Tandem Sea Kayak Rental

Please note: 

• We do not allow our rental kayaks to travel to Outer Island, Devil’s Island, Michigan Island, or North Twin Island.  That leaves 18 of the 22 islands left to explore.
• We reserve the right to accommodate each rental as we see fit
• All rentals must launch from Red Cliff, WI.  You can return to Red Cliff or we can pick you up at Big Sand Bay, Bayfield, Cornucopia and Herbster

About this rental package:
Your reservation starts with a FREE training course.  We offer free safety course because we want everybody to have an opportunity to take the safety course without any fear of wasting money.  If you are unable to demonstrate a solid T rescue at the end of the course we can not rent to you but you aren’t out any money because the safety course is free and we will refund the cost of your rental.  We are only concerned with making sure you are able to demonstrate the necessary sea kayak skills before we send you on to Lake Superior in a sea kayak.

Rentals of $500 or more receive 5% off by using coupon code Rental5 at the top of the checkout page

Rentals of $1000 or more receive 10% off by using coupon code Rental10 at the top of the checkout page

The park service does not allow outfitters to transport rentals within the park. Therefore if you are renting you must either; start and end your trip outside the park (Herbster, Wi or Red Cliff, Wi) or transport the equipment on your own vehicle or rent a kayak trailer. We cannot shuttle rentals inside the park boundary, but we can shuttle them to locations that are outside the park boundary.

Price includes a tandem kayak rental for 2 people (1-boat) + paddle, life jacket, spray skirt, paddle float, pump. The price does not include a wet suit, vhf radio, dry bags or extra paddle.  Wetsuits and VHF radios are needed to rent kayaks from us and if you don’t have your own you can add wetsuit ($20) and VHF radio ($10/ day).  Each person will need a wetsuit, 1 vhf radio per group is required.  If you have your own VHF radio, satellite phone or satellite messenger you do not have to rent a VHF radio from us.

 equipment pickup location is an extra charge.   

• All rental participants must be at least 100 lbs, at least 12 years old (accompanied by an adult) and must take our FREE Sea Kayak Safety Training Course AND pass the Sea Kayak Rental Safety Test. 
• We suggest a maximum of 10 miles of paddling per day for these sea kayaks
• You will need to submit your itinerary to us for reference and safety suggestions
• a VHF radio is required. Multi-day rentals must rent from us (or bring their own ) handheld waterproof VHF radio (1 per group).

 

Sea Kayak Rental Safety Test & Training Course

Everyone in the group must be able to pass our Sea Kayak Safety Test. To
pass, you must demonstrate a T-rescue and an open-water self re-entry of the kayak you are renting.The duration of the course is 1 hour for groups of 6 or less and up to 2 hours depending on group size.

Please take this time into consideration when planning your rentalitinerary. If you think you can pass without taking the course, please request to demonstrate to us the skills above when you arrive and before taking the course.

We are quite strict about our guidelines for renting sea kayaks for island crossings and we reserve the right to deny/cancel your rental if you are unable to pass the Sea Kayak Rental Safety Test or if we do not think your itinerary is appropriate for your skill level or the weather forecast.

Planning your itinerary

Sea Caves: The best itinerary if you want to paddle sea caves is to put in at Red Cliff and take out in Bark Bay (Herbster, Wi).
This route allows you access to many sea cave locations along the way.

The sea cave locations along the way are Red Cliff, Frog Bay, Oak Island, Sand Island, Meyers Bech, Spirit Point and
Roman’s Point.

If you skip Oak Island and Sand Island every other location is along the mainland shoreline.  If you stay along the mainland
shoreline you don’t have to make open water crossings and you can always paddle close to shore.  You would need at least 3 days to complete this itinerary.

Beginner paddlers are encouraged to use Basswood Island, Hermit Island, Oak Island, York Island, Raspberry Island,
Otter Island, Ironwood Island, Rocky Island, Manitou Island, South Twin Island and Stockton Island.  These islands are
more protected from the West wind and offer a safer paddling experience than Meyers Beach, Sand Island, and Romans Point.

Paddlers with experience
can utilize Sand Island, Bear Island, Cat Island, Meyers Beach, and Romans Point. (these areas are more exposed and require
that you can paddle in 3 foot waves).

We do not allow our rental kayaks to travel to Devil’s Island, North Twin Island, Outer Island,  Eagle Island or Michigan Island.

Additional Items for Rent 

• Wet Suit — $20
• Roof Racks & Straps — $25
• Dry Bag — $5
• VHF Radio— $10/ day
• Extra Paddle — $10