Kayakers paddle down an inlet at the Stony Brook harbor kayak tour on June 19 in Stony Brook. Scenic Long Island waterways to tour on kayak Most shops limit the use of their rentals to adjacent waters. With new kayaks costing $500 and up, it’s not hard to find rentals, which run about $30-45 per hour for a single kayak and about $55 per hour for a guided tour.

Most kayak rental operators say learning to paddle is so easy that they can give lessons to beginners just before letting them go out.

Kyle Foresta-Carraro and daughter Francesca Foresta-Carraro,10, of Locust Valley, start their kayak trip at The Waterfront Center, a marine education nonprofit in Oyster Bay, on June 17. Some shops will require those under a certain age to go on a double kayak with an adult. Plus, they’re not noisy like motorboats, which defeats the purpose of going out to see wildlife, Kelly says: “If you go on a boat, you’re more likely to scare them away.”īeginners don’t need to know how to swim, but state law requires anyone on a vessel to wear a lifejacket, which kayak rental places provide. Rental and boating shops organize themed trips, such as the full moon rise with the Stony Brook Harbor Kayak and Paddleboard Rentals some kayak shop operators are for-hire, hauling all the equipment to the starting point.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. They’re familiar vessels at state parks, rivers, the ocean and secluded harbors, with riders both expert and novice commanding the water. “It’s a totally different perspective - land and everything you’re familiar with looks completely different from the water,” says Stiegelmaier. It was a moment Stiegelmaier, founder of Paumanok Tours in Setauket, understood well. For her birthday, a mother just wanted to look at the back of her Setauket home - from a kayak. She feasted visually “in awe” of her house for about 10 minutes, recounts tour guide Kevin Stiegelmaier, as her husband and two children, on their own kayaks, enjoyed their gift to her.

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