2026 Wai Nui camps – now open for registration!
See videos below to check out the fun activities available at Wai Nui kids camps.
Registration Notice:
Wai Nui has changed its registration platform to the new HARBORHOOD app (we discontinued using TeamSnap).
Please note that the new app is still under development, and that the registration process has two parts; so after completing the Harborhood portion, you will be automatically forwarded to a Google form to complete the camp registration.
For a parent/guardian registering more than one camper, for this year, you have to register each camper individually, however the general information should repopulate (fill in the fields).
All camp registration links are provided further below.
Learn to paddle an Outrigger Canoe, Stand Up Paddle board (SUP) and Surfski with the Wai Nui Canoe Club. These sports offer a fun way to develop skills on the water.
- This camp is limited for children 8 to 14 years of age (must be the age on 1st day of camp, please contact wainui.registrar@gmail.com for exemptions)
- All equipment is provided
- Coaching includes a progression from basic paddle stroke, with increasing skill development in the canoe, surfski and on a SUP
- Paddlers will be grouped for skills progression
- Participants must be able to swim comfortably with a PFD
- COST: 2026 costs: $235/child (age 8-14)
- TIME: 9 am to 12 (noon)
- LOCATION: Downtown Oakville, 128 Water Street, east side of Sixteen Mile Creek
- REGISTRATION: click on the preferred week below
- ELIGIBILITY:
- Only for advanced campers who have achieved LEVEL 3 in past Wai Nui Camps or during the 2026 camp
- Age 12-17, some exemptions can be made, please contact wainui.registrar@gmail.com
- Dates and times:
- Advanced Paddling: Tuesday Aug. 4 to Friday Aug. 7, 2026; 9am to 3pm with 1 hour unsupervised lunch
- Koa’s Cup race: Saturday August 8, 2026; 9am to 1pm
- Wai Nui Luau & boat blessings (open to the public): Saturday August 8, 2026; 5-8pm
- Wai Nui Why Not? race: Sunday August 9, 2026
- 8am race registration
- 9am race briefing
- 10am race start
- 11:30am-1pm complementary lunch & race results
- Camp cost: $225, includes
- Advanced paddling camp, lunch excluded
- Koa’s Cup race fee + refreshments
- Wai Nui Why Not? race fee + lunch
- HST
- You may opt out of any of the days, however there will not be a refund
- EXCLUDES cost for optional food served at the Luau (food tickets available for purchase at a later date)
- LOCATION: Downtown Oakville, 128 Water Street, east side of Sixteen Mile Creek
- REGISTRATION: click here to register for Youth Advanced Paddling Camp
- Eligibility: WAI NUI’s Leader in Training (LIT) program is for advanced paddlers and by Wai Nui staff invitation only
- MANDITORY TRAINING Dates and times: Thursday July 2 + Friday July 3, 9am to 4/5pm, lunch provided
- Registration Cost:
- $50 for returning LIT
- $100 for 1st time LIT
- includes processing and HST
- Registration includes:
- Wai Nui hat + LIT T-shirt (not Wai Nui club shirt)
- complimentary 2026 Wai Nui YOUTH FULL membership, which gives the LIT full access to all Wai Nui program/training sessions
- Location: Downtown Oakville, 128 Water Street, east side of Sixteen Mile Creek
- LIT Registration: Wai Nui staff will provide the registration link to those eligible