A Mer Tales signature offering for women. Begin or end your day on the water with the sunrise or sunset while connecting with the ocean environment. Allow this liquid meditation for the soul inspire and guide you through the rest of your day or evening.

Wondering about the marine life you are seeing while you paddle? Join a Mer Tales Marine Ecological Tour led by Gina, a professional marine biologist. She will guide you through the local ocean waters and share her knowledge of the diverse marine ecosystems and natural history of the area.

Treat yourself to a unique experience floating on your board in a kelp forest!

Leave all your worries at the shore. Soothe your mind and body as you’re held within the kelp forest.

Reflect on the wisdom and messages from the ocean, seals, sea lions, seabirds and more. Learn about the amazing kelp forest community from Gina, a professional marine biologist.

Return to shore relaxed and ready for what the day reveals.

Curious about the marine life living below your paddleboard? Join a Mer Tales Paddle & Snorkel experience led by Gina, a professional marine biologist.

Paddle to specific marine habitat areas, including kelp forests and eelgrass meadows, where you can snorkel and enjoy a close-up view of the diverse, colourful and intriguing marine life such as schooling fish, brilliant orange-red sea stars and sea cucumbers, kelp crabs, painted sea anemones and more!

The ocean is powerful and transformative as the water element, and also powerfully influenced by the phases of the moon.

During the Full Moon ceremony, release what needs to be released and make space for what you want to welcome into your life.

Follow this through to the New Moon ceremony in approximately 2 weeks where the space has now been created to set your wishes and intentions in motion.

Each Full and New Moon is unique. You will receive specific information and guidance before each ceremony to support you in having a memorable experience on the water. Leisurely paddling is included before and after the ceremony.

Mer Tales is excited to offer Girls on Boards events for girls 8 to 18. Girls on Boards is a registered non-profit organization ‘empowering girls and women to love their bodies, trust their core and feel their power using immersive recreation experiences and vulnerable conversations’. As a Girls on Boards licensed provider, Gina Lemieux offers these events through sponsorship from Mer Tales Ocean Journeys, South Island SUP and other organizations. 

Aligning with the mission of the Girls on Boards organization, Mer Tales’ mission is to connect girls with the ocean and their bodies to inspire and empower them to begin a journey of genuine self-love and acceptance, where their confidence and trust in self can grow and they can align with their authentic truth so they may share their unique gifts with the world.