Package Overview
Our Intermediate Trip Package is perfect for individuals who already possess fundamental sea kayaking skills and simply want to get in a kayak and paddle! Each five-hour trip offers the perfect blend of adventure with the challenge of paddling longer distances of up to eight miles. Every tour in the Intermediate Trip Package is unique and our instructor guides have selected the top paddling destinations on the Bay. Paddle through harbor towns steeped in history, around islands rich in wildlife, up creeks, down rivers and across channels. Bring your own equipment or rent from us. Come explore the Chesapeake and keep your paddling skills sharp!
 Trip Package Details and Photos
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Breathe some life into your paddling.
Paddlers with intermediate skills tend to plateau for lack of new challenges and opportunities. Our Intermediate Trip Package is designed to invigorate sea kayakers with a series of four unique trips in and around the Chesapeake Bay.
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Mayo Beach/South River
Discover the best open water launch on western banks of the Chesapeake Bay. Before launch, we'll set a course to explore the many coves and creeks that line this beautiful shoreline just outside of Annapolis.
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Crab Alley/Eastern Bay
Explore one of the Chesapeake's largest tributaries at the convergance of the Miles, Wye and Chester Rivers. We'll cross multiple tributaries and negotiate our way around boats large and small. This quiet spot is the perfect escape from our modern world.
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Wye Island
This old pirate hideout boasts dozens of rivers, creeks, and coves that create a unique location to test your navigation skills. With more than 30 miles of coastline, this vast tidal estuary will provide great experience in exploring costal environments!
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Eastern Neck Refuge
Watch the annual waterfowl migration on this 2,285 acre island refuge while practicing your open water skills. This magnificent tidal environment is rivalled only by the island's abundant wildlife.
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Professionally coached trips.
Each of our trips is led by a mature, professional instructor whose goal is to keep you safe while encouraging you to push your limits. All our instructors are ACA- or BCU-certified (or both).
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Logistics and trip planning.
Learn how to adequately prepare for you own trips by participating on ours! We'll spend time before launch reviewing nautical charts, setting a trip plan, discussing group management, confirming tide information and checking safety equipment.
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Meet your fellow paddlers.
The best part about coming on our trips is the ability to meet your fellow intermediate paddlers. Your on-water experiences will give you something to talk about at a post-trip meal. You may even start planning your own paddling adventure!
How to Schedule Your Trips
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Step 1
Select the quantity of participants you want to register for a particular trip or class and click "purchase and enroll."
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Step 2
On the next screen enter your registration information. Review your order and click "Charge Credit Card" if everything looks okay. This creates a credit for you in our system. Your payment will be processed and you will be sent an email with your login information.
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Step 3
You should now have received 2 emails from us. Read the first email, "Potomac Paddlesports Account," and write down your username and password.
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Step 4
Using your username and password, log in to the website. You will be taken to your account page. In the "Schedule-at-a-Glance" window, click "Schedule My Trips/Classes".
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Step 5
On the scheduling tool page, under "Available," choose from among the available dates for your event. Doing so will add you to the roster for that trip or class. You must cancel or reschedule at least 3 days (72 hours) prior to the event or you will forfeit the trip or class.
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Step 6
Once you schedule yourself for a class, you will get a third email from us ("IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION"). This email contains a link to a PDF packet of information: Directions, list of equipment, waiver and medical form. Print out this packet and review it prior to your event.
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Step 7
If you registered more than one participant, forward the second email ("Purchase Confirmation/Gift Codes") to the other participant(s). This email contains a GIFT CODE and instructions. They MUST follow the instructions in this email and complete Steps 3 - 6 themselves.
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Step 8
Are you thoroughly confused? No problem. We're here to help! Give us a call and we can walk you through the process and answer any questions you have--the old fashioned way!
Individual Course Descriptions
Mayo Beach
2010 Dates : November 7
Location (link) : Mayo Beach Park, Edgewater, MD
Time : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Duration : 5 hours
Prerequisites : Sea Kayak Starter Package (Fundamentals and Safety Lessons) or equivalent
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Mayo Beach is located at the mouth of the South River and is perhaps the best open water launch on the western banks of the Chesapeake Bay. The beach launch allows paddlers a unique view into the main channel of the Chesapeake. Whether paddling north to Turkey Point or south to Popham Creek, the choices for paddlers are almost endless when it comes to exploring the many coves and creeks that line this beautiful shoreline.
Crab Alley/Eastern Bay
2010 Dates : November 13
Location (link) : Oxford, Maryland
Time : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Duration : 5 hours
Prerequisites : Sea Kayak Starter Package (Fundamentals and Safety Lessons) or equivalent
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The glory of the Chesapeake Bay can be felt with each coastline explored along the Eastern Bay. Eastern Bay is one of the Chesapeake's largest tributaries and is created by the converging Miles, Wye and Chester Rivers. The simple serenity of this bay embodies life on the Chesapeake. Crossing the multiple tributaries will leave paddlers with a firm understanding of the rules of the nautical road. Exploring the many waterways and coves like Crab Alley are perfect escapes from our modern world.
Wye Island
2010 Dates : November 14
Location (link) : Wye Island Natural Resource Mgmt. Area, MD
Time : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Duration : 5 hours
Prerequisites : Sea Kayak Starter Package (Fundamentals and Safety Lessons) or equivalent
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Local history abounds with stories of this beautiful island's previous inhabitants. It has been said that pirates once exploited Wye Island as a hideout. These days, it is inhabited by deer, fox, ospreys, and eagles. Located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, this 2,800 acre Natural Resource Management Area (NRMA) is framed by dozens of rivers, creeks, and coves creating a unique location to test all your navigation skills. Wye Island has over 30 miles of navigable coastline to follow and explore. The Island itself sits in the middle of the Wye River, a main tributary of the Eastern Bay. This vast tidal estuary will provide great experience in exploring costal environments!
Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge
2010 Dates : November 6, 20
Location (link) : Blank Neck National Wildlife Refuge, MD
Time : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Duration : 5 hours
Prerequisites : Sea Kayak Starter Package (Fundamentals and Safety Lessons) or equivalent
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Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located at the union of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay. This 2,285 acre island refuge is a major feeding and resting place for migratory and wintering waterfowl, namely the Tundra Swan, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Additionally, Eastern Neck NWR is also one of the last habitats of the Delmarva Fox Squirrel, an endangered species native to Maryland. This five-hour tour will allow paddlers to experience open water conditions, yet still remain in the protective barriers of the Refuge. The abundance of wildlife combined with the magnificence of this tidal environment creates a dual experience of both beauty and skill.
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Awards & Accreditations
Potomac Paddlesports is proud to be an award-winning, charter ACA Pro School.
Conservation Partners
A percentage of all sales from our kayak programs go to support the Potomac Riverkeeper.
Potomac Paddlesports teaches and practices Leave No Trace ethics in all our programs.
Be Prepared!
Below are some products that we frequently recom-mend to our intermediate sea kayaking students. Have a look, and if there's anything else you need to make sure you're ready for your sessions on the water, we've got a ton of gear over in our online store! Check it out!
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