Aavameri - Sea Kayaking, Finnish Archipelago Sea

18/04/2025

🌊 Guide with Aavameri this summer!
We still have a few exciting sea kayaking guide opportunities open for this summer at Aavameri!

We're looking for outgoing, passionate, and responsible sea kayaking guides to work in what we believe is the most stunning paddling environment in the world – the Finnish Archipelago Sea.

As a guide, you’ll lead both short and multi-day trips, take care of customers and equipment, and help make every paddling experience unforgettable.

We’re looking for people who:
– enjoy working with groups and have great social skills
– are confident and safety-aware in in varying sea kayaking conditions
– are dedicated not only to guiding but also to the behind-the-scenes work that ensures high quality – including gear maintenance, gear cleaning, customer communication in multiple languages, and helping improve how we work between trips
– have, or are skilled&ready to get, certification for sea kayak guides and in wilderness first aid

Interested? We'd love to hear from you! Give us a call at +358 44 980 7788 or email [email protected]

30/03/2025

Perfect, varied conditions together with Saimaa Canoeing organizing a winter kayaking course in Puumala this weekend.

18/01/2025

Tule mukaan Talvimelontakurssille 28.–30.3.2025 Puumalan ja Saimaan upeisiin maisemiin!

Kurssilla yhdistyvät huipputason melontakoulutus ja jääturvallisuuden taidot. Kouluttajina toimivat melontakouluttaja Sanna Korhonen Saimaa Canoeingilta, joka tuntee Saimaan vesistöt ja niiden erityispiirteet kuin omat taskunsa, sekä Benjamin Donner (Aavameri), kansainvälinen merimelonnan ja jääturvallisuuden kouluttaja.

🎯 Miksi osallistua?

- Opit talvimelonnan tekniikat ja turvallisuuskäytännöt ammattilaisten ohjeistuksella.

- Saat unohtumattoman elämyksen Saimaan henkeäsalpaavan kauniissa järvimaisemissa.

🔹 Paikka: Saimaa, Puumala
🔹 Aika: 28.–30.3.2025
🔹 Lue lisää ja ilmoittaudu:

Saimaa Canoeing tarjoaa monipuolisia, vastuullisia ja paikallisia melontapalveluja niin aloittelijalle kuin kokeneelle melojalle kaikkina vuoden aikoina.

14/09/2024

As the evenings are quickly turning darker, yesterday´s Friday evening guided sea kayaking trip from Satava in Turku was the last guarantee evening trip for this season. It was very nice to end with this very nice group in beautiful autumn colors. Joplin, our furriest assisting guide, decided to join this trip. Our full day guided tours, multiday tours and private guided tours are still available for a few more weeks, and now the most busy coaching and courses weeks for private groups have started.

14/09/2024

As the evenings are quickly turning darker, yesterday´s Friday evening guided sea kayaking trip from Satava in Turku was the last guarantee evening trip for this season. It was very nice to end with this very nice group in beautiful autumn colors. Joplin, our furriest assisting guide, decided to join this trip. Our full day guided tours, multiday tours and private guided tours are still available for a few more weeks, and now the most busy coaching and courses weeks for private groups has started.

29/08/2024

Wind and waves, sun, calm sea, silent foggy mornings and beautiful northern lights on the agenda on two different guided three day Hidden Gems of the Archipelago National Park sea kayaking expeditions this week. The archipelago at its best!

02/08/2024

We had a beautiful evening kayaking trip in the Finnish Archipelago, Turku, with a four persons guided group today. And some deep water rescue practicses for the keenest water lovers in the end.

16/07/2024

Warm and beautiful days in the Finnish archipelago. The last few days Aavameri has had a lot of self-guided expeditions out and our Guided Day Tours from Satava in Turku have been nicely filled with happy paddlers.

02/07/2024

"Our guide Gabriel started a three day Hidden Gems of the Archipelago National Park today with great company and weather. At the same time two persons were taken out to the national park for a eight dag self-gu ided expedition. These experiences and much more, see www.aavameri.fi!

23/06/2024

In the Finnish Archipelago, Midsummer is the most noticeable and joyful time of celebration. Midsummer eve was spent in the best possible way with this group, on a guided archipelago kayaking tour. The weather the coming week will be ☀️ amazing 🌞for joining Aavameri's guided excursions. Join us for a day tour in Turku or multiday in the Archipelago National Park! See more on www.aavameri.fi

20/06/2024

Wouldn't a city escape to the beautiful nature of the arcipelago on Midsummer Eve be nice? We have a few places left on the Guided Midsummer Evening in a Sea Kayak tour! For info and booking, see www.aavameri.fi/kayaking-tours-expeditions/turku-archipelago-kayaking-evening .

Aavameri Sea Kayaking offers guided sea kayaking expeditions, kayaking courses and self-supported kayak and outdoor equipment rental.

19/06/2024

Ben and Angus, two adventure-minded friends out on a five day self-guided expedition with Aavameri, returned back home with beautiful memories despite some harsh weather two of the days. The small hatchling seen on one photo, a Common Merganser downball, recognized the kayak as its mother and quickly climbed up on it, but was later convinced to go to join its real mother again.

If interested to learn more about guided or self-guided kayaking expeditions in the Archipelago Sea, Finland, check out our activities on www.aavameri.fi !

Photos: Ben Waterfall

25/05/2024

Aavameri's one day kayaking trips on Mondays in Turku, three-day guided expeditions in the Archipelago National Park on Tuesday-Thursday and evening trips in Turku on Fridays have been launched in wonderful weather! Come and experience the world's most amazing archipelago with us! You can find more information and the sign-up system at www.aavameri.fi .

11/02/2024

Lots of fun with the sea frozen solid.

05/02/2024

Viikonlopun vietimme Suomen Retkiluistelijat ry:n vetäjäkokelaita kouluttaessa turvallisuusasioissa. Päivien aikana ehdimme nauttia paitsi luokkahuonekeskusteluista myös käytännön harjoituksissa ulkona. Kiitos kaikille kivasta seurasta!

31/12/2023

We wish everyone a Happy New Year! What a stunning last day of 2023 in the Finnish Archipelago Sea with minus 14 degrees centigrade and the last open waters in the inner archipelago freezing solid.

27/10/2023

Sääennuste ennustelee pilvitöntä taivasta huomenna lauantaina auringon laskiessa ja täysikuun noustessa taivaalle! Koe upeata syyselämystä ja tule mukaan täysikuumelontaretkellemme kello 18:45 alkaen paikkana Satava Kayak & SUP. Lisätiedot ja ilmoittautuminen, katso alla!

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