10 Kayaking & Canoeing in North Carolina Coast That You Shouldn't Miss

September 29, 2021 Diedre Savory

North Carolina'’s coast and 300 miles of barrier island beaches are filled with lovely state parks, top restaurants and world-class golf courses. Cape Fear’'s beaches attract surfers. Wilmington’'s downtown contains fine antebellum homes and exciting shopping and dining. The wind-swept Outer Banks offer historic lighthouses, mysterious Roanoke Island and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Cape Hatteras National Seashore offers hiking, biking and fishing. Ferry trips link islands with the mainland.
Restaurants in North Carolina Coast

1. Coastal Explorations

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5.0 based on 184 reviews

Coastal Explorations

Coastal Explorations is an outdoor touring company dedicated to providing adventure, education, and entertainment fueled by the resources in our own backyard - The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Come join us on a kayak trip or stand-up paddleboard lesson, rent your own kayak or stand-up paddleboard, or go on a crabbing charter for some fun and a fresh seafood dinner!

2. Coastal Kayak Touring Company

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5.0 based on 250 reviews

Coastal Kayak Touring Company

Coastal Kayak Touring Company named a National Geographic Top 100 America's Best Adventures. We offer Kayak Tours & Stand Up Paddle Board Tours from Corolla to Duck to Kitty Hawk, Hatteras Island, and the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge...Our tours are perfect for all ages and experience.

3. Nor'Banks Sailing & Watersports

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5.0 based on 832 reviews

Nor'Banks Sailing & Watersports

Nor'Banks Sailing & Watersports is the premier sailing and water sports location on the Outer Banks. Established in 1979, Nor'Banks has always been a leader in the industry and provides quality equipment, excellent customer service, and a safe environment for everyone. Nor'Banks offers the most complete water sports center on the OBX, with Waverunners, Parasailing, Wake Boarding, Waterskiing, Tubing, Kayaks, SUP, Tours, Pontoon Boat Rentals and Sailing (Rentals, Lessons, Youth Camps and Sales). The waterfront location is amazing with bathrooms, showers, 200-foot pier, and a grassy lawn. Nor'Banks is now the OBX Hobie Cat dealer and features all of their amazing boats for rental and for sale. We have a full restaurant and bar right above us! Come enjoy a day on the water and a night on the town.

4. The Adventure Kayak Company - Day Tours

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5.0 based on 181 reviews

The Adventure Kayak Company - Day Tours

Specializing in guided kayak tours, historical Southport bicycle and walking tours, kayak and bicycle rentals, kayak lessons and kayak retail shop.

5. Summertide Adventure Tours

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5.0 based on 194 reviews

Summertide Adventure Tours

Serving all of Brunswick Co. Out of OIB with Sunset Beach, North Carolina Kayak Tours, kayak rentals, kayak fishing. Charter fishing trips and Sunset Cruises. Retail kayaks and accessories.

6. Ocean Air Sports

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5.0 based on 44 reviews

Ocean Air Sports

Located at the north end of Avon, Ocean Air's soundfront facility offers a variety of activities and adventures for people of all ages and experience levels. The staff at Ocean Air Sports is ready to help you add excitement to your vacation! Learn to kiteboard, windsurf, stand-up paddle, or surf by taking a lesson with one of their experienced instructors or take an exhilarating jet ski ride on the largest course in the Outer Banks. Enjoy the beauty and nature of your surroundings on a guided eco-tour or rent your own kayak, paddleboard, or sailboat. Ocean Air also offers classes and camps for children and adults covering a variety of topics such as outdoor exploration, watersports adventures, yoga, and art. Spend the day on the Pamlico Sound enjoying Ocean Air's boat launch, wildlife viewing boardwalk, convenience store, or on-site restaurant and find your answer to "What's fun on this island?"

7. Mahanaim Adventures - Kayaking Day Adventures

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5.0 based on 139 reviews

Mahanaim Adventures - Kayaking Day Adventures

Mahanaim Adventures is your expert guide to the Best Kayaking Adventures in and around Wilmington NC. We provide the knowledge, experience and equipment, allowing you to create a fun filled adventurous memory for you and your family & friends. Try out one of our sunset kayaking adventures, or maybe one of our black water or salt marsh tours. Check us out today, all you provide is an adventurous spirit!

8. Paddle NC

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5.0 based on 31 reviews

Paddle NC

Paddle NC provides spectacular kayak and SUP, nature tours, rentals and instruction. New discoveries wait around every bend as you navigate pristine salt marsh where Bottlenose Dolphins, Great Blue Herons, and jumping Mullet play. Our Guided and self guided tours will turn your day into an adventure. Explore an area rich in natural resources that Native Americans and early European settlers once inhabited. You'll feel a timelessness by paddling the hidden bays that played a major part in the golden age of piracy, and helped shape our nation through civil and world wars. Join us today to reveal your spectacular Hidden Coast Adventure.

9. Paddle NC

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5.0 based on 479 reviews

Paddle NC

Experience your environment from a different perspective. Paddle NC provides spectacular, NC State Park, kayak and paddle board (SUP) nature tours and rentals.Our guided and self guided kayak and paddle board tours turn your day into an adventure as you paddle where Native Americans and early European settlers once called home. These are the same waters that played a major part in the golden age o

10. Wrightsville Kayak Company

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5.0 based on 29 reviews

Wrightsville Kayak Company

Serving Wrightsville Beach with kayak rental and SUP / paddle board rentals, Wrightsville Kayak Company delivers kayaks, paddleboards, gear, maps, dry storage, and instruction straight to you and then we pick up when you're done! Easy peasy. Also serving Figure 8 Island and surrounding areas.

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