The British Canoeing Sea Kayak Award is part of the British Canoeing Personal Performance Awards. This is the perfect course for those who have had experience in kayaking on rivers and lakes and would like to start exploring the coastline and heading out to sea. With such an amazing coastline in Dorset, this is the best place to come and learn whilst having a great adventure.

This course is open to all abilities, looking to work towards their award. The Personal Performance Award is a no-stress course with experienced and qualified coaches, ready to teach you all the skills you will need to feel safe and confident out on the water in sea conditions. This provides a great benchmark for your personal skills.

During the weekend course, you will receive regular updates on your progression and all candidates will receive action plans for future coaching to improve on the skills already learnt on this course. If you have prior experience and feel you are ready for assessment, then this will happen during the weekend course. If you are on assessment and pass, there is a certification fee of £20 to non-BC members (£10 for BC members) for a certificate from British Canoeing.

H2O Adventures supplies all equipment including kayak hire, buoyancy aids, helmets, paddles and a dry bag for your personal items. We encourage you to bring your own sea kayaks and equipment to the course that you will be using on future trips.

We have a fleet of PH sea kayaks, with various models, for you to use during the course, giving you a broader idea of the kayak that would suit you the best.

During your course you will get to explore the epic Jurassic coastline, locations will be decided closer to the event based on weather and tide conditions.

The minimum age is 14 years old when accompanied by an adult on the course. To book your place call H2O Adventures on 07735 582663 or email bookings@h2oadventures.co.uk

Only requirement is to have lots of fun over the weekend. Children must be 13 and over and accompanied by a parent or guardian.

H2O Adventures supplies all sea kayaking equipment including sea kayak, paddle, buoyancy aids, helmet, spray deck and any training literature including laminated maps for your trip. Wetsuits are also available for your use on the course.

You need to bring clothing suitable for the conditions and hats in the summer months, sunscreen sunglasses and suitable footwear you are happy to get wet as we will be landing and launching from various sites.

Please bring a change of clothing and any medication you may need during the day*.

(*Please make your guide aware of any medical conditions before starting your trip).

During our British Canoeing Sea Kayak Award, you will get to head out and explore the Jurassic Coast from 2 locations with our British Canoeing qualified coach. We will create a coaching course to suit everyone's requirements based on where you are within your sea kayaking journey.

We will cover all the fundamental skills needed to give you lots of confidence out on the water. Forward paddling, reverse paddling, sideways stroke, support strokes and the all-important rescue techniques to help you, and your paddling buddies, get out of trouble.

These skills will be coached over the weekend all whilst getting to grips with exploring the coastline. We will learn route planning, read the weather and tides and become all-around amazing sea kayakers.

At the end of your course, we will have an action plan for you to take away with lots of ideas and more skills to help you work towards the next level of the sea kayak award.