Sailing & Watersports: Water-sports
A guide to watersports and water-based activities in Tobago
The seas off Tobago are no place for weekend sailors or for those with less than expert knowledge of the area. Insurance costs are prohibitive and as a result visitors will be unable to hire “serious” motorised or non-motorised sailing vessels of any type.
Visitors can, however, hire small catamarans, dinghies, wind and kite surfing equipment and jet skis, from several sources. The safest place to conduct any of these activities is inside Buccoo Bay, which is normally accessed via Pigeon Point. This area provides clean wind and calmer seas, due to the protection of Buccoo Reef. Visitors must be careful not to venture too far out to sea – fatal accidents are not unknown.
The following list represents the most reliable water-sports services on Tobago and we should advise some degree of caution before considering anyone not listed here. We particularly recommend Pigeon-Point-based Radical Sports and Charlotteville-based Tobago Sea Kayak Experience. Details of both are provided below.
Gone Against
New for the 2005/2006 season is Gone Against, an 18-foot powerboat operated by Greg Downes and offering waterskiing, wakeboarding and donut rides, plus personalised charters for up to five passengers.
Gone Against is based at Pigeon Point and the waterskiing and wakeboarding are both conducted in the calm waters of the Bon Accord Lagoon. The donut rides (sitting in a circular ring-like float which is pulled along by the boat) are conducted anywhere along the coast, because it is more fun to have a little sea chop to bounce around in.
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Pigeon Point |
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(868) 786-8213 (Cell) |
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Radical Sports
New
for 2006, Radical Sports is a new watersports business, based
at Pigeon Point, and offering parasailing, wake-boarding, water skiing,
banana boat and ringo rides, using a 31-foot boat custom-built for
parasailing and licenced to carry 12 passengers. They also rent single and double sit-on-top kayaks, ideal for visiting the mangroves in Bon Accord Lagoon and No Man's Land.
Radical Sports is owned and managed by Rikky Knowles, one of the director's of World of Watersports, so although the business is new, the pedigree is well established.
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Pigeon Point |
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(868) 688-2628 |
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R & Sea Divers Company
R & Sea Divers are one of Tobago's very best dive operators. They are located at the Toucan Inn in Store Bay Local Road. R & Sea offer Jet Ski rides that normally include a tour of Pigeon Point, Buccoo Reef and the Bon Accord Lagoon, plus water skiing and Banana rides.
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Pigeon Point |
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(868) 639-8120 |
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Tobago Sea Kayak Experience
Located at Charlotteville Mike Hagopian offers a really great experience to both novice and expert kayakers. This is an experience not to be missed. Click here for a review of this interesting service.
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Charlotteville & Pigeon Point |
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(868) 660-5514 / 771-4247 (Cell) |
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World of Watersports
World of Watersports is based next door to the Hilton Hotel in Lowlands and at Club Pigeon Point (at the very end of the Pigeon Point Peninsula). World of Watersports offer HobieCat 13’s, windsurfing, kite surfing, waterskiing, boogie boarding, wake boarding, Jet skiing, Banana Boat rides, Ringo rides and kayaks plus kite surfing instruction.
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Pigeon Point/Tobago Plantations |
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(868) 660-7234 |
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Most of the big hotels have a selection of small dinghies and kayaks. These are normally only available to resident guests but it could be worth approaching them to see if you can hire one.
