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Welcome to the Homepage of the Sea Kayak Club of WA inc.

Western Australia has some of the best sea kayaking locations in the country plus the sort of weather conditions that allow us to enjoy this satisfying and adventurous activity year round. If you have a yen to get out on our pristine Indian Ocean waters with a supportive group of experienced and likeminded people, to improve your fitness, commune with nature and to paddle your own boat into adventurous, scenic locations then you have come to the right address for information as to how this can be acheived. If you are unable to find all of the information you need by clicking on the various site menus please do not hesitate to contact our President, Vice President or Secretary. For contact details click on the contacts button.

Welcome also to any of our existing members who may be visiting the web site in search of information, the aim is to provide a one stop location for all information pertaining to club activities.

Seal Island
Seal Island
Photograph: Russ Hobbs
Legendary Tasmanian sea kayaker Laurie Ford (left) joined a group of locals for a paddle at Shoalwater Bay. A large group of sea lions were there to welcome us at Seal Island.

Rafting up at training day
Training morning at Shoalwater.
Photograph: Alan Hale
Plenty of paddlers turned up on a hot December morning.

Whale at Busselton
Whale at Busselton.
Photograph: Royd Bussell
A bit close for comfort.

Rotto 2009
Dave Oakley and Helen Cooksey at Rottnest Island
Photograph: John Radovich
Dave and Helen are waiting for the sea breeze to take them back to the mainland. There are lots more pictures from the Rotto 2009 paddle on the Photo Gallery page.

For more photos, see the photo gallery.

News

Trip Reports
Jo Foley has written up the recent Rottnest Island trip. Click here to see it.  See the Trip Reports page for more.

BOM Upgrades its Marine Weather Site
There are some very useful weather pages on the new Bureau of Meteorology Marine Weather site, including a highly detailed map-based wind forecast which can be animated. Have a look at it here. Click on the map for more details.

Rough Water Paddling Notes
Rod Coogan has put a discussion paper together on paddling safety in rough water conditions. Click here for the full article.

Extraction Line
Rod Coogan has a description of an extraction line for kayaking. He wouldn't paddle without one. Click here for details.

The Updated AC Award Scheme
The latest review of the Australian Canoeing Award Scheme is live for all.  The new assessment requirements for the Sea Skills Award can be found on the Australian Canoeing website here.

The Sea Kayak Forum
Tim Robinson has set up a Forum for Sea Kayakers in Australia. It is run independently of a club or business with the idea that it would be of benefit to clubs and businesses and would be available to kayakers world wide. There are posts on general kayak talk, techniques, equipment etc., and if you register you can post information yourself. See http://www.seakayakforum.com/.

...More news

Current program

Saturday 13 February
South Beach to Woodman Point, return (AP).

Saturday 13 February
South Beach to Stragglers and Mewstone, return (SSA).

Sunday 21 February
Skills development.

Sat 27 Feb to Mon 1 Mar
Mandurah long weekend.

...Details and more planned trips



Jim Bramley scouting for the next big one.
- photo Rod Coogan

... See Rod Coogan's Trip Report on last year's Cape to Cape.


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