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2 Day Coastal Survival Course

Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink? Spend a weekend on the coast and experience the challenges and rewards of coastal survival on a Trueways 2 Day Coastal Survival Course. Learn how to live on and from the seashore, using many of the same techniques applied on our woodland courses, but with the different dimension of coastal resources such as fish, shellfish, seaweeds and coastal plant life. Discover where your survival priorities lie, understanding the dangers of time and tide with safe site selection, shelter from the elements, signalling for rescue and making water safe to drink. Consider how you might escape to safety if no rescue arrives! If you already have some of these skills, then learning to use them in a coastal environment will certainly grow your abilities and enjoyment of the environment, but likewise if this is your first foray into survival training then learning survival on the coast offers its own unique delights!

Why Choose Trueways?

Lofty Wiseman Trueways Survival offers survival and outdoor preparation courses to suit any taste or at any level of experience. Our courses are designed to take the beginner from those very first steps all the way to training in our Global Environments Training packages. Trueways is the only Survival School in the UK with the expertise capable of and offering training anywhere in the world using only their own staff. Let our experience provide you with Real Skills for Real Situations.

Trueways survival courses offer participants the opportunity to learn and practice the skills and techniques needed to survive without the comfort and convenience of four walls and a supermarket! As well as being highly fun and rewarding, these acclaimed courses are based upon the tried and tested methodology of Trueways most senior team member – none other than bestselling SAS Survival Expert John “Lofty” Wiseman, so everything that is taught, demonstrated and explained has the highest level of authority.

Lofty Wiseman's is one of the world's foremost experts on survival. His teachings, including multi-million best selling book, 'The SAS Survival Guide' is used the world over as reference by everyday people and experts alike and can be found in 18 languages. Trueways and Lofty also produced the best selling 'Trueways Survival Skills with Lofty Wiseman' DVD as well as the SAS Survival Guide iPhone and iPad apps and the 'Trueways Survival Skills' playing cards.

Course Content

The key below gives guidance to what is covered, and how, on the course on this page.
Where more than one symbol is used, a combination of training techniques is employed. The list below is also the full survival training syllabus applied by Trueways, allowing you to understand exactly what will be covered on both this course and compare at a glance what to expect on longer or more advanced courses too. Each course duration and level will see variation in this content due to time constraints and the intention of the course, allowing a progression to practical training in ALL aspects of the syllabus. On longer or more advanced courses, refresher training will take place on all the basics, as well as more advanced in-depth training on each topic, with an emphasis on moving towards deeper and broader understanding coupled with developing greater practical skills, and additional advanced topics introduced at the higher levels.

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Dealing with an outdoor emergency or survival situation (immediate actions)
Understanding human survival needs and prioritising the next steps
The Importance of First Aid
Survival Psychology
The effects of injuries and casualties on the group survival situation
Protection from the elements

Environmental medical (physiological and psychological the affects of being too hot or too cold)
Understand and take care of your clothing
Taking advantage of and improving pre-existing natural shelter (caves, hollows, overhangs, fallen trees, etc).
Shelter building, bedding, insulation and weather protection using natural materials and/or salvaged resources anywhere in the world
Fire lighting and maintenance using any available method

Signalling for rescue

Standard international signals
Improvised techniques

Sourcing water and making it safer to use

Water requirements
Water sources
Problems in wild water and medical aspects (dangers of seawater, dehydration, heat exhaustion, toxicity, pathology)
Water treatment and storage

Acquiring food from the wilds

Understanding our survival nutritional needs
Medical problems from malnutrition and/or food imbalances
Toxins and pathogens in wild food and avoiding them
Flora (food from coastal plants and seaweed)
Fungi (food from fungi, if available)
Fauna (trapping, gathering or catching and preparing food from fish, shellfish, crustacea, fowl, game, insects and invertebrates)

Survival camp craft and routines
Gear and equipment

survival kits
safe use and best practice for knives, axes, saws, fire kits, etc.

