Difference between Sea Cadets and Sea Scouts

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Could someone please explain to me the difference please. I’m not British and therefore never did the Rainbows, girl guiding thing. I am however looking into changing the girls over to Beavers.
DD1 is 10, will be 11 beginning of academic term into Year 6 soon. She did Rainbows and then moved onto Brownies after being on a waiting list for a year. She did not like it very much in the end. Found it boring and too cliquey and crafty. For the last year she hasn’t done anything.

DD2 is 7 going into Year 3 and she refused to move to Brownies after her birthday over Easter as she didn’t like Rainbows very much in the end.

We have a Sea Cadets nearby but they can only start at age 10. But runs from 7 until 9:30. I therefore couldn’t sign DD1 up as I felt as a single parent there was no one to pick her up as DD1 would be too tired to walk that late. I don’t drive. I have after numerous beggings from DD1 make an enquiry for Sea Cadets and will be meeting them this week to get her to join.

I also received an email about beaver request and I had a reply that DD1 would be able to join the Scouts before end of the year and youngest can start Beavers next year some time due to waiting list.

I mentioned this to their grandmother and she said it’s what my niece is doing who also lives locally. Her group tends to be a Sea Scout. She is still in beavers I believe but will move into Sea Scouts after.

So can someone please explain to me the difference and perhaps the recommended ones. DD1 is very athletic and quite tall due to her dad and she is so interested. So just need clarification if she can do both at the same time or is one prefered over the other.

Thanks

I don't know much about sea cadets, I'm afraid, but Sea Scouts are part of the Scouts.
You have Beavers - for 6 - 8 yr olds (some take from 5 and 3/4)
Cubs - for 8 - 10 and 1/2 yr olds
Scouts - for 10 and 1/2 to 14 yrs
Explorers - for 14 yrs ro 18 yrs
Network for 18 - 25 yr olds.

Sea Scouts wear a blue shirt rather than the bottle green that the majority of Scouts wear. Sea Scouts traditionally tend to do a much higher % of water activities. Other than that, Sea Scouts are very much the same as all Scouts.

I don't know much about Sea Cadets, but, presuming they are the same as Air Cadets and Army Cadets, the local group here insist they attend twice a week (which you might think good or bad), as well as the same type of stuff Scouts do, they also do more "military" stuff. So, for example will learn to march, and parade smartly. They are heavily sponsored by the armed forces, so have very heavily subsidised camps (and I think uniform costs). The additional discipline suits some and puts others off.

Mine have been all through Scouts and I couldn't recommend it highly enough. It is by far and away the most 'value for money' activity any of them have done, butI love it because it has been SO varied. They have had opportunities to learn so many life skills and make so many friends, and have a go at so many different activities.