Kayak Nomad

Great day exploring the caves East of Greve de Lecq.

The cool of the caves was the perfect way to find relief from the heat. The calm conditions allowed us to get deep inside and visit a few normally off limits, except on the best days.

We still have spaces available on our 10:00 and 14:00 sit on top kayak tours from Greve De Lecq tomorrow. We will be exploring the caves to East. Perfect way to find relief from the heat. Or cool down after work on an evening tour.

We have also opened up extra kayaks tours on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. When its this hot, the best place to be is on the sea.

Things have been super busy here at Kayak Nomad recently. Last week we welcomed Kenny and James from Malta to come do the Sea Kayak Award and PSL.
First day of the Sea Kayak award was all about training and exploring the North coast from Bouley Bay and then the 2nd day was assessing their skills from St. Catherines. Both generally done really well and embraced the rescue skills in our colder water.

Sunday Beginner Skills Course got off to a good start at St Brelades Bay last week.

Using the poles of the old pier and some mooring buoys for practicing turns. A couple of swims and a few laughs. Some returned to the beach wetter than others.

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Thanks to Sean and Baille from Ports of Jersey for helping me complete some targeted beach cleaning via kayak. Our mission for the afternoon was to remove 2 x abandoned lobster pots from a remote beach along Portelet Common. These are heavy and bulky and so not easy to remove on foot on primitive paths. So collecting them via kayak is ideal. We soon found our roles as Sean and I cut and removed the netting and then bagged it up. While Baille use an angel grinder to cut the pot cages in two. All rubbish was then carried back to the kayaks at the water edge, loaded and paddled back to Ouaisne beach.

This was conducted in the spirit of a wider campain to clean our water ways buy Paddle UK called the https://paddleuk.org.uk/big-paddle-cleanup/

5-Week Beginner Course starts this week!

Our Beginner Kayak Skills Course is designed to take you from “getting by” to feeling confident and capable on the sea.
Choose the sessions which work with your schedule:
10:00 – 12:15 Wednesdays
3rd June – 1st July
18:00 – 20:15 Thursdays
4th June – 2nd July
10:00 – 12:15 Sundays
7th June – 5th July
Mix and match if necessary.

Across 5 progressive sessions you’ll:
Develop real control in your kayak
Learn to handle light winds, small waves & changing conditions
Build confidence with self & assisted rescues
Become ready for your next adventure
This isn’t just learning, it’s adventure skills building.

£225 for the full 5-week course
Drop us an email at: [email protected] to book your spot.

As the recent hot weather continued over the half term break, more families got out on the water.