The closest island of Channel Islands National Park enjoyed a respite from visitors, but boat service has resumed. Here's what to know about the rugged SoCal escape.

10:37 a.m. April 7, 2023: A previous version of this story stated that passenger steamship Winfield Scott struck Anacapa Island in December of 1953. It struck in December of 1853. As I arrived on ...

My heart started racing the moment my kayak slipped into the water. The hour-long boat ride to Anacapa Island hadn’t adequately prepared me for this excursion. Maybe it was the early morning … ...

Anacapa Island is one of five islands that make up Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Ventura, CA and is composed of three islets: East, Middle and West.

Explore the rugged beauty of Channel Islands National Park’s Anacapa Island Visiting Southern California’s archipelago takes planning and an adventurous spirit, but it’s worth the effort.

Explore the rugged beauty of Channel Islands National Park’s Anacapa Island Visiting Southern California’s archipelago takes planning and an adventurous spirit, but it’s worth the effort.

Some 12 miles off the California coast near Ventura, the rugged volcanic ridges that form the spine of Anacapa Island, or more precisely its three closely connected islets, thrust upward from the ...

ANACAPA ISLAND, Calif. – A man was rescued after his sailboat ran aground on Anacapa Island Friday afternoon. On Feb. 24, a report of a vessel aground at Anacapa Island was received around 4:22 ...