WOMEN’S SEA KAYAK FESTIVAL 2025
Three days of great fun!
South Devon
£290
LOCATION: This year’s Festival will take place from our original location, Alston Farm Campsite, close to Salcombe.
ACCOMMODATION: Three nights of camping: Thursday, Friday, Saturday
PADDLING: Three days of different workshops exploring the coast, learning and sharing skills.
Friday 30th of May – Sunday 1st of June 2025
FOOD: To help to keep the cost down it is a self-catering event.
On Saturday we arranged for a Pizza truck to provide pizzas for all to buy and eat. This will be provided by a local company called Taste in the Wild, and we will let you know how we will manage the orders. View their website here.
Details for Friday night will to be confirmed later.
T-SHIRTS: There will be T-shirts! (Colour's a surprise – as always)
PRICE: £ 290 (includes 3 nights camping, 3 days of coaching/leading and a Festival T-shirt)
EQUIPMENT & BOAT HIRE: There will be some Sea Kayaking UK kayaks available to hire for the event at £30 per day. Please tick the box on the booking form if you need one and we will forward further details.
NON – PADDLING PARTNERS/ PADDLING MAN CRECHE: Partners who want to be part of the Festival are welcome to join us. They will pay: £65 for 3 days camping and Festival T-shirt. Participants wanting to join with family, will need to sort the camping for their group with the campsite directly.
OPPORTUNITY TO DEMO NDK SEA KAYAKS: We are pleased to announce that
Sea Kayaking UK will be bringing a selection of demo kayaks from Anglesey to our event with popular models including Romany, Explorer, Pilgrim, Echo and Sportive. Built in Wales for over 20 years these sea kayaks are renowned for their rough water handling, solid secondary stability, superb fit and durable construction. If you’d like a demo in one of these then let us know to ensure the right size and model is available.
About The Festival
What is WSKF?
The Women’s Sea Kayak Festival was first held in South Devon in 2015, running every two years since. In 2023 the event used a new location in the area of Rame Head, South Cornwall. In 2025 we return to our original location in South Devon with new dates.
Our Festival’s aim is to welcome female paddlers, encourage participation and provide new experiences for all women sea kayakers along one of the most beautiful and exciting coastlines in the UK. With a relaxing, sociable atmosphere our emphasis is on learning and inspiring women to paddle with confidence and having fun. We are proud to support female coaches.
Organisers
We are proud to organise and run WSKF to have fun and inspire others to kayak more.
Festival gallery
Reserve your place!
How to fill in the form
Please follow the instructions on the form and be as specific as you can with medical conditions.
The selected workshop options are not set in stone. This helps us to organise the groups and have a better understanding of what people are interested in. The program will be adjusted to participants wants and needs and conditions on the actual paddling day.
Selecting Surf Ski workshop:
We are very excited to the able to bring Epic surf ski to the Festival again. We have these for Saturday and the workshop will be a half day workshop for up to 16 paddlers. The second half of the day will be spent back in sea kayaks with a coach or leader.
Non – paddling partners / paddling Man Creche – If you are planning to bring your partner along, please, indicate so on the booking form. This is stated among the T-shirt sizes. Please, tick the box called Partner T-shirt. We will be in touch with confirmation and size selection.
Equipment & Boat Hire: Unfortunately, this year we cannot provide any extra equipment and participants will be responsible for sourcing their own kit to bring to the Festival with them.
There will be some Sea Kayaking UK kayaks available to hire for the event at £30 per day. Please tick the box if you need one on the booking form and we will forward further details.
Place confirmation and payment: When you submit the form, we will be back in touch to confirm there is a space for you and send you the payment instructions. Your place is confirmed once the payment has been received.Please, bear in mind that both Julie and Natalie have full time jobs, as well as busy paddling calendar, and might not be able to respond immediately.
Please, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us and ask.
Your paddling level
Intromediate paddler:
Has some paddling experience, maybe in a different craft or non-tidal environment. The paddler can perform different paddle strokes to get them where they want. They paddle in a group, usually with more experienced paddlers leading them.
Intermediate paddler:
Has been paddling sea kayaks for a while and is quite confident in their paddling strokes. They are looking at ways of transferring their skills from flat water to the moving water environment. An Intermediate paddler wants to start to paddle independently and with peers.
Seasoned paddler:
Is paddling regularly with a peer group. They are comfortable with their own paddling. They know there are things to improve but they can get where they want on the water. Such a paddler at the Festival is looking for new experiences, new places to visit and new people to meet.
Surf Ski workshop will use surf skis made by Epic kayaks.
It will be coached by GB Ocean Ladies Team led by Annabel Taylor Ross.
Nigel Dennis Kayaks (NDK) will bring their fleet of demo boats providing an ideal opportunity for Festival paddlers to try a range of sea kayaks during the event.
