World Rowing Coastal Championships

The World Rowing Coastal Championships are an official coastal rowing championship competition organised by World Rowing. The competition was first held in 2006 as the Rowing Coastal World Challenge and took official World Championships status in 2007, being held annually since the beginning (except 2012 and 2020). In these championships, the endurance format is raced, with 4-6km races, in contrast with the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in which the head-to-head elimination style is raced, with a short sprint along the beach.

The Heats and B-Finals are raced on 4km courses, whereas the A-Finals are raced on 6km courses.

The starts and finishes can be either on land or at sea, depending on the venue and conditions.