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Sea Kayaking Lanzarote Sea kayaking centre based in Playa Blanca. Guided trips and courses in the Lanzarote archipelago Please contact us for details.

We are a sea kayaking and adventure holiday centre based in Playa Blanca, in the south of Lanzarote, open September to May. We specialise in guided trips for small groups, exploring the lesser known areas of Lanzarote and the Chinijo Archipelago in the North. Lanzarote is an outstanding area of the Canaries in which to paddle and was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993. The pristine environment i

s a joy to discover, above the water in the kayak and below the water with a snorkel mask. We customise your trips according to the days you have available to paddle and your level of experience. For those who are less experienced, we offer a full paddling instruction before the trip. We enjoy sharing our knowledge and passion for sea kayaking and the environment with our clients and we look forward to welcoming you to Lanzarote so you can return home with wonderful memories of this unexpectedly unique place. For those looking to improve their kayak skills or complete BCU training and assessments, we also offer British Canoeing awards.

Anyone still looking for a unique card to send to seafaring types this Christmas? In addition to my owl greetings card s...
02/12/2024

Anyone still looking for a unique card to send to seafaring types this Christmas? In addition to my owl greetings card series, I also have this popular guillemot colony and pair of European shags, both of which I drew after visits to the Farne Islands in Northumberland. The original of the shags drawing is currently hanging in the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh until 11th December if you fancy a look! You can get them on my Etsy page, along with other designs like snow leopards and Arctic foxes!:
https://sarahlockeart.etsy.com

Tuesday's trip to Papagayo was a lot of fun! There was a nice swell giving us some action at the blowholes, the beaches...
28/11/2024

Tuesday's trip to Papagayo was a lot of fun! There was a nice swell giving us some action at the blowholes, the beaches were largely nice and empty due to the morning cloud and the swell making swimming difficult, and we had hot afternoon sunshine. Juan even tested out his SEA FLOW Designs floating sunglasses tips after rolling (there's a sequence of photos showing what happened at the blowhole 😄) and they worked beautifully! As we paddled past the beaches we watched the waves crashing in, which was spectacular. Papagayo can be such a varied trip - some days flat calm and summer holiday vibe, and some days clapotis, blowholes and surfing at the cape 🥰

Part 2 of yesterday's trip in the Chinijo archipelago! These photos were taken around the island of Montaña Clara. Sadly...
26/11/2024

Part 2 of yesterday's trip in the Chinijo archipelago! These photos were taken around the island of Montaña Clara. Sadly, as is typical with photos taken on a small camera, they just don't do the area justice. We had nice big seas on the west coast, with the waves slow-mo rising up the cliffs before spilling back down again and sending clapotis back our way. It was really spectacular and awe-inspiring paddling there and I felt very small. We lost sight of each other in the waves a lot, perhaps why the waves look small in the photos, because I had to wait between waves to get photos of anyone. Otherwise I would have just been taking photos of water which isn't that interesting 😄 The swell was only 1.4 metres, but the waves and clapotis were crashing together to form almost 2 metre waves which was a LOT of fun and bounciness! And then we got picked up for our lift back to Orzola. Aaaah, that's the life!

I'll upload the photos from yesterday's trip in 2 parts. Because I'm back in Lanzarote and I take a lot more photos than...
26/11/2024

I'll upload the photos from yesterday's trip in 2 parts. Because I'm back in Lanzarote and I take a lot more photos than Juan - I think I have a problem 😄😄 But my excuse this time is that we did the trip up to the island of Montaña Clara, which was stunning. We had perfect conditions for it -a very light 5 knot wind, and a very westerly main swell at 1.4 metres and only period 10, which we would really class as more of a local wind wave than a swell. Which means very easy conditions. The swell from the north was only 0.3 metres period 12, so this was a fantastic day to get up into the marine reserve of the Chinijo archipelago. We had absolutely gorgeous flat calm waters for some of the trip, and some nice waves as well, and nice big seas on the west coast of Montaña Clara with lots of clapotis. Photos of that part will follow in another post - for now, it's part 1 of the trip! We paddled out from Orzola in the north of Lanzarote, crossed to La Graciosa island and paddled round the east coast of La Graciosa before crossing to Montaña Clara.

