Links
Weather
Chimet wind strength & direction in real time & weather archive to check those bad gusts were last week.
Met. Office Inshore forecast
Met. Office Shipping forecast
Met. Office General weather forecast
Windfinder For the whole world
XC weather popular site
ECMWF European Centre for Weather
Magic Seaweed For surf, interpret carefully.
Witterings Surf Report from Shore webcam
Tides
Easytide tide predictions Admiralty
National Tidal and Sea Level Facility (NTSLF)
Tides for next 4 weeks and other information highest for next 4 years
Highest and lowest Portsmouth Tides
Tides4fishing.com All year round tides for long-term planning for most of Europe too
Solent Information
Authorities
ABP Southampton Port of Southampton
Portsmouth QHM Portmouth Harbour
PLA Port of London Authority for leisure users
British Canoeing (formerly BCU) kayak sport governing Body
Equipment
Andark Local shop at Swanwick offering Club Members 15% discount.
Alpkit UK company for camping gear, sleeping bags and dry bags
AS Watersports Exeter, good stock, handy for the Dart.
Bournemouth Canoes Poole, has given club members good deals in the past
Point North Materials for sewing etc
Rubberman repairs to drysuits, neck seals
Scottish Mountain Gear Tents & poles, rucksacks, anoraks. Down products: repairs
Whitewater the Canoe Centre London's canoe shop, kayaking access to the Thames
Environmental
Clean Harbour Partnership
formed in response to local outcry and concern about pollution in Chichester and Langstone Harbours.
Forums
UK Rivers Guidebook Includes sea kayaking
Paddling Planet collection of kayak blogs
Kayak Paddling Excellent animated techniques
Kayarchy Online encyclopaedia
Books
Cordee Online bookshop with French guides
Pesda Press guides to UK & navigation book
The Paddler Online ezine and resource
Faster paddling
Kirton Kayaks K1 and K2 also sea kayaks
Marsport Kayaks All things for the DW
Ultimate Kayaks Epic and Braca dealer, and source of the best kayak roof rack 'Y' bars
French kayaking
CK/Mer French sea kayaking association
French port tides for the year - Maree Info
SHOM Tides French national body
Kayak Univers kayaking information
Kayakalo.fr Site showing kayak get in points