I like the all-weather cameras best. With their water resistance, you are assured of not missing shots or losing expensive photographic gear. Wide panoramic vistas easily fill the viewfinder, though you would need to move in close to photograph wild life, which would be unadvisable and even illegal. The full length of a kayak does fit into the fairly wide-angle lens, close up, with minimum distortion. Bear in mind, they're recyclable only if your developer participates with the industry sponsored recycling programs, so you need to ask.
Similar programs are now common with other manufacturers.