Kayaking in Massachusetts
Kayak Massachusetts — find a great paddling route. Find a kayak outfitter or store. Find a kayaking school, rental shop or tour guide. We have listed a little bit of what Massachusetts has to offer the kayaker.
Bad Fish Outfitters
They are a full service fishing store that specifically caters to the kayaking angler. They rent kayaks and have guided fishing trips.
Belle Isle Kayak Adventures
A full-service kayak rental shop just outside of Boston in Winthrop.
Billington Sea Kayak
Plymouth area shop offers kayak and canoe sales, kayaking instruction, and sea kayaking tours. You can try out their line of kayaks right on the water every Summer weekend.
Boating in Boston
Rent a boat or get a lesson in Hopkinton, Spot Pond, Boston, Plymouth or Wakefield. Try kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, paddling, peddle boats, canoeing and more.
Boston Outrigger Canoe Club
Hawaiian style canoe paddling on the East Coast.
Boston Sea Kayaking Club
Paddling club.
Charles River Canoe & Kayak
Offers canoe & kayak rentals (in Boston, Natick, and Newton), sales, instruction, trips, tours and kids' camps.
Eastern
Mountain Sports Kayak School
Offers kids and adult classes, private lessons, and day and evening kayak
tours.
Essex River Basin Adventures
Providing guided sea kayak tours, lessons, a summer kids camp, and sales since 1994. Located 45 minutes north of Boston in Cape Ann.
Explore Cape Cod Kayak Tours
Since 1998, offering naturalist tours in the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Fin and Feather Sports
Upton outdoors shop sells Oldtown, Ocean Kayaks, Kiwi, Cobra, Necky and more.
Little Harbor Boathouse Community Rowing & Paddling
Offers kayak, stand-up paddle board rentals and storage, kids camps, rowing for adults and teens and sales in Marblehead, MA.
Martha’s
Vineyard Kayak Company
Offers rentals.
Mass Kayak Bass
Organization for kayak bass fishing in the state of Massachusetts.
Nashoba Paddler
Kayak lessons, rentals and tours one hour northwest of Boston.
New England Small Craft
Northeast Massachusettes paddle shop.
Newbury Kayak and Canoe
Sells kayaks, canoes, stand up paddleboards and accessories. They also rent equipment and you can launch your craft right from their marina on the Parker River.
Northshore Outrigger Canoe Club
Club provides recreational and competitive paddling opportunities in the sport of Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing in the Boston area.
Norton Kayak Company
Provides kayak tours of the scenic Norton Reservoir.
On the Charles
This site details kayaking opportunities on the Charles River. It lists different launch sites from Norfolk to Cambridge, with directions and instructions for portaging the dams.
Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures
Based in Westport, Osprey provides training and classes for all skill levels, guided tours, rentals, and new and used sea kayaks for sale.
Plum Island Kayak
Located in Newburyport, MA, Plum Island has tours, rentals and instruction.
REI - Boston
You can sign up for classes and on-the-water outings.
Tom
Foster Paddling Instruction
Offers instruction.
The Trustees of Reservations
Offers guided kayak tours of the Crane Wildlife Refuge in Essex Bay.
Wild Turkey Paddlers
Dedicated to kayak and canoe enthusiasts in
Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod.
Zoar Outdoor
Offers a whitewater kayak and canoe paddling school, hiking and rafting
trips, and an outfitters shop.
