Kitty Hawk Kayak & Surf School will get you stoked on the SUP craze with Stand Up Paddleboard lessons and rentals!
We offer SUP lessons at our ideal location with ever-glassy conditions, or in the surf for people ready to catch waves. It's also a great way to explore the sounds of the Outer Banks. Need a board? We can deliver one to your door for the week.
After about 15 minutes of instruction and orientation to the area, this tour leaves standup paddleboarding from our shop in Kitty Hawk and explores the North Carolina Coastal Reserve, one of the few intact maritime forest environments on the Outer Banks. We will also paddle the salt marsh waterways between Martin's Point and Southern Shores.
This is THE BEST locale for biginners and to get on the water on windy days because of the shelter provided by Live Oaks and Loblolly Pine trees insuring smooth waters, even during the Outer Banks' strong Nor’easters!
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Roanoke Island was witness to the first English settlement in the New World and happens to be a killer SUP spot as well!!!! Downtown Manteo is a great standup paddleboarding environment located between the Outer Banks and the mainland and also provides an ideal activity to begin your exploration of the Outer Banks and Roanoke Island. This spot offers a great variey of options given most weather. Exploring the Roanoke Sound, salt marsh cannels or the Manteo harbour are all options at our disposal.
This is a killer place for beginner and experienced SUPers alike and leaves out of the Kitty Hawk Kites store in Downtown Manteo.
A new and exciting SUP tour location on the boarder of Duck and Corolla on the Currituck Sound of the Northern Outer Banks. We launch at the newly renovated Sanderling Resort & Spa and paddle around the salt marsh islands and flatwaters salt of the Currituck Sound. This is a killer place for beginner SUPers and also packs a punch with its gorgeous sunset SUP toursl!!!!
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On this SUP tour, we frequently spot ospreys, pelicans, herons, egrets, ibis, terns, rails, skimmers, wrens, and warbles just to name a few. We will tour the salt marsh canals and flatwaters of the Pamlico Sound. This SUP tour location also packs a punch with its unreal sunsetsl!!!!
This is a killer place for beginner and experienced SUPers alike.
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We offer private and group SUP surf lessons!!! Certified by both the American Canoe & Kayak Association as well as the National Surf School & Instructor Association you will not fine more qualified and professional staff to help you catch waves in no time!!! We shove off right from the beach with the best beginner surf breaks on the island to get you catching and SUPing waves in no time. These lessons are offered on an individual basis so call or email us and we can set up a SUP surf lesson for you. These lessons typically go out at 9am in the morning as the best winds and low crowds at the beack in the am allow us total freedom to catch as many waves as possible in the 1.5 hour lesson.
A typical SUP surf lesson begins with a safety talk and learning the anatomy of a surfboard. Next paddling techniques, balance and feet positioning are discussed. Participants then practice popping up onto the surfboard on the beach before getting wet. The instructor is there to help you catch waves and answer any questions you might have about surfing, the ocean, waves, or surf culture.
Remember to always respect the ocean and never paddle out in unsafe, stormy or ocean conditions beyond your ability. You should be a compotent SUPer in flat water before taking a surf lesson.
Go deeper and broaden your knowledge about stand up paddleboarding with a thorough and challenging curriculum on stand up paddling, safety, board care and navigation course.
This is a killer place for beginner and experienced SUPers alike.
Our store is located on an ideal learning location, sheltered from all winds to provide year-round glassy and calm learning conditions for stand up paddleboarding.We also offer SUP lessons in the surf for people ready to catch waves.
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No board? No problem, we have plenty to rent. Take a lesson and then rent a board for the week to hone your skills.
The Kitty Hawk Kayak & Surf School sells used kayaks, paddles, PFDs (lifejackets), wetsuits, and surfboards periodically from Labor Day to Memorial Day. They are a great deal for used equipment. We do not sell any used equipment during the summer as that is when we need it the most.
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