Sea Kayaking Courses

Adventure Elements are happy to provide courses for individuals or groups. We can run any of the courses below privately or structure a course to suit your own personal needs.
Prices
1 - 2 People - £145 per day
3 people and over - £60 per person per day
All prices include equipment.

Try a morning or afternoon of sea kayaking. We will coach you through some basic boat handling techniques before setting of on a short journey along the coast.

Discover for yourself why sea kayaking is rapidly growing in popularity. Paddle along the stunning North Wales coast under the watchful eye of our qualified coaches. With your safety being paramount we will guide you through some of the skills needed to handle a sea kayak. Enjoy a relaxing journey where you will see cliffs, birdlife and maybe even a few seals.

What better place to learn to sea kayak than the stunning North Wales Coast, home to bird and seal colonies and huge sea cliffs. This two day course will integrate coaching skills with some classic sea kayak day trips. Our coaches will look at your boat handling skills, rescue techniques, trip planning and we will even advise you on equipment. By the end of the course you will have a real thirst for more adventure.

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Five days of learning to sea kayak in one of the UK’s top paddling destinations. Our experienced coaches will coach you through all the skills you need to get started in sea kayaking. Boat handling, manouvering, safety and navigation will all be covered in the week. You will also get the opportunity to paddle some of Anglesey’s stunning stretches of coastline and experience the wildlife, scenery and the freedom sea kayaking provides.

For those who have completed a beginner’s course or have had previous sea kayaking experience this course will help you take the next step. Looking at improving boat handling techniques and boat/blade awareness, our coaches will help you polish your skills to enable you to start handling your boat in more challenging conditions. Navigation, rescues and seamanship skills will also be covered making this course a perfect choice for those who want to take their sea kayaking up a level.

The same theme and aims as the 2 day course but with the opportunity to spend more time on the water and get more trips/sea miles under your belt. Within this week we may aim to head to the Llyn Peninsular to let you experience another stunning part of the Welsh coastline. Boat handling Skills, understanding tides and charts, trip planning and boat selection will all be covered in this course.

Previous experience- 3 star standard/completed sea kayak improvers.
For those with prior sea kayaking knowledge. We will start to look at tidal races, advanced boat handling techniques, incident management and rescues. We will also look at more trip planning and encourage you to be involved as much as possible with on and of the water navigation. This is an ideal course for those looking to become more independent on the water.

Over five days our coaches will work closely with you to improve and challenge your sea kayaking skills. We will encourage you to be involved in all trip planning and on the water “seat of your pants” navigation skills. Moving Water and tidal races will start to be introduced and we will look at how to handle our crafts in these fast paced environments. These five days will give you the perfect grounding to become more independent and skilled on the water.

4 star standard / completed intermediate course
Let our coaches push you. Tidal races and overfalls, incident management and advanced navigation techniques are all covered. We will also cover aspects of the 5 star syllabus including night navigation and group leadership.

A two day course aimed at women only. This course will cover all aspects of learning to kayak from boat handling skills to rescues and trip planning. Our priority is to create a comfortable and safe learning environment that will inspire confidence. We will integrate some fantastic trips on sections of the stunning North Wales Coast. This course is promised to be action packed and will hopefully give you a thirst to come back for more.

Get ready for an action packed week, from beach to rapid and from wave to eddy this course will have it all. Not sure which field of kayaking to get into? Then try some of kayakings most popular disciplines. Our coaches will take you to some of North Wales top kayaking spots and coach you on the skills needed to run the rapid and surf the shoulder. With your safety our priority we cover a wide range of techniques and skills all with served with a large helping of fun.

An opportunity to look at carry out rescues and repairs to damaged sea kayaks. We will cover safe rescue techniques, how to fix holes, split seams and cracks using a range of materials. We will cover how to carry out a quick fix and how to create a repair to last an expedition. Back at base we will go through some techniques on how to carry out fibreglass repairs.

Essential skills for anyone taking to the sea in a kayak. We will look at carrying out rescues in a variety of different situations and locations including rock gardens, tidal races, and surf zones. Over the two days we will study towing, repairs, safe trip planning, incident management, dealing with the rescue services and many other vital rescue and safety skills. This course will give you the opportunity to practice lots of rescues in real situations under the watchful eye of a qualified coach who will be able to give you feedback and introduce new ideas to take away.