Missing anything???

Don't forget spare batteries for your radio - forgot .one last time out because I rearranged my standard pack kit, and kinda freaked out when my radio did die. It beeped at me, and let me listen, but wouldn't let me transmit - worst case scenario. Then it died completely. 

pretty much got everything covered on here but you guys forgot the most important one...making sure you got a plan when nature calls 

pretty much got everything covered on here but you guys forgot the most important one...making sure you got a plan when nature calls 

Here is the best five bucks you'll ever spend on kayak fishing gear - a hardware store gas funnel and a foot of plastic hose, which will allow a male kayak angler to pee down a drive or scupper hole while sitting securely in the kayak's seat. I attach mine to the back of my kayak seat with a retractor, so I can grab it easily when the urge strikes me, and it won't get tangled up with any other gear behind my seat.

pretty much got everything covered on here but you guys forgot the most important one...making sure you got a plan when nature calls 

Here is the best five bucks you'll ever spend on kayak fishing gear - a hardware store gas funnel and a foot of plastic hose, which will allow a male kayak angler to pee down a drive or scupper hole while sitting securely in the kayak's seat. I attach mine to the back of my kayak seat with a retractor, so I can grab it easily when the urge strikes me, and it won't get tangled up with any other gear behind my seat.

That's a great idea! I've definitely had some awkward moments leaning over the side...

Or make your own funnel out of one of these if you happen to see one floating in the ocean

The less you carry the better

pretty much got everything covered on here but you guys forgot the most important one...making sure you got a plan when nature calls 

Here is the best five bucks you'll ever spend on kayak fishing gear - a hardware store gas funnel and a foot of plastic hose, which will allow a male kayak angler to pee down a drive or scupper hole while sitting securely in the kayak's seat. I attach mine to the back of my kayak seat with a retractor, so I can grab it easily when the urge strikes me, and it won't get tangled up with any other gear behind my seat.

That's a great idea! I've definitely had some awkward moments leaning over the side...

Not so easy fir the taller  guys or you Hobie guys but in my Native propel boats I’m short enough that the seat is close enough to the propeller drive hole I can scoot forward on my seat edge and hit the drive hole easy enough in the bay…. Dry fit street clothes…. BUT in the big blue I wear a wetsuit (op said wetsuit for him) I just hydrate myself like a fish the night before, have one bottle of water or can of soda in the am, pee right before launch and don’t drink till I’m rolling back in and that’s usually a high electrolyte drink like Gatorade.
 Had a surfer tell me “we just pee in our wetsuit, the ocean rinses it out” I said “ok dude go sit on that park bench for 4 hours and pee in your wetsuit”…… he said “touche’ man fair enough” YMMV 😂 

New to saltwater kayak fishing and will be doing most of my fishing off the Sonoma Coast. I'll always be fishing with at least one other person, but am acquiring what I consider essential offshore kayak gear that each person should have with them. Let me know if I'm missing something or should add to my list of safety gear:

Kayak specific PFD (NRS Chinook)
Standard Horizon HX210 VHF radio
Storm whistle
Old school handheld compass
Kayak bilge pump
Obviously my Iphone (kept in a dry pouch)
Fish finder with GPS

I typically wear a Garmin Phoenix 6 watch, which also has GPS.
Definitely will be wearing wetsuit when out on the ocean.

Please chime in if there are any other recommendations for safety gear you guys like to take with you. Thanks!

These are great safety equipment, you're thinking ahead and that's great. 

The only thing I haven't seen here that I think of as essential, Letting people know where you're going, who you're going with, when you're going out and in.