked some accommodation for the later departure due to late arrivals. That's the challenge with group tours but I would definitely go out with them again. I even recommended them to a couple I met in downtown Victoria the next day.