Beach Summer Camps for Kids
Summer camps on the beach are found in many coastal areas throughout the U.S. Beach camps offer children and teens a chance to spend time outdoors with peers and trained, lifeguard-certified counselors and teachers taking part in water sports such as swimming, surfing, boogie boarding, boating and scuba diving. Activities on the shore include cookouts, crafts, beach sports, nature walks and wildlife viewing. Some beach camps are more educational and emphasize science or conservation.
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Aloha Beach Camp
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Playing in the sand is one of many beach camp activities. The Aloha Beach and Surf Camps in Los Angeles are summer camps that offer surfing, ocean swimming, boogie boarding and an array of aquatic-themed activities. The camps run mid-June through mid-August, and beach camp day begins when children get off the bus at 9:30 a.m. Children leave the beach at 3:30 p.m. and head home on buses. Transportation is included in tuition, with pick-up and drop-off points throughout Los Angeles. The camp has no prearranged sessions, so families choose which days they want their children to attend as long as they meet the 5-day minimum.
Keiki Camp in Malibu was the first Los Angeles beach camp created especially for young children. It is held at Paradise Cove, a private beach with gentle surf where the 3- to 7-year-olds enjoy playing in the water and on the shore, and taking part in activities with Hawaiian themes. Staff includes credentialed California teachers and lifeguard-certified counselors, with a camper to adult ratio of five to one.
Kahuna Camp is for children--ages 8 to 11--who are too old for Keiki camp but not ready for the teen-oriented High Action camp. Kahuna campers spend the week rotating between Zuma beach, Castaic Lake and Paradise Cove. Campers enjoy activities, such as surfing, boogie boarding, cosmic water slide, junior lifeguard day, ancient Hawaiian crafts, jet skiing and tubing.
High Action Camp for teens, ages 12 to 15, is held at Zuma Beach, Castaic Lake and other water venues. Some activities teens might participate in are surfing, boogie boarding, beach volleyball, skimboarding, jet skiing, tubing and wakeboarding.
Aloha Beach Camp
P.O. Box 4443
West Hills, CA 91308
818-932-4600
alohabeachcamp.com
YMCA Camp Silver Beach
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YMCA Camp Silver Beach is a coed residential summer camp located on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The camp's 151 acres are filled with forests, trees and wetlands and surrounded by Chesapeake Bay.
This camp has 1200 feet of shoreline, air-conditioned cottages and a bay-front dining hall. Water activities include swimming in the two pools with tubular slides and boating in motorboats, kayaks and sail boats. The camp also has tennis courts, a skate park and an Alpine II Challenge Course.
Camp Silver beach offers 10 one-week overnight sessions for youth, ages 8 to 16 years, and a three-week residential Teen Adventure Camp for high school students. Camp Silver Beach's summer staff are well-trained and come from all over the world.
YMCA Camp Silver Beach
6272 YMCA Lane
Jamesville, VA 23398
757-442-4634
campsilverbeach.org
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Kids Guppy Summer Camp
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Kids Guppy Summer Camp is a beach adventure camp for children, ages 6 to 10, who know how to swim. The camp takes place on Wrightsville and Topsail Beaches in Southeastern North Carolina. The week long sessions give children a knowledge of ocean safety and marine life education, and at camp's end campers earn their Junior Ocean Safety Certification.
Boogie boarding is a major activity at Guppy camp, which is not a surfing camp, and children also go crabbing, clamming, canoeing and participate in other camp activities.
Guppy Camp is Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m, and camps are filled on a first come/first serve basis.
Guppy Camp
530 Causeway Drive Suite #B-1
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
910-256-SURF(7873)
wbsurfcamp.com
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