Making your own resources (cordage, containers, bedding, etc)
Navigation

Locally
Telling time and direction from natural indicators
Basic map and compass skills
Safe techniques for crossing unknown countryside
Safe river crossing techniques
Moving casualties
Best routes to safety

Planning and Preparation for Emergencies
Understanding international emergency services response
Discussing real life survival situations and their outcomes (learning from experience)

Course Overview

The course is based around a survival scenario, where you will have to provide for yourselves whilst marooned on the coastline.You will have to survive through applying the skills and techniques taught on the course whilst learning how to live entirely on what nature provides from the coastal land and the sea itself. The principles and skills taught are based on tried and tested techniques as used by some of the world’s most experienced survival instructors and experts who form the Trueways team. Following an approach developed by our most senior team member, John Lofty Wiseman, this coastal survival course is ideal for the experienced and beginner alike. Spread over 2 days and 1 evening, spaces on this course are very limited so advanced booking is recommended. See below to book.

Standard Booking or Gift Pack?

Trueways Survival Gift Pack It's possible to book any Trueways Survival course as a direct booking, or you they can be purchased as an excellent Trueways Gift Pack. If you're booking for yourself or you know exactly what course and location you want, a direct booking has the benefit of ensuring that you secure the exact course you want immediately. A direct booking also has the advantage of providing you with all of the course specifics, such as location maps, instructor contact details, detailed equipment list, at the point of booking. However, a gift pack is idea as it's so much more than just an experience voucher. It's something fun and exciting to open and enjoy for hours on the day it's received. As well as a flexible course voucher you'll also receive a 'Trueways Survival Skills with Lofty Wiseman' DVD, a Survival Kit packed with essential goodies, Free membership to our Survival Club and copy of Lofty's Global Best Selling book, 'The SAS Survival Guide'.

Whatever You Choose, Flexibility is Guaranteed!

Regardless of whether you go for a direct booking or a Gift Pack, you can change course dates or location as many times as you like! (*not within 28 days of start date). No hidden catches, just the flexibility you need so there's no excuse not to get booked in! To View All Gift Packs Click Here or To View All Direct Course Bookings Click Here

Course Equipment, Site Directions and Timings

Survival Course Required Equipment A full and complete equipment list will be provided along with specific directions once your booking is confirmed. However, as a minimum you will need to bring with you some basic kit such as; Waterproof jacket & trousers, suitable footware, knife, torch, billy can or cooking pot, drinking cup/mug and a water bottle. For over night courses you will also need a sleeping bag, a bivi bag and a basha or tarp as well as a torch. Don't worry if you haven't got everything you need, we do hire the less common stuff which is typically a lot cheaper than buying.

All courses start at 10am on their start date and typically finish around 4pm on the end date. Food is provided on all courses except the one day courses. There is no need for you to bring food with you.

Although it is possible to reach some of our training locations by public transport, by the very nature of the courses taught there is some necessity for remoteness with regard to many sites. Therefore, for some sites a taxi may be required for the final leg of your journey if you are not traveling by road.

For those travelling by road, all training locations offer parking in some form.

Customer Reviews

5 star rating
Fantastic course. Your instructors have great rapport with the group and were dynamic in their teaching. They paced the days very well and I could definitely not absorb any more knowledge. Although only 3 days, the experience was epic. Huge highs followed devastating lows. A great adventure.

Jadon Ortlepp (jadonblade@.....)

5 star rating
Despite the rain and the cold, everyone had a great time in the field. The extra night in the field was particularly helpful. Highly recommended.

Jia Zhu (jia.mibs@.....)

5 day survival course. A very good course, I arrived there with loads of gear, sleeping bag, bivi bag, tarp, cooking gear,espresso machine :)),and by the 4th day I end up using NONE of this, only my water bottle, my knife and my fire steel. I learn really what I need to survive, how to manage my resources and a lot of good stuff. Good job Trueways. Thanks guys.

Donca Bogdan (maximus79ro@.....)

5 star rating
Hi Trueways, Attended the Cumbrian 3-day survival course, the typical British weather didn't disappoint, testing the shelters we built to the limit. Learnt a surprising amount in such a short period of time and gave me the confidence to tackle the wilderness myself. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our course instructors who made the weekend very enjoyable. I'll be sure to return on another extended course and may bring a few friends along with me. Regards, Thomas Carson

Thomas Carson (james.carson7@.....)