Paddle along the historic Anahulu stream, home of the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles. These enormous and friendly sea creatures swim peacefully along the river. They can grow up to 500lbs! Enjoy learning about the history of the location while learning skills and tips about stand up paddling. Come during the evening to enjoy a stunning Hawaiian sunset. You will begin with a brief lesson on land and then paddle across a calm bay into the Anahulu stream. As a group lesson, other paddlers to join as well. Enjoy getting to know other travelers on a fun experience! Don't have good balance? New to the sport? Don't know how to swim? No worries -- All our instructors are certified lifeguards, super friendly, and highly trained to give you an awesome experience on the water. We are Oahu's oldest running stand up paddle school -- 11 years and loving it! Discover for yourself why we have received a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor since 2014. We look forward to paddling with you!
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 13.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Group Stand Up Paddle Lesson and Tour lasts about 2 hours.
Prices start at $104 per person for this Oahu experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, starting at 11:00 AM.
Children aged 4–6 pay from $104, adults from $104.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Meet us at the Rainbow Watersports van -- the blue van with the big Rainbow on it in the middle of the bay. We are located between Haleiwa beach park (62-449 Kamehameha hwy) and the Beachhouse restaurant (62-540 Kamehameha hwy). Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in PT, EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 43 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Rainbow Watersports Adventures.
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Best part of coming to Hawaii! Easy to find. Really good instructions, only fell twice trying to stand up. Saw a few turtles and manta rays
We love hearing that this was the best part of coming to Hawaii! Thank you for being a part of our Ohana (family) for the day! Mahalo and hope to see you again.
Guide provided great instruction on how to paddle board (we had no previous experience). Guide also provided interesting information on the area. So glad we did this and definitely recommend.
We love having newbies on our paddles and sharing our love of paddling with our guests. Thank you for choosing Rainbow.
We really enjoyed our first paddle boarding experience with Rainbow Watersports! The tutorial got us prepared to paddle in the ocean and down the river. We saw native birds and beautiful landscape. Would love to go again!
Thank you for paddling with us, we hope to see you again soon!
Would definitely recommend! We saw lots of turtles and enjoyed the glow ride. Unique family experience that we would do again! Perfect evening, beautiful sunset, fun glow SUP ride.
Our glow paddle is a favorite among our guests. We love hearing that you had a good time. Thank you for the review and we hope to see you again!
This tour was amazing. Definitely once in a lifetime. You can’t leave Hawaii without going. We saw so many turtles and the kids loved it.
Thank you!🤙
The paddle board lessons was an amazing experience. I thought I wouldn't be able to stand on the paddle board but with our incredible instructor I was able to go through the river completely standing the entire time. The view and sea turtles (lots of them) was wonderful! I highly recommend driving out to North Shore and paddle board through the river!!
I'm so happy you stood up! And I'm glad the turtles came to say hi too! Thank you for paddling with us!🤙
It was a much more wonderful time than I expected! You’ll be taught how to enjoy paddleling so kindly. It's easy for everyone to do it.
We're so grateful you had a great time! We love our instructors! 🤙
Great experience! We signed up with my wife for a paddle initiation lesson. Our instructor Kate was AMAZING. We had a lot of fun. She made it very easy for us and taught us very well. We even saw some turtles!
It's wonderful that you and your wife had a blast! Seeing turtles definitely adds a touch of magic to your experience. We appreciate your kind words and hope to see you again for more adventures on the water!
We had a lot of fun and saw many sea turtles! The instructor was very nice and helped us learn to paddle board for the first time.
So much fun! It ended up just being my boyfriend, Kate our instructor, and myself. We had such a fantastic time together! She was so thorough with the safety instructions and I felt totally confident throughout the entire paddle. Safe enough to even take off my life jacket! Easy paddle, lovely views and turtles! You can’t go wrong booking this tour with the wonderful Kate. 10/10
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