Water Sports itinerary templates
Sea kayaking, island expeditions and diving trips, with tide and condition dependencies, no-fly intervals and the water-carrying arithmetic that decides an island crossing.
Coastal Kayaking Day
A full-day sea kayaking adventure along a scenic coastline with a beach lunch break. Covers safety briefing, paddle segments, sea conditions, and a relaxed afternoon. Suitable for beginners with moderate fitness.
5-Day Kayaking & Island Hopping
A multi-day sea kayaking expedition between islands with beach camping, snorkeling, and cave exploration. Covers 80 km of paddling over five days with progressive difficulty. Includes detailed safety protocols, sea condition guidance, and camp logistics.
7-Day Diving Trip
A week-long diving holiday for certified divers with 2-3 dives per day across reef, wall, wreck, and drift sites. Includes a rest day with land activities, a night dive, and detailed dive briefings. Full-board resort accommodation with all diving logistics covered.
Planning around water rather than around the clock
On the water the schedule is negotiable and the conditions are not. A crossing that is straightforward on a slack tide is a different proposition against it, so a paddling day needs its decision point written down: where the group commits, and what the alternative is if the wind has come up by then. Fresh water is carried, weighed and rationed on island itineraries, and the arithmetic decides how far the group can go. Diving adds its own hard constraints — certification levels checked before departure rather than on the boat, and a no-fly interval that has to be respected before the flight home, which makes the last dive day a scheduling decision rather than a preference.
What is in these templates
A coastal kayaking day, a five-day island expedition covering 80 km with beach camping, and a week of diving across reef, wall, wreck and drift sites with a rest day and a night dive. Paddling days state distance and expected conditions, with a note that tide and wind will lengthen or shorten the actual route — the honest form of a number that cannot be fixed in advance. The diving week schedules its surface interval and its no-fly gap explicitly, and guide notes cover the buddy checks and the conditions under which a site is swapped.