San Luis Obispo Activities
Central Coast Tours & Outdoor Recreation
Here you'll find the best of San Luis Obispo County's abundant opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and experience its unique beauty. Our mild, sunny climate, pristine beaches, world-class surf, stunning peaks and lakes, and quiet country roads offer something for everyone who enjoys the outdoors.
Central Coast Kayaks
Pismo Beach 
Explore arches, caves and rocks only accessible from the ocean. Enjoy wildlife up close and personal. Herons, sea lions, otters and seals abound in these waters. Guests must be able to swim. Age 12-15 may attend with adult, 16-17 teens must have adult signature. Trips run 2-3 hours, Fees includes guide, instruction, paddling equipment, water, snack.
Central Coast Outdoors
Los Osos
Outdoor adventures featuring biking, kayaking, hiking, bird watching and ecological tours. Indulge yourself with privately guided excursions featuring experienced naturalists whose knowledge will increase your enjoyment of the areas' beauty. Half-day and Full day tours available. Lunch included.
J&J Riding
Los Osos
Ride beautiful Montana de Oro State Park. Take the 1.5 hour "beach ride", or the 3.5 hour "mountain and beach" ride. Our "top of the mountain with vista view and beach ride", takes about 4.5 hours and includes lunch. Great for families, with gentle, intermediate and advanced horses. You can trot, canter and gallop on the beach.
Let's Go Ballooning
Paso Robles
Discover wine country from a Hot Air Balloon. Let's Go Ballooning offers rides for one to four at a time from Paso Robles throughout the year, weather permitting. A gentle breeze will usher you over some of California's premier wine producing country featuring incredible views of Paso Robles, Templeton, San Miguel, and Atascadero!
Moondoggies Beach Club
Pismo Beach
Visitors can learn how to surf the way the big boys do. Personalized for group lessons, beginners or intermediate surfers. We provide the sand the sun and the waves all you have to do is bring a towel and a swim suit. Get ready for a day of fun at the beach, and don't forget the sunscreen.
Patriot Sportfishing
Avila Beach
Patriot Sportfishing offers half, full day and longrange trips to shallow and deep water hot spots. Catch seasonal rockcod, lingcod, halibut, salmon, and albacore. Helpful crew, gear rental, tackle, food and license sales provided. Whale watching trips from December to April often see grey whales, humpback whales, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions.
Steve's ATV Rentals
Grover Beach
Oceano Dunes is the only place on the California Coastline that permits off-roading. Just imagine cresting a dune and soaring down the other side landing in soft sand. Here's a great way to do the dunes on your very own ATV.
Steve's Hummer Tours
Grover Beach
No vehicle dominates the terrain like the famous HumVee. And Oceano Dunes is the place to let a Hummer loose, on the beach, kicking up the waves. Experience the thrill and take the ride of a lifetime. It's a trip visitors will never forget.
Sun Buggie Fun Rentals
Oceano
Here's the most exciting way to experience the Oceano Dunes State Park, with three different styles of dune buggies. For safe but exhilarating off-road thrills, choose the standard "Dune Buggy," the "Sand Prowler" or the full blown "Sand Rail" prices range from ninty to one twenty five an hour depending on horsepower and seating capacity.
Wave Jammers Jet Ski Rental
San Luis Obispo
Renting a jet ski from Wave Jammers couldn't be easier or more fun. You will have the opportunity to experience an adrenaline rush or simply enjoy the serenity of our surroundings in Morro Bay, Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, or Lopez Lake. If you are looking for fun on the central coast, they should be your first call.
