Start and finish at Old Port Beach Boat Ramp Area.
Race direction is counterclockwise on diagram below.
Pass Harford Pier with the pier remaining on your starboard (right) side.
Turn left is approximately 90 degrees rounding Smith Rock.
Head straight across San Luis Obispo Bay to Fossil Point (Boat or marker will be here for a turn around and first recorded race prime). Pass and turn on your left shoulder returning in the opposite direction towards Avila Beach Pier.
Pass the end of the Avila Beach Pier on your starboard (right) side. Slightly turn north towards the headland of Cal Poly Pier. A boat and marker will designate the pass through the pier pilings.
As you pass the Cal Poly Pier marker, you will be headed parallel to the beach bear the buoy line straight back to the start finish area.
Short distance paddlers will finish at start-finish area. Long distance paddlers will repeat and finish back at Dog Beach