The World Rowing Coastal Championships are raced on the open sea or lake in a boat designed for wavy water. It is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the sport of rowing with the championships taking place annually in solos, double sculls and coxed quadruple sculls. An endurance race, the event has buoy turns usually with a minimum distance of 4000m.

Upcoming Events

8 - 12 Oct 2025

2025 European Rowing Club Coastal Championships Manavgat, Antalya, TUR

8 - 13 Oct 2025

2025 European Rowing Coastal and Beach Sprint Championships Manavgat, Antalya, TUR

9 - 12 Oct 2025

2025 European Rowing Coastal Championships Manavgat, Antalya, TUR

11 - 12 Oct 2025

2025 European Rowing Beach Sprints Championships Manavgat, Antalya, TUR

6 - 9 Nov 2025

2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Manavgat, Antalya, TUR

9 - 11 Oct 2026

2026 World Rowing Coastal Championships Qingdao, CHN

15 - 18 Oct 2026

2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Qingdao, CHN

Latest Results

7 - 8 Jun 2025

2025 East and Central Africa Regional Beach Sprint Championships Bunjako Beach, UGA

10 - 11 Nov 2024

2024 African Beach Sprint Rowing Championships Al Alamein, North Coast, EGY

13 - 15 Sept 2024

2024 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Genoa, ITA

6 - 8 Sept 2024

2024 World Rowing Coastal Championships Genoa, ITA

20 - 23 Jun 2024

2024 European Rowing Coastal and Beach Sprint Championships Gdansk, POL

25 - 26 May 2024

2024 American Beach Sprint Championships Playa Mantas, CRC

23 - 28 Apr 2024

2024 American Cup Lima, PER

6 - 8 Oct 2023

2023 World Rowing Coastal Championships Barletta , ITA

29 Sept - 1 Oct 2023

2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Barletta , ITA

1 - 3 Sept 2023

2023 European Rowing Coastal and Beach Sprint Championships La Seyne-Sur-Mer, FRA

25 - 26 Jun 2023

2023 African Beach Games Tunis, TUN

1 - 5 May 2023

2023 WR Americas Beach Sprint Qualifiers for World Beach Games 2023 Lima, PER

25 - 30 Apr 2023

World Rowing Beach Sprint Qualifiers for World Beach Games 2023 and 2023 Asian Rowing Beach Sprint Championships Chonburi, THA

2 - 4 Dec 2022

2022 Commonwealth Rowing Association Beach Sprint Championships , NAM

27 - 30 Oct 2022

2022 European Rowing Coastal and Beach Sprint Championships San Sebastian, ESP

14 - 16 Oct 2022

2022 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals Saundersfoot, GBR