STAKEOUT Kayaking

Have you ever wanted to go to the Ottawa during their spring high water season but not known how? Have you ever wondered what it might be like paddling down the infamous Coliseum rapid at 17ft higher than normal summer flows? Are you keen to test your kayaking on some of the bigger waves and rapids that come in on the Ottawa when the river is higher? If you answered yes to any of these question then this might be the trip for you!

During the spring melt all of the ice and snow accumulated from the winter begins to melt, causing the Ottawa river to rise up to 30ft higher than the typical flows seen during the summer months, and with it and an almost unlimited amount of play and freestyle potential. This trip is situated at the back end of the spring melt season, when levels have started to drop but the river is still higher than the typical levels, providing new rapids, new waves and new challenges for the keen playboater.

Our days will be a mixture of high water river laps and focused coached freestyle sessions on the best feature at the time. Water levels are highly changeable at this time of year so you never quite know what you’ll end up surfing but whatever happens, you know you’ll be surfing some of the best waves in the world…period!

Whitewater Kayaking Holidays

Welcome to Canada! You will be collected from Ottawa airport, driven to our temporary accommodation where we will be waiting for everybody to arrive.

A combination of river laps and freestyle sessions on some of the best waves in the world. Exact itinerary water level dependent.

Pack up and transfer back to the airport to fly home.

These dates are flexible. We will alter the length and start dates to suit your needs wherever possible, and do our best to arrange a completely new date if that’s what you require. Drop us an email if the date you want is not there.

This trip is suitable for anyone who is a competent freestyle kayaker or river runner who has a reliable white water roll and some prior experience in big volume water. If you have any doubt at all whether your ability suits this trip, drop us an email and we would be happy to advise.

By mid June the Ottawa valley is usually beginning to warm up but the water is still cold. A drytop with dry trousers and lined shorts are recommended to give you flexibility to dress best according to the current conditions.

This is entirely dependent on the river levels at the time. During these dates last year we were surfing Big Bus, Minibus, High Tension, Big Smoothie and Nessy. Other years levels have been lower and we were surfing Big Kahuna, Phils, Lunchstop, Third wave, Slippery Nipple and Waikiki. Whatever the level, you can be sure that there’s plenty to do!