The geography of the Outer Banks gives you the chance to enjoy many activities that you wouldn’t otherwise experience – sailing in the ocean or sound. Outer Banks boating and sailing can be enjoyed through canoe, kayak and boat tours, crabbing trips, visits to marinas, private charter trips (fishing charters included), boat rentals and even sailing camps. Imagine embarking on your sailing trip in the early morning, watching the sun hit its zenith in the sky between glances of the passing coastline, your captain and crew ready to whisk you away to picturesque spots as you repose on the luxurious boat. Sounds like a pretty nice way to spend the day right? Outer Banks boating and sailing can be suited to fit the adventure you have in mind, whether it’s self-conducted or led by a captain, in a kayak through the marshland or in a boat cruising through the ocean. Check out the listing below to see what Outer Banks sailing and boating adventures await you and your family during your beach trip. Check out our Boat Ramps section for information on where to launch your vessels.
Outer Banks Things To Do by Area
Corolla | Duck & Southern Shores | Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills & Nags Head
Roanoke Island & Manteo | Hatteras Island | Ocracoke Island
Outer Banks Things To Do by Category
Outer Banks Boating & Sailing
Join a captain and crew for a two-hour saltwater safari on the newest vessel in the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center fleet. The Safari is a 50-foot...read more
Outer Banks Boating & Sailing
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Interested in kitesurfing? This is your place on Ocracoke Island. The Sea Monkey Lodge & Kite School owner Keith Croghan is the ambassador of kiting on the island and gladly shares his love of the island and sport. With more than 15 years of experience teaching kite-surfing lessons, Keith operates the island's only kite school for all levels from beginners to advanced riders looking to enhance their skills and experience some of Ocracoke’s truly world-class kiting conditions and scenery. Beginner lessons are held in the safe, shallow, calm waters of the Pamlico Sound. For more advanced riders, Keith facilitates downwinders and excursions as well as tricks and wave-riding clinics. Want to graduate from the sound to the surf? This is the place! The guided downwinders are truly hidden gems through some of the island’s more hard-to-reach and untouched places. Keith also offers multi-day kite camps for all levels as well as sailing lessons on 15’ daysailers.
Keith operates a boutique kite lodge and budding permaculture ranch. The guest house, a perfect base for all your adventures, serves as the center for like-minded windsports and watersports enthusiasts. The lodge offers accommodations for larger groups but also welcomes solo travelers, with options of booking the whole property for your group, private rooms or even the occasional van/tent/coach camper. Tucked away on a quiet creek with plenty of shade and a well-provisioned kitchen, it’s got everything you need and is centrally located within walking distance to shops, bars and restaurants.
Interested in kitesurfing? This is your place on Ocracoke Island. The Sea Monkey Lodge & Kite School owner Keith Croghan is the ambassador of kiting on...read more
Interested in kitesurfing? This is your place on Ocracoke Island. The Sea Monkey Lodge &...read more
Outer Banks Boating & Sailing
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pamlico Sound, Toeside’s Watersports in Avon has what it takes to conduct your saltwater adventure. Offering kite-boarding...read more
Outer Banks Boating & Sailing
The folks at Village Marina call this the “best little dink marina anywhere.” Small as it is, Village Marina offers slip rentals with water and electric...read more
Outer Banks Boating & Sailing
For youth who want to learn to sail, Roanoke Island Maritime Museum offers its Youth Sailing Programs from the second week in June through the first week in...read more
