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Southeast Exposure Outdoor Adventure Center

Southeast Exposure Outdoor Adventure Center

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Southeast Exposure Outdoor Adventure Center is a kayak tour operator in Ketchikan. They offer guided sea kayaking tours around Eagle Island and Tatoosh Islands in Clover Pass and Tongass Narrows, as well as multi-day guided trips to Misty Fiords National Monument. Kayaks are available for rent, and they also provide transport for the Misty Fiords trip.

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Kayaking, Sea Kayaking, Guided Tours

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2025

The water at Southeast Exposure Outdoor Adventure Center typically runs highest in January, at a median 84 cfs, and lowest in July, at 8.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 750 cfs, in 2025.

Typical flow by month at Leask Creek at Shelter Cove near Ketchikan AK, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January8431 to 163
February3514 to 112
March5731 to 95
April5733 to 96
May3213 to 59
June2213 to 44
July8.54.1 to 37
August195.1 to 74
September4012 to 84
October6137 to 146
November7243 to 141
December7525 to 168

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 8 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Leask Creek at Shelter Cove near Ketchikan AK (site 15068040). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

32No-go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Fri, Sep 25 (90)

Streamflow

93 cfs

Normal (61st)

Water level

21.60 ft

Water

57°F

High today

52°F

Wind

13 kt

Gusts 31 kt

Rain chance

100%

Week ahead

Tue52°F100%
Wed51°F100%
Thu56°F95%
Fri58°F4%
Sat56°F44%
Sun53°F71%
Mon51°F92%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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