Level up skills or explore the Bay
Kayak & paddle board lessons & tours
Learn fast and explore farther with expert instructors at Crane Cove Park.
With equipment$124
Bring your ownfrom $69
RunsWeekends
Privatefrom $249
Lessons start in protected water at Crane Cove and build real on-the-bay skills: stance and balance, efficient strokes, turning and control. Tours go further, with a guide who knows the water.
Learn
Never done it, or want a coach watching your stroke. Start here.
Saturdays, 9:00am · 90 minutes
Learn to paddle board
$124/person
5 people max · Ages: 10+ w/parent, 13+ alone
For first timers and resort paddlers. Start on land, then practise along the waterfront.
Saturdays, 11:00am · 90 minutes
Learn to kayak (on the Bay tour)
$124/person
10 people max · Ages: 10+ w/parent, 13+ alone
Sit-on-top kayaks are easy, and this is the Bay tour with instruction at the start to get you going. Never kayaked? This is your way in. It moves as a group, so come fit enough to keep up. Never been on a paddle board? Take the 9:00am lesson first.
Prices are per person. The lesson is $124 with our board, $99 with your own. Private is priced by group size: $249 for one, then $185, $170, $160 and $150 each for two to five.
Explore
A guide, a route, and somewhere worth paddling to. The Saturday 11:00am Bay tour takes first-time kayakers, though it moves as a group, so you need to be fit enough to keep up. On a paddle board, take the Saturday 9:00am lesson first. The Bay Bridge tour and the full moon paddle both need paddling experience.
Saturdays, 11:00am · 90 minutes
Tour the Bay
$124/person
10 people max · Ages: 10+ w/parent, 13+ alone
Kayak or paddle board along the central waterfront, conditions set the route. Beginner kayakers welcome and we get you going at the start. You will be keeping pace with the group, so come fit enough for that. On a paddle board you need the 9:00am lesson first.
Sundays, tide dependent · 2 hours
Tour to the Bay Bridge
$124/person
10 people max · Ages: 10+ w/parent, 13+ alone
The longest one we run, and it needs experience. Paddle in the shadow of the bridge. Start time follows the tide.
Once a month · 60 minutes
Full moon paddle
$124/person
10 people max · Ages: 10+ w/parent, 13+ alone
Launch as the full moon rises over the Bay. Calm water, city lights, and one date a month. Needs paddling experience.
Prices are per person, on any tour. $124 with our board or single kayak, or $79 each if two of you share a tandem. Bring your own boat and it is $99, or $69 each in a tandem.
Upcoming sessions
Straight from the booking system. Registration usually closes 12 to 24 hours ahead so we can set staffing and equipment.
9:00am Bay tourKayak, or board after a lesson Sat 12 Sep
11:00am Intro lessonLearn to paddle board Sat 19 Sep
9:00am Bay tourKayak, or board after a lesson Sat 19 Sep
11:00am Bay Bridge tourExperienced paddlers Sun 20 Sep
1:44pm Intro lessonLearn to paddle board Sat 26 Sep
9:00am Bay tourKayak, or board after a lesson Sat 26 Sep
11:00am Full moon paddleLaunches at moonrise Sat 26 Sep
6:53pm
Good to know
Before you go
Where we take you
The routes your instructor picks from are all on the map, from the warm-up inside Crane Cove to the longer glides towards the Bay Bridge.
Before you launch
Plan your paddle around the current
Tell it when you want to get on the water and when you want to be back. It reads the Potrero Point predictions and tells you which way to head first.