May 10, 2025

7am

The Loop started in 1997 as a 11 mile prone paddle (Arms & hands only) around Coronado Island.

The paddle is timed with an incoming tide to help assist speeds entering into and continuing in the San Diego Bay. 

The course takes paddlers from the Ocean start, off the end of the Coronado Shores (Avenida Lunar), and heads west 3 miles to the last Jetty marker of Zuniga Jetty. There, paddlers take a hard right hand turn around the end of the jetty and head into the entrance of the San Diego Bay. The next 5 miles wraps North Island Navel Air Station passing the airfield, helicopter field and finally the aircraft carriers. The next 2.5 miles takes you past the Coronado Landing, Coronado Marriott, Tide Lands Park and under the Coronado bridge. From here the last 1 mile is a straight shot along the Coronado Gold Course to the finish next the Coronado boat launch. 

The Loop is about getting in the Ocean and doing something difficult with good friends and family.