Canoe Wales is the national governing body for paddle sport in Wales. We:

  • Manage the National White Water Centre which is located on the river Tryweryn in Bala, North Wales
  • Represent the interests of our club and individual members
  • Advocate on behalf of the interests of the sport in Wales
  • Provide coaching and development programmes from local to international level
  • Stage national and international competitions.

Advanced Surf Safety and Rescue

The Advanced Surf Safety and Rescue course is a one-day training course designed to arm you with the skills required to enable rescues in more advanced surf environments. It is a stand-alone course with no pre-requisites, but your paddling should be at a BCU 4 Star Surf standard to be able to gain the most benefit from the course.

This is a pre-requisite course for BCU 5 Star Leader Surf assessment.

The syllabus is not yet available, but will be made available here as soon as it is. 

Find a course

Please check the dates list for any courses already planned and registered within Wales. It is likely that this course will be run on a demand-led basis, so if you are interested in attending an Advanced Surf Safety and Rescue course, please contact the Coach Education Co-ordinator so that we can ensure sufficient courses are being run and you can be informed when any new dates are arranged.