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Ocean River Sport’s is delighted to be able to offer a complete range of Private paddling courses.

 

 

Sea Kayak Sunday School Novice

The Sea Kayak Sunday School Novice is a unique progressive instructional paddling experience. This offering focuses on the foundation skills of paddling and decision making for a safe and enjoyable day out on the ocean. Effective paddling skills, and developing an understanding of the environment are also a part of this course. This is a great course for someone that has done a bit of paddling but wants to master the base foundation skills, or the paddler that has taken a basic course but not had the opportunity to practice and wants to hone the foundation skills.

Price: $195 – 1 day

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Sea Kayak Sunday School Intermediate

The Sea Kayak Sunday School Intermediate helps develop the ability to apply paddling and decision making skills to a safe day out on the sea in winds up to 15 knots and currents up to 2+ knots. Developing efficiency, using blended skills as well as safety and rescue skills are all covered.

Price: $380 – 2 days (consecutive Sundays or may be over 1 weekend)

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Sea Kayak Sunday School Advanced

The Advanced Sea Kayak Sunday School experience focuses on paddling on the sea in winds above 15 knots and tidal streams above 3 knots. Developing a comprehensive understanding of the surroundings and creating a consistent, blended use of skills to allow control in advanced conditions.

Price: $380 – 2 days

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BC Leader Awards

To help those who know or have taken the star awards in the past, the sea kayak leader replaces four star leader and the advanced sea kayak leader replaces five star.

BC Sea Kayak Leader Training course (including Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning course) (3 Days).   

Students will leave this course with an action plan focused on development towards success at Sea Leader Assessment. The award is suitable for leaders who would like to take groups into moderate tidal waters in winds of up to force 4. The CNTP course, is an inside theoretical day. The other two days will be spent on the water and will cover all aspects of the Sea Kayak Leader Syllabus. This includes; personal skills, leadership, navigation, rescues and incident management. (pre-requisites – 3 star standard)

General Information https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/sea-kayak-leader-moderate-water/

Price: $525 – 3 days

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BC Sea Kayak Leader Assessment (2 Days)

Successful candidates will have the skills to be able to lead groups in moderate conditions. The two-day assessment includes leading and navigating during the day and will involve real students.
(pre-requisites – CNTP, First Aid, Sea Kayak Leader Training)

Price: $380 – 2 days

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BC Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Training course (including Open Water Navigation and Tidal Planning course) (3.5 Days)

Students will leave this course with an action plan focused on development towards success at Advanced Sea Leader Assessment.
The award is suitable for leaders who would like to take groups into advanced tidal waters. The OWNTP course, is an inside theoretical day. The other two days will be spent on the water and will cover all aspects of the Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Syllabus. This includes; personal skills, leadership, trip planning,navigation, rescues and incident management.
(pre-requisites – Sea Kayak Leader Award)

Info https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/advanced-sea-kayak-leader/?highlight=advanced%20sea%20kayak%20leader

Price: $630 – 3.5 day

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BC Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Assessment (2.5 Days)

Successful candidates will have the skills to be able to lead groups in advanced conditions. The two-day assessment includes leading and navigating at night as well as during the day. Real students are provided.
(pre-requisites – OWNTP, First Aid, Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Training)
Price: $450 – 2.5 days

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/advanced-sea-kayak-leader/?highlight=advanced%20sea%20kayak%20leader

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BC Core Coach Training (2 Days)

The Core Coach Training will explore different approaches to coaching, understanding and enabling learning, and some core coaching skills. You will also be supported in evolving your personal coaching development plan to enable you to take your learning into practice after the course

General Info https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/70/

Price: $380 – 2 days

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BC Sea Kayak Coach Training (2 Days)

The Discipline Specific Training Course will focus on the How of coaching as it relates to coaching in sea kayaks on the sea. This will help to develop planning skills as well as being able to deliver safe, enjoyable, progressive coaching sessions. Additionally, another focus will be on the What of coaching. This training is for paddlers who are looking to coach paddlers in moderate sea conditions.
(pre-requisites – Completed BC Core Coach Training and Sea Leader Assessment)

