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United Kingdom Surfski
Great Britain
Downwind/Paddles
(Counter Clockwise - Starting with Southwestern Seaside Counties going West to East from Atlantic to English Channel to North Sea then finally around to Counties on the Irish Sea)
Atlantic/Bristol Channel & English Channel Shorelines
See Atlantic/Bristol Channel & English Channel Counties
(Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire)
English Channel Shoreline Only
North Sea and Irish Sea Shorelines
See North Sea & Irish Sea Counties
(Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside)
Tidal Races
- Yachting Monthly - The 11 Fiercest Tide Races in the UK
- Britain
- Isle Of Man - Calf of Man
- The Lizard (Southern tip of Cornwall, Lizard Point)
- Lundy Island (Bristol Channel)
- Portland Bill (Isle of Portland, Southern tip of Dorset)
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British Bores (Tidal etc.)
- River Dee sea kayak video (Wales/GB)
- River Kent
- River Mersey video
- River Ribble sea kayak video
- River Severn video
- River Wyre video
- Solway Firth - River Esk, River Eden
- Trent Aegir video
- Manchester's James Milner (facebook)
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Resources
- Surf Ski UK Facebook coaching, guiding, rental, club meets, shuttles
Bermuda
See Bermuda Surfski
Northern Ireland
Resources
- Surfski Northern Ireland (facebook)
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Scotland
See Scotland Surfski
Wales
See Wales Surfski
Protectorates & Territories
- British Crown Dependencies (British Crown Dependency) Not officially part of the UK, but English is primary language…
- Isle of Man
- Resources
- Ebb & Flo Watersports SUP (facebook)
- Sea Kayaking Isle of Man (facebook)
- Big Pond Kayaks sea kayaks, repair
- Facebook (“the kayak repair shop”)
- Jersey Channel Islands Surfski (has an active surfski community)
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Safety
- See Cold Water Safety which will be a common concern for UK paddling
- And consult local UK pages here (and collect available local knowledge) for safety concerns specific to particular locations
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Conditions
- QuickTide tidal calculations for UK, Ireland, and Belgium to Gibraltar - buy card for calcs
- Surfline Swell Forecast (type your area of interest in the search input)
- UK Sea Water Temperatures 5° C = 41° F;10° C = 50° F; 20° C = 68° F (°F= (9/5 * °C) + 32)
Videos
Races
Clubs
There are also links on the seaside pages above to local paddling clubs. And of course there are many inland paddling clubs that you should be able to find via the following links: (example - Elmbridge Canoe Club - (Surrey) Flatwater racing and SUP, you can learn technique here and there are undoubtedly folks who also own surfskis to talk to.)
Coaching
(The Clubs mentioned immediately above may have coaches and training resources)
Dealers/Equipment
Paddling Accessories
- Look for listings within specific UK locations
Surfskis
- Carbonology UK North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom AlanHunter@carbonologysport.co.uk
- Fenn UK & Ireland St. Ives Bay, UK
- Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK - makes a spec surfski, sells Epic including their own special modified versions
- Nordic Kayak UK (facebook) Kent, UK (sometimes sells demo skis at a discount)
- Ocean Surfski (formerly Epic Kayaks UK) Devon, UK, Epic&Fenn
- Ozone UK Kai Wa'a (Vega, Flex, Arc) & Outrigger Canoes
- Rogue Kayak Edinburgh, Scotland, designs their own surfskis made at the Nelo Factory
- Surfski Dynamics Mothecombe, UK Think
- Ultimate Kayaks Ivan Lawler, Ottershaw, UK - Epic, Nelo - Surfski, Slalom, Sprint, SeaKayaks
Repair
- Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK
- Southern Sea Kayaks Winterborne Whitechurch, UK
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Resources
- British Canoeing - See “Paddle UK” below
- British Waterway License/Insurance (for inland paddling)
- British Canals
- Kayak and Canoe Transport U.K. - facebook group for help in transporting boats around the UK
- Paddle Daily seems to be focused on UK paddling records (but does report paddling records from outside of the UK also)
- Paddle UK Ocean Racing (Rebranded from “British Canoeing” to “Paddle UK”)
- Surfski Kayak International Facebook Group based/moderated in Cornwall
- Surf Lifesaving Great Britain insurance for races, lifesaving competitions
- UK Sea Kayak Guidebook Online collection of trip reports etc.
- UK Sea Kayak Guidebooks Print guidebooks
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Wildlife
(we know, just a drop in the bucket, but sometimes we may be able to include something to watch out for either to avoid or enjoy)
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