World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals

In World Rowing competition, two formats of coastal rowing competition take place:

• At the World Rowing Coastal Championships, the endurance format is raced. This format sees crews racing in 4 to 6 kilometre races around multiple turning points. It is a challenge of both endurance, skill, navigation, and adaptability to the changing conditions of a longer distance. This is a club based event.
• At the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, the beach sprint format is raced. Beach Sprint is a head-to-head elimination style of racing, with a short sprint along the beach, a 250m row, and a 180-degree turn before rowing back to the beach and sprinting to the finish line. Competitions are structured such that athletes who progress further are required to race multiple times within a short time window. This discipline of rowing tests your power and strength, as well as coastal navigation skills and performance under fatigue. This event is a representative event with national entries only and one entry per nation per event.

There are currently three boat types, solo (1x), double scull (2x) and coxed quad scull (4X+). 

Currently at World Rowing Championships for the Beach Sprints format, there are currently two age groups, open and under 19. 

• Men's events are open solo, under 19 solo and under 19 double scull.
• Women's events are the same, open solo, under 19 solo and under 19 double scull.
• The mixed events are open mixed double sculls, open mixed coxed quadruple sculls, under 19 mixed double scull and inclusion mixed double scull.

Beach Sprints is a relatively new event, the first edition of the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals taking place at Shenzhen, China in 2019. It has been granted World Championship status since inception, and was introduced as a rowing discipline at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Australia sent it's first selected national team at the 2024 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals held in Genoa Italy.