Sea Kayak Programme 2025

5 January 2025 Sue Ambler

Below is a list of sea kayaking activities the Club hopes to run in 2025

Also below are some ideas of external providers you might want to follow up.

Dates	Activity	Aimed at	Lead
Over the winter	Club Moderate/advanced day trips	Those keen enough	PT/SM/MM
18May	Club Intro to sea kayaking	Anyone interested	PT
22 May onwards For six evening sessions	Club Sea kayaking training towards Sea Kayak Award Standard	Relative beginners, some experience needed.	PT/MM/SM
Late June	Club trip to Brittany	Invitation	PT
July and August	Club Weekend day trips, an overnight, weekends away	Easy/moderate/advanced	See Forum
3-10 September	Club trip to Pembrokeshire	Moderate/advanced	PT/MM

For people new to sea kayaking, the offer is the Intro Day in May. Then ‘easy’ day trips as conditions allow. The six week course aims to bring your standard up to be a competent group member on a moderate level trip

For more experienced paddlers, there will be moderate level day trips, plus a weekend away in July, probably to Cornwall. Plus individual access to the Channel Training events, symposiums and meets listed. (See below) With more confidence and skill, members frequently form peer groups and arrange small group trips. The Pembroke trip in September will need paddling fitness and confidence in choppy water for some excellent moderate level trips.

For advanced paddlers, everything is possible. We hope to do at least one Lundy crossing, plus the Brittany adventure. Help and encouragement is always available for sea kayaking awards.

Commercial providers (there are many, but we know these)

Date	Activity	Level	Contact
3-5 May	Anglesey Sea Symposium	Moderate/advanced	Sea KayakingUK
16-18 May	‘Springboard to Summer’ Dorset weekend festival	Individual booking	Channel Training
29 May-1 June	Women’s Sea Kayak Festival	Intromediate/Advanced	See Google. Venue South Devon
20-23 June	West Cornwall Meet	Moderate	Richard Uren
July?	West Wales Meet	Moderate	Mike Mayberry
12-14 September	‘Summer Sigh’ Combe Martin weekend festival	Individual booking	Channel Training
26-28 September	Women’s sea kayak Festival	Intermediate/advanced	See Google Pembrokeshire
All season	Sea kayak skills and awards	All	‘Go with the Flow’ (Greenie)
All season	SOT and sea kayak	Adventure/introductory	North Devon Explorers (Emily)
26/27 July	Anglesey Demo boats	Moderate +	Summit to Sea
3-5 October	Cornwall Sea Symposium	Moderate +	Sea Kayaking Cornwall
All season	Coaching in Pembroke	All	Sea Kayak Academy
All season	Coaching in Pembroke	All	Sea Kayak Guides
All season	Coaching in Cornwall	All	Richard Uren
All season	Coaching in Cornwall	Into through to advanced plus big trips	https://www.evokeadventure.com/courses
All season	Sea and Surf coaching in Cornwall	All	Simon Hammond
All season	Anglesey	Moderate /advanced	Nick Cunliffe, http://flowstateadventures.com
Spring /autumn	Shetland	Moderate/advanced	Martin Rickard
Summer	Greenland/ Lofoten	Advanced	Martin Rickard

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