A year after the race was canceled in 2020, the Texas Water Safari is set to make its return to San Marcos.
Dubbed “The World’s Toughest Canoe Race,” the water safari is an annual boating competition founded in 1963. The race spans 260 miles from the Meadows Center in San Marcos to the Bill Sander Memorial Park in Seadrift. Allen Spelce, the Texas Water Safari race director, said this year’s event is shaping up to be a fast one.
“We've got really good water in the upper river. The San Marcos River is flowing really well … anywhere from 200 to 500 (cubic feet per second), should be, on race day,” Spelce said. “And the lower water is really high and that is actually the biggest concern right now — there are some areas on the lower river around Cuero, Victoria and Bloomington in flood stage. So we're hoping all that water is gonna run out in the next five to six days and we're gonna have a great race come June 12.”
