Both an instructional book to sea kayaking, as well as a guide to paddling the ocean in South Africa. More than half the book is a guide to all the spots in South Africa for sea kayaking. It has loads of information on that - GPS coordinates, directions, telephone numbers, references to topographical maps, warnings, everything a sea kayaker would want to know. The other half is how to start sea kayaking and I think this is where the book fails a bit. There are very few colour photographs and instruction is limited. It is also a bit dated now, as it was first published in 1999. However, I still found this book informative, even though I’m a white water paddler and not a sea kayaker. If you’re looking for good information on paddling the ocean in South Africa, then you’ll find exactly that in this one.