East Coast Outfitters

ECO is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Sea Kayak Level 3 course this fall. We have partnered with the Ontario Sea Kayak Centre to bring you this exciting course. With most courses taking place in the spring, this course allows you to practice and refine your skills so that you are [...]

Awesome! But you are right! Boats are expensive. Gear is expensive. Paddling is expensive. So, how do you get out on the water without breaking the bank. Obviously, East Coast Outfitters is the place for beginners. We are the premier kayak outfitter for tours and rentals for tourist and travelers in Nova Scotia, but we [...]

    Join East Coast Outfitters in a training program that will leave you with skills you will remember forever. We require no previous experience- we will teach you everything you need to know. We only require that you are a self-identified leader, and that you are willing to challenge yourself. This is a comprehensive [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

  Looking for something to do this long weekend, but don’t want to spend all day driving to get there. Then ECO is your number one stop! Check out this blog by our friends at The Local Traveler. We are open all holiday weekend, so give us a call! If you want to learn more about our [...]

Come play in Halifax’s greatest ocean playground with us!  East Coast Outfitters offers a unique new camp for kids to explore, learn, create, and have fun!  Get out of the city and experience awesome activities like:  discovery hikes, art projects, ocean explorations, camp games, scavenger hunts, and OF COURSE play many kayak games and chances [...]

East Coast Outfitters teamed up with DH to help them promote Halifax as a great place to live and visit. One of the greatest reasons why is that Halifax is so close to and surrounded by nature.  The commercial was shot on the water in and around the Prospect and Lower Prospect areas.  ECO offers [...]

With the new season fast upon us we need to get those floating docks in ASAP! The floating docks have been in and out of the water for 10 years now, so it’s about time for some new wood along the bottom of the docks. These docks make it easy for us to get our [...]