Now at the north east of La Graciosa island, finished lunch and getting ready to paddle north!
25/11/2024

Now at the north east of La Graciosa island, finished lunch and getting ready to paddle north!

At Pedro Barba right now on La Graciosa island, enjoying a leg stretch and the views back across to Lanzarote. After thi...
25/11/2024

At Pedro Barba right now on La Graciosa island, enjoying a leg stretch and the views back across to Lanzarote. After this we're paddling around the north east of La Graciosa and on to Montaña Clara 😍

A few shots from this past week when we were running a Coastal Sea Kayak Award course. There was theory (navigation and ...
24/11/2024

A few shots from this past week when we were running a Coastal Sea Kayak Award course. There was theory (navigation and tidal planning), lots of practice and lots of scenarios! Now we're back to trips and the next course will be our sea kayak leadership training in January, followed by a rough water skills course. Lots of exciting things coming up!!

Photos from that other trip I was gutted to miss, which was to the Chinijo archipelago. It was a perfect day for it - t...
17/11/2024

Photos from that other trip I was gutted to miss, which was to the Chinijo archipelago. It was a perfect day for it - the gang paddled out from Orzola on Lanzarote, crossed to La Graciosa, stopped at a beach and then continued on around the wild and rocky north eastern coast of La Graciosa, crossing to the island of Montaña Clara. And then a pickup by the water taxi to get back to Orzola! A great day out on the water, available only to the lucky few whose visits coincide with the right conditions for it!!

Ok so this isn't kayaking related, and isn't even seabird related! (I was going to do seabirds but got sidetracked by ow...
15/11/2024

Ok so this isn't kayaking related, and isn't even seabird related! (I was going to do seabirds but got sidetracked by owls.....) I've drawn this set of owls and have put them on greetings cards - so if you know anyone who likes birds or owls and want to give them a really different card (that can also double as a mini piece of art), check out my website or Etsy page - details below! Next year the intention is to do seabirds! Not sure if it'll happen 😄😄

Juan modelling his floating sunglasses tips - they're great! They help the sunglasses stay on and if they do come off, t...
14/11/2024

Juan modelling his floating sunglasses tips - they're great! They help the sunglasses stay on and if they do come off, they float. And you can hang the sunglasses round your neck if the sun goes away! Easy to wear with a helmet as well. These are very popular!
https://www.seaflowdesigns.com/

Photos from a trip along the imposing Famara cliffs, 672m at their highest point. A lovely misty morning with flat calm...
14/11/2024

Photos from a trip along the imposing Famara cliffs, 672m at their highest point. A lovely misty morning with flat calm water and barely any swell means that you can get close to the shipwreck, see the reefs through the clear water as you're paddling over them, and get very close to the cliffs themselves and the blowholes. This is a very unusual thing for the Famara trip! I was gutted to miss this one as I'm in the UK to hand in some art for an exhibition. As you'll see when I do the next post, there was another trip that I'm gutted I missed. Sigh. So I have to live vicariously like the rest of you and enjoy the trip via the photos!

We're going to run 3 more sea kayak surfing courses in northern Spain next summer - dates will be: 10th - 14th June, 1s...
28/10/2024

We're going to run 3 more sea kayak surfing courses in northern Spain next summer - dates will be: 10th - 14th June, 1st - 5th September, and 15th - 19th September. Check out our Events tab for more details - there are 8 spaces available on each week! The June week has 6 spaces left. The first September week has all 8 spaces left. The 15th - 19th September only has 2 spaces left! There are different size waves to choose from, all quite close to each other, so there's no need to go into bigger waves if you're just gaining confidence and learning!

