Everyone had a great time with Alexandra Vance from The Canadian Wildlife Federation on Tuesday June 15. Seacology by kayak is every Tuesday from 6pm-8pm. Call us to for more information and to register.

Welcome to the 2015 Sea Kayaking season at ECO! We are excited to get the season started after a long and hard winter. Our guides and guides in training have been working hard all winter learning about wind, weather, waves and tides – navigation – all important factors when keeping people safe on the water. […]

Your favourite daily specials paddles are running till the end of October. Fall paddling offers some of the most beautiful scenery and our daily specials give you the opportunity to experience that up close. Combine that with one of our day tours and you can have a complete full day of paddling on Nova Scotia’s […]

  Although summer is not over yet, it is back to school and we would like to thank everyone who came and paddled with us over the last few months. You are amazing people and we loved sharing our passion for kayaking with you. What’s in this issue: Dock & Dine Sea Kayak Level 1 […]

This course provides the skill and knowledge necessary for day-long sea kayaking trips in sheltered waters (non-wilderness areas). Successful completion of Level-1 indicates competence to paddle a sea kayak within a sheltered bay in the company of one or more paddlers with Level-1 or greater skill and knowledge. To participate: Call us to book your […]

Position: Base Manager Where are you from: Pomquet, NS Favourite TV Show: F.R.I.E.N.D.S Favourite Disney Live Musical: Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, and Festival of the Lion King                Favourite lyrics: “I love the ocean, I’m from Nova Scotia” – from Oceanside Again, Sons of Maxwell     […]

I’m from Toronto and came to Halifax in 2006 to go to NSCAD. I’ve been with ECO since 2010 when I took the awesome Guide in Training course Favorite TV Show: Sherlock Holmes BBC Favorite Sports Team: Canada’s National Women’s Soccer Favorite Book: Into Thin Air or anything by Jon Krakauer Your Favorite Sea Kayak […]

I’m from Oregon, USA and I’ve been guiding at ECO since 2010 Favorite TV Show: The Ocean Favorite Sports Team: Whitewater Team Canada Favorite Book: Wheel of Time Series Your Favorite Sea Kayak (or outdoor) Guide (besides yourself haha): Lisa Jones, she’s the one who convinced me to become a guide Best Life Experience: Climbing […]

  With ECO since 2012 From: Halifax, Nova Scotia Favourite TV Show: MidSomer Murders Favourite Sports Team: Harlem Globetrotters (I’m not a fan of watching sports, so if I had to pick…!!) Favourite Book: I have 3 – Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers and The Professor […]

Where are you from and how long have you been with ECO Originally fromToronto, Eleanor left the Big Smoke to look for more nature. After a time inGuelph,Ontario, she left again and found her happy days inNova Scotia, Thanks to the ocean, the rocks, and sea kayaking.  Paddling since 2005, Eleanor has been training, guiding, […]