Seattle Kayaking Meetup

Our meetup’s goal is to help kayakers meet each other and paddle together, because kayaking with friends is more fun and more safe! Also, many of our organizers and members have extra kayaks to lend during our activities, so a secondary goal is to give people a chance to explore the hobby in a more exciting setting than Lake Union! We look forward to exploring and enjoying the sublime beauty of Washington’s bays, lakes, and rivers with you!

People of all ages are welcome, and pets are usually welcome, too!

To be clear, we are not a meetup for whitewater kayaks. Some of our events go down rivers with gentle currents, but we use recreational kayaks and/or sea kayaks.

This group hosts events of a wide variety of lengths and difficulties, some which require no prior experience and any sort of watercraft like paddleboards or inflatables. However, some events require special training, wetsuits/drysuits, and sea kayaks. Our name used to be “Seattle Sea Kayaking Meetup”, so our events may still reflect that. Keep that in mind. Our events can range from short paddles on lakes to longer multi-day camping open-water paddles on the Puget Sound.

Attendees are required to complete the waiver before attending Meetups:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBr6y8g_WG6TBaHauUk--QOF9IIjyMz-sRFeKG3UodI7VRtQ/viewform

The waiver also contains safety information that may impact your preparation, so please complete the waiver BEFORE you depart for the activity. You only need to fill it out once.