Here’s a few resources to help with your journey

Maldon Weather:

• BBC forecast
• Metcheck forecast
• Windguru forecast
• Windy.com

Tide Timetables:

• Osea Island
• Bradwell Waterside
• Burnham-on-Crouch
• North Fambridge
• West Mersea
• Southend-on-Sea
• Harwich
• Felixstowe

Useful Links:

• Maldon Yacht Club

Guides for local info and river levels

• UK Rivers Guidebook – This is a great site to gain some local knowledge of most of the waterways in the UK

• PaddlePoints – Great site to discover new places to paddle, most have easy to follow maps to download for free!

• River GaugeMap – Good site to find out about river levels

• Rainchasers – again a good site for river levels – this site is especially popular with white water paddlers

• River Predictor – similar to Rainchasers but available on the web so don’t have to download an app (good to compare against Rainchasers for an accurate reading)
• River Dart Levels – gauge specifically for the River Dart in Devon to show whether it’s running or not
• Navigating the Lower Thames  – a useful video from the Port of London authority for anyone paddling the tidal Thames.

Canoeing / Kayaking organisations

• British Canoeing

• Canoe Foundation

Local ​Canoeing / Kayaking shops

• Nucleus Watersports (Club members get 10% off)

• Above and Below (Great shop at Lee Valley, where you can demo boats too)
• Kent Canoes
• Wetsuit Outlet