Family Camps

Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer host a variety of family camping programs throughout the fall and spring.

During Embark Family Camp Week, families get to play and stay together. Ziplines, boating, archery, arts and crafts - it's all here on the beautiful coast of North Carolina. 

We offer weekend camps for the whole family and specific weekends for mothers and daughters and fathers and sons. Whatever your speed, we've got a program for you. 

Family Camp is for new campers, alumni campers and everyone in between. It's a great time to check out Camp together. 

Housing

Stay in a spacious open-air cabin with bunk beds and catch the breeze off the water. Cabins have storage for belongings and attached private showers and bathrooms. A limited amount of air-conditioned housing may be available (at an additional cost) for each session. 

Housing
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Packing List

Packing for Family Camps is pretty simple. Shorts, weather gear, swimsuits, sleeping bags or sheets and a good sense of adventure and fun are almost everything you need. Sports gear like tennis rackets, golf clubs and fishing gear are optional. We've got lifejackets for everyone, too. 

Packing List
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The Best Day Together

What to do first? How to spend your day? Check out our sample weekend schedules for arrival times, activity times and special weekend events. 

The Best Day Together

Family Camp Sessions

Spend the week at Camp! Meals and activities are included in this Sunday through Friday adventure. 

Cost:
$634, per person, YMCA member
$706, per person, non-YMCA member

Housing costs, and add-ons (linens, air-conditioning, etc) can increase the above cost.

Two weekends of fun Family Camp - one in the spring and one in the fall. All the fun of Family Camp except rolled into one weekend. Meals and activities are included. 

 

Cost, May 16 - 18, 2025:
$257, per person, YMCA member
$286, per person, non-YMCA member

Cost, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2025 (Labor Day):
$342, per person, YMCA member
$380, per person, non-YMCA member

Housing costs, and add-ons (linens, air-conditioning, etc) can increase the above cost.

This special weekend is for all the mothers, aunts, grandmothers and daughters. Spend a weekend together boating, traditional camp activities and special bonding time together. Meals and activities are included. (Ages 5 and older)

Cost:
$223, per person, YMCA member
$248, per person, non-YMCA member

Housing costs, and add-ons (linens, air-conditioning, etc) can increase the above cost.

Spend the weekend together making memories and enjoying all the activities Camp has to offer. Meals and activities are included. (Ages 5 and older)

Cost:
$223, per person, YMCA member
$248, per person, non-YMCA member

Housing costs, and add-ons (linens, air-conditioning, etc) can increase the above cost.

Anchoring the Family is a special weekend program open to cancer survivors and their families through all stages of their journey. Camp activities are open and the weekend provides adventure and fun for everyone. Thanks to Annual Campaign support, Camp offers this program at a reduced cost to families. 

Sample Schedule

This is a general idea of what a weekend at a Family Camp program may look like.

Specific activities will be updated closer to the weekend. 

3 - 7 p.m.: Welcome and check-in. Activities open.

6 - 7:15 p.m.: Buffet dinner

7:30 p.m.: Weekend kick-off (bring a chair or something to sit on)

8:30 p.m.: Free time, get settled for the night

10 p.m.: Bedtime (please observe quiet times)

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.: Coffee service for adults outside the Dining Hall

7:30 a.m.: Reveille

7:45 - 8:45 a.m.: Breakfast

9:15 a.m.: Activities open

12:30 p.m.: Activities close

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.: Buffet lunch followed by rest period

2:30 p.m.: Activities open

5:30 p.m.: Activities close, return to cabins to prepare for dinner

5:45 - 6:45 p.m.: Dinner

6:45 - 7:45 p.m.: Free time (self-serve activities open)

8 p.m.: Evening program

10 p.m.: Bedtime (please observe quiet times)

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.: Coffee service for adults outside the Dining Hall

7:30 a.m.: Reveille

7:45 - 8:45 a.m.: Breakfast

9 a.m.: Devotion

9:15 a.m.: Activities open

noon: Activities close

12:15 - 1:15 p.m.: Buffet lunch

1:30 p.m.: Departure, close shutters, check cabin for belongings, turn off lights, leave bagged trash on front porch