Coastal Skills

Coastal Skills Workshop
16 Hours / Level 3-4
$250

Moving water, for a sea kayaker, can either mean pleasure or pain.

Likewise, safely negotiating the surf zone is a skill that pays great dividends for anyone intent on improving as a paddler. This weekend course focuses on the factors that create currents, and how to use moving water to your advantage as you paddle. Practicing landing and launching through breaking waves, as well as an introduction to coastline strategies and safety will open up the unique and wonderful world of paddling on the open coast. Tide rips, eddies and river outfalls will be used as instructional tools, and after the class concludes you’ll find that the things you’ve learned about surf and currents have taken all of the pain away, leaving only the pleasure.

Prerequisite: Level 3 Award or equivalent
 

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