The record since 1977

Worldwide sea kayak expeditions.

From Paul Caffyn's solo circumnavigation of Australia to the present day, this is the global record of serious expedition sea kayaking. Real journeys. Real distances. Real people. Plus the practical guides to plan your own.

Sean Morley paddling, British Columbia

"To qualify to be featured on this website, your trip would need to be something reasonably significant."

Sean Morley · in the original Welcome, 2004 · read his current blog at riverandocean.com
9,420mi
Caffyn solo Australia
7
World regions
79+
Expeditions catalogued
since 1977
First solo NZ
Regions

Where serious paddlers go.

From the Antarctic Peninsula to the high Arctic, the British Isles to Patagonia, the Inside Passage to Bass Strait - seven world regions, decades of journeys.

Chronology

The benchmark expeditions.

A starting point - the trips that defined the discipline. Click through to read each story.

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Why this matters

Built for serious paddlers.

Real expedition record

This is the editorial home of the modern sea kayak expedition tradition. Curated since 2004. No filler, no clickbait.

Practical guides

Going Solo. Risk assessment. Cold water survival. Food planning. The actual practice of expedition kayaking, distilled into the topics that matter.

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A simple form. No login required. You send us the details, photos, story - we review and add to the chronology. This is how the record grows.

Editorial

From the log.

Recent posts, kayaker profiles, gear opinions and historical pieces.

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Have you made an expedition we should know about?

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