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/79/

Price: $380 – 2 days

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BC Sea Kayak Coach Assessment (1 Day)

At assessment, candidates will be required to complete the following assessment tasks; Assessment Discussion Task, Practical Coaching, Rescue Skills, Personal Skills, Background Knowledge, Understanding and Experience. For more information about the Coach Award Assessment please read

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/64/

Price: $195 – 1 day

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BC Advanced Sea Kayak Coach Training (2 Days)

The Discipline Specific Training Course will focus on the How of coaching as it relates to coaching in sea kayaks, in advanced conditions, on the sea. This will help to develop planning skills as well as being able to deliver safe, enjoyable, progressive coaching sessions. Additionally, another focus will be on the What of coaching. This training is for paddlers who are looking to coach paddlers in advanced sea conditions.
(pre-requisites – Completed BC Core Coach Training and Advanced Sea Leader Assessment)

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/80/

Price: $380 – 2 days

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BC Advanced Sea Kayak Coach Assessment (1 Day)

At assessment, candidates will be required to complete the following assessment tasks; Assessment Discussion Task, Practical Coaching, Rescue Skills, Personal Skills, Background Knowledge, Understanding and Experience. For more information about the Coach Award Assessment please read

 

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/64/

Price: $195 – 1 day

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BC Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning (1 Day)

This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out coastal journeys including islands up to 2 nautical miles offshore in areas of tidal movement up to 2 knots and is a prerequisite for those seeking their British Canoeing Sea Kayak Leader Award. However, anyone wishing to undertake journeys on the sea using a kayak would find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment! This course is designed to complement the areas covered in the British Canoeing Sea Kayak Leader Training.

 

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/174/

Price: $195 – 1 day

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BC Open Water Navigation and Tidal Planning (1 Day)

This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out challenging sea journeys including open crossings in areas of strong complex tidal movement (in excess of 3knots) and is a prerequisite for those seeking their British Canoeing Advanced Sea Leader Award. However, anyone wishing to undertake challenging journeys on the sea using a kayak would find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment! The course is designed to complement the areas covered in the British Canoeing Advanced Sea Leader Training.

 

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/176/

Price: $195 – 1 day

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British Canoeing Environmental Definitions (Sea Kayak)

Sheltered Water – Areas of open water where the paddlers are no more than 200 metres offshore and the wind strength does not exceed Beaufort force 3, avoiding the group being swept/blown out of the safe working area. Slow moving estuaries (less than 0.5 Knots). Small enclosed bays, enclosed harbours where there is minimal possibility of being blown offshore, defined beaches with easy places to land throughout, no tide races, overfalls or surf.

Moderate Water – A stretch of coastline with some areas where it is not easy to land but there will always be straightforward land points a maximum of two nautical miles apart. Crossings not exceeding two nautical miles. Up to 2 Knots of tide (but not involving tide race or overfalls). Wind strengths do not exceed Beaufort force 4. Launching and landing through surf (up to 1 metre, trough to crest height).

Advanced Water – Any journey on the sea where tidal races, overfalls or open crossings may be encountered and which cannot be avoided; sections of coastline where landings may not be possible or are difficult; sea state 4 and winds above Beaufort force 4; launching and landing through surf (up to 1.5 metres trough to crest height).

Read full environmental definitions document here

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/331/

British Canoeing Course Fees (2019)

https://www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/download/459/

About Ocean River

Located in Victoria, British Columbia on beautiful Vancouver Island, Ocean River is one of the premier speciality kayak and adventure companies in North America. Brian Henry, the founder & current owner, has been running Ocean River since 1981, and Ocean River continues to be recognised as one of the most significant outdoor/paddlesports instructional & tours provider in North America.

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