Hari ubwoko butandukanye bwa kayaks zikoreshwa mu mazi meza no mu mazi meza. Ingano n'imiterere bizatandukana cyane bitewe n'ubwoko bw'amazi arimo gukaraba n'ubushake bw'umukaraba. Igice cya kabiri cy'ingenzi mu gukaraba ni agapira ko mu mazi gashyirwa ku ruhande, aho agapira ko mu mazi gashyirwa ku ruhande kugira ngo gafashe kugabanya umuyaga urwanya, naho akandi gapira gakoreshwa iyo kari mu mazi. Nanone biratandukanye mu burebure n'imiterere, bitewe n'ikoreshwa ryabyo, uburebure bw'umukaraba n'ibyo umukaraba akunda. Kayak igomba kuba ifite ikintu kimwe cyangwa byinshi bifasha mu kuroha amazi (bizwi kandi ko ari ukuremba) kugira ngo ikore umwanya wo guhumeka kugira ngo wirinde ko kayak iremba iyo yuzuye amazi. Ikoti ry'ubuzima (rizwi kandi ko ari igikoresho cyo kureremba cyangwa PFD) n'ingofero bigomba kwambarwa igihe cyose. Kayaks nyinshi zikunze gusaba gusiganwa mu mazi, kimwe na kayaks zo mu mazi meza. Ibindi bikoresho bitandukanye by'umutekano birimo: gucura ihuha kugira ngo ugaragaze ko hari ikibazo; gutera umugozi kugira ngo ufashe abandi bakaraba; icyuma cyo koga n'inkweto zikwiye zo mu mazi bigomba gukoreshwa bitewe n'akaga gaterwa n'amazi n'ubutaka. Imyenda ikwiye, nk'ikoti ry'umusemburo, ikoti ryo koga, cyangwa ikoti rikoresha spray, nabyo bishobora gufasha abakora kayaking gukonja cyangwa ubushyuhe bw'ikirere.