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Sea Kayak Adventure: Explore Torbay's Hidden Coves
4.9
136 Ratings
Torbay
Explore sea caves, spot dolphins, and enjoy a beach fire on a guided kayak safari in the English Riviera. Perfect for families and beginners.
Explore sea caves, spot dolphins, and enjoy a beach fire on a guided kayak safari in the English Riviera. Perfect for families and beginners.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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English Riviera - Guided Wildlife, Bushcraft and Sea Cave Kayak Safari
Enjoy a morning exploring the English Riviera Unesco Global Geopark, where you will paddle through stunning caves and around dramatic rock formations and into remote coves. You will stop on a secluded beach to hunt for fossils, taste a wild foraged marine herb and have a beach…
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English Riviera - Guided Wildlife, Bushcraft and Sea Cave Kayak Safari
Enjoy a morning exploring the English Riviera Unesco Global Geopark, where you will paddle through stunning caves and around dramatic rock formations and into remote coves. You will stop on a secluded beach to hunt for fossils, taste a wild foraged marine herb and have a beach fire where you will get to toast marshmallows!
Our active seal populations and resident cetaceans move around South Devon and can be observed on many of our tours. Our seals fish and bask in the sun at their favourite haul outs that we pass and observe them from our boats.
Bring snacks and water with you, and in the summer months, we recommend you wear shorts and a sports top. In the autumn and spring bring active walking clothes or waterproof trousers