Guided Paddleboard Tour in Padstow

A tour. You need to already stand, paddle for an hour and get back on the board if you fall off. The guide sets the line and talks through the water, but this is not the place to learn your first stroke.

If you have never paddleboarded, book the intro lesson in Padstow instead. That session starts on the bank and builds the skills this tour assumes you already have.

The emergency gate on the Camel Trail, Porthilly View, Padstow, PL28 8DH. The trailer will be there. That road is residential, so parking at the gate is not something to count on.

Use a Padstow town car park and walk down. Arrive 30 minutes early. In summer the town fills, and being late for a tide window is how you miss the brief.

The same tour can run from Harlyn Bay if the wind or tide makes the estuary a poor choice. We will message you if the meeting point moves.

Keep your phone on that morning. If you have already parked in Padstow and we have moved to the bay, you need that message before you walk to the trailer.

A paddleboard, paddle and buoyancy aid. A wetsuit is there if you have sent a size in advance. You can bring your own suit if you prefer.

There are no changing rooms at the meeting point. Get into swimwear in town or use a public toilet in Padstow before you walk down.

Twelve. Younger children are only considered on a family booking of at least four, and only if you ask first so we can judge whether the tour is the right fit.

This is not a first paddle for a child who has never stood on a board. The intro lesson is the better start for that.

Wind is the main reason a tour cannot run. Rain alone is usually fine. If the wind or direction makes the estuary unsafe, we will try to contact you, rearrange, or offer another activity if one is free.

Conditions change quickly. If you are driving a long way, message us the day before rather than hoping the forecast holds.

Swimwear, a towel, warm dry clothes, shoes you can get wet, sunscreen and a water bottle. Send your clothing size if you need a wetsuit.

There is no cafe at the gate. Eat and use a toilet in Padstow first. Leave spare bags in the car in town.

Between two and eight. Two is the minimum for the tour to run. If that number is not met, we will be in touch to move you.

Larger groups can still book. Ask when you book so we have boards and a second guide if the headcount needs it.

Ask when you book. We would rather match you to a board we know on this estuary than have you on a board that does not suit a two-hour paddle.

Your own wetsuit is fine. A buoyancy aid from us is still part of how the tour is run, even if you bring your own board.

No. The gate is a trailer on a residential road, not a beach base. Use the toilets in Padstow before you walk down.

If the session moves to Harlyn Bay, toilets and food sit in the beach car park there. That is one reason we ask you to keep your phone on.