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Sydney Harbour Surf Club is investing in fun! Every Saturday we will run downwind drop offs for everyone, even if you paddle elsewhere we welcome you to come and join us in some ocean fun.
Starts Saturday October 5th, Northern Beaches.
Eastern Suburbs starts the following week Saturday October 12th.
Our mission is to bring the paddling community together for ocean paddles where we can enjoy the company of other paddlers, improve our ocean skills and achieve this with a low cost service that makes ocean paddling quicker and easier with the limited time you have available on a Saturday morning.
How it Works
We run Saturday morning ocean drop offs for our Mosman clubhouse people on the Northern Beaches, Sydney and for our Rose Bay clubhouse paddlers we run Saturday morning ocean drop offs for the Sydney Eastern Beaches. You can hire a SHSC surf ski and be dropped off using our transport service or you can bring and load your own private ski which is a bit cheaper. The Wednesday before each Saturdays ocean session will be an announcement of where the Saturday ocean session drop off location and finish location will be based on the mission which is to put you in the best spot possible to use the wind and swell for a downwind paddle. If its a flat day with no wind and swell we will offer you a cool and unique ocean adventure where you can achieve an ocean paddle from A to B a place you hadn't thought of before.
The Benefits
The van and trailer will meet you at the finish location, you simply load your own surf ski onto the trailer (straps supplied) or use a SHSC surf ski then jump into the van and enjoy the music and fun times as we drop you off to the best start location for that particular days conditions. You will then be in radio and safetrx communication with the paddlers around you and make your ocean paddle journey back to where your car is parked at the finish. If you are on the 15km ocean paddle expect to have the whole morning finished in 2 hours and if you did the 8km paddle expect the whole mornings adventure to take around 1.5hrs. Its your ocean paddle so be out there as long as you want or race it if you need to continue on with your Saturday. As paddlers, we all love a coffee hangout after the ocean paddle so hang around and enjoy the company of others paddlers.
What Level of Paddler?
The first time slot on a Saturday morning is the 6:30am ocean drop off for level 3/4 type paddlers, people who have ocean experience and are looking to be dropped off to do their 15km ocean paddle with a group of people similar ability and to finish the paddle where their car is so they can head off to continue with their Saturday or lounge into a coffee and croissant at the cafe with the group.
The second time slot is 7:30am and this could be a level 2-4 type paddler, meaning the more ocean experienced paddlers can be dropped off at a location to do an upwards of a 15km ocean paddler and the lesser experienced ocean paddler can be dropped off to do an 8km ocean paddle. Again the paddle finished back where your car is so you can make a quick getaway or get changed and roll into the cafe.
The third time slot 8:30am is more for level 2 type ocean paddler where you will do a 8km ocean paddle with the safety of having a coach with you. The coach will teach you how to use safety equipment, what to be aware of when in the ocean and how to use the ocean so you start practicing the fun part "catching runners".
The last time slot of the morning is our 9:30am Intro to Ocean Class where you paddle with a coach and get a taste for the ocean. The session is extremely safe and teaches you the basics of ocean paddling to help progress you up to the other levels.
Each time slot caters for every level of paddler, so start in one of our levels and progress your way up to a component ocean paddler.
The Cost
- Single ocean session with transport drop off (6:30am or 7:30am time slot) hiring a SHSC Surf Ski = $25
- Single "Coached" ocean session (8:30am or 9:30am time slot) with a coach & hiring a SHSC surf ski = $32.50
- Single ocean session with transport drop off (6:30am or 7:30am time slot) using own private surf ski = $15
- Single "Coached" ocean session (8:30am or 9:30am time slot) with a coach using own private surf ski = $25
- SHSC Paddlers who are on our $75 per week unlimited membership will receive a "promo code" that gives them 50% off all Ocean Classes and Transport Drop offs whether hiring a SHSC surf ski or using ones own surf ski.
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