15 years!
When I started Water Monkey in 2012 the most common question parents asked during camper drop-off was: ‘So, who’s in charge here?’. Those first families somehow trusted me with their campers and the rest is history!
How it started (left, Evan (27)) and how it’s going (right, Evan (41) and son, Finn (10)).
Things have changed over the years - coaches, boats, chefs, location, my hairline - but the camp vibe we created in 2012 remains as it always has. There’s no pressure to learn a trick…but we’ll certainly have the camera ready when you stick it. You don’t have to be best friends with your bunkmates…but we won’t be surprised if you meet up outside of camp and someday pick the same college together. You don’t have to be an adventurous eater…but we have the recipe for chef Sandra’s poke bowl sauce ready to go when you call and ask. You can come here nervous and homesick…and I’ll make sure you find your place and beg to come back for more weeks next summer. The vibe is hard to describe but the campers and parents get it and that’s what matters the most!
Now, enjoy some stats from our 2026 camp season, our 15th!
6 weeks of camp from mid-June to early-August
80.56% full (87 spaces filled out of 108 with 81 unique campers)
Campers stayed an average of 1.068 weeks
Average number of campers each week was 14.5
35.63% new campers and 64.37% returners
Campers were 32.18% girls and 67.82% boys
Average camper age was 13.511
Campers came from 12 states (CA, CO, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, VT) as well as Spain and the United Kingdom
7 coaches, 1 chef and 1 director
Average coach age was 19.857
3 unreal edits made by our own fabulous media coach, Elise
So much gear
15 models / sizes of Phase 5 wakesurf boards (39 boards in all)
6 sizes of Liquid Force wakeboards (9 setups in all)
9 SUP boards, 6 pairs of combo skis, 3 sizes of Radar slalom skis, 2 wakeskates
Average lake temperature during camp was about 79 degrees
1 cabin door destroyed ‘mysteriously’
30 towels left behind in our lost and found…donated to our local animal shelter
About 2,300 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners served by our private chef
45 5-gallon buckets of food scraps hauled to our compost pile…diverting about 650 pounds of waste from the local landfill
10,442 pictures and videos uploaded and shared with our campers and their families
14,271 visitors to www.watermonkeycamp.com in the past year (13,000 unique) viewed 24,000 pages
About 400 hours clocked on our Supra boats (SV400, SV450 and SA450)
About 100 hours of private lessons on client boats
3,443.975 gallons of premium marine fuel burned by our boats producing roughly 31.24 metric tons of CO2 (68,880 pounds). We offset this pollution through a donation of $635 to CoolEffect.org which has been our charity of choice for 13 years. We also made a $250 contribution to the Society for the Protection of NH Forests to help in their effort to conserve our amazing NH forests which, in turn, protect our pristine lakes.
We have now offset roughly 535 metric tons (almost 1.2 million pounds) of CO2 since 2012!
Summer 2027 will be here before we know it so please keep us in mind as your plans come together. We will be offering four weeks of summer camp camp along with private mini-camps, private lessons, and property rentals. So, if you’re looking for some fun on the water, get in touch and we will make it happen.
Sincerely,
Evan
617-855-WAKE (9253)