We had a lovely trip to Papagayo yesterday which was nice and varied - sunshine, very light winds, some small waves at t...
20/10/2024

We had a lovely trip to Papagayo yesterday which was nice and varied - sunshine, very light winds, some small waves at the cape, a blowhole, cave, and gorgeous soft sandy beaches. And we had a swim and snorkel at lunchtime! I'd forgotten how soft and silky the sand is at these beaches - it's a bit coarser in Mundaka where we were running the kayak surfing courses! A beautiful day ☺️ And it was our first day getting all 3 of our brand spanking new kayaks out on the water - the Edge Kayak Alnes Ocean, and our 2 Sea Kayaking UK Sportives! I think they're going to enjoy living in the Canaries! 😃

We ran our very first trip of the new season, and this one was to Arrecife! We only had one client, which is actually qu...
19/10/2024

We ran our very first trip of the new season, and this one was to Arrecife! We only had one client, which is actually quite nice at the very start of the season while we get back into the swing of things before November comes, which is always a very busy month!
We had an 18 knot headwind on the way out, which meant a very nice downwind cruise on the way back home! Sunshine, tapas, ice cream and a very high tide were the order of the day 😄 Juan also enjoyed using our new Edge Kayak out on its first ever day trip. It handled so well in the wind, and he got a chance to surf a couple of waves at the reef at the end of the trip 😊It'll be great to see how it handles the much tougher, faster and steeper waves of Lanzarote over the coming season!

11/10/2024

The journey back to Lanzarote has begun! And we're really looking forward to getting back to this sort of thing 😀😀😀😀 Want to join us? Get in touch soon, as it's looking quite booked up most of the season already!

A brief snapshot of fun and beautiful moments from the summer, before we return to Lanzarote and start posting photos of...
06/10/2024

A brief snapshot of fun and beautiful moments from the summer, before we return to Lanzarote and start posting photos of our kayak trips and courses again! We had a great time and are already looking forward to next year, with one of the September surf courses half booked up already!

A small selection from the first 2 days of our final sea kayak surfing course this year in Mundaka! The osprey was on t...
01/10/2024

A small selection from the first 2 days of our final sea kayak surfing course this year in Mundaka! The osprey was on the prowl again, we did some safety practice - how to avoid rogue oncoming kayaks, and got some action in the waves! We've set dates already for next year and already have some bookings. See our events tab for the new dates! :)
Our next on-the-water action will be in Lanzarote!

For the wildlife/bird lovers out there, here is a selection of photos (taken in low light so not the best quality I'm af...
28/09/2024

For the wildlife/bird lovers out there, here is a selection of photos (taken in low light so not the best quality I'm afraid) from our birdwatching trip. We heard a lot of Cetti's warblers but failed to see them 😄. Species spotted included purple herons, grey herons, great egrets, little egrets, cattle egrets, booted eagles, marsh harriers, buzzards, kestrels, peregrine falcons (during a stoop!), spoonbills, white storks, black terns, kingfishers, swallows, little grebes, great crested grebes, shoveller ducks, shelducks, gadwalls, pochards, red crested pochards, water rail, black winged stilts, green sandpipers, lapwings, ringed plovers, red billed choughs, griffon vultures, stonechats, black redstarts, spotless starlings, and a late evening bike ride to see glossy ibis and a thrilling close encounter with a nightjar! Phew! I'm tired just writing it all 😄Oh and we saw that other famous bird species, the red deer!

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We are a sea kayaking and adventure holiday centre based in Playa Blanca, in the south of Lanzarote, open September to May. We specialise in guided trips for small groups, exploring the lesser known areas of Lanzarote and the Chinijo Archipelago in the North. Lanzarote is an outstanding area of the Canaries in which to paddle and was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993. The pristine environment is a joy to discover, above the water in the kayak and below the water with a snorkel mask. We customise your trips according to the days you have available to paddle and your level of experience. For those who are less experienced, we offer a full paddling instruction before the trip. We enjoy sharing our knowledge and passion for sea kayaking and the environment with our clients and we look forward to welcoming you to Lanzarote so you can return home with wonderful memories of this unexpectedly unique place. For those looking to improve their kayak skills or prepare for BCU assessments, we also offer kayak courses. Please contact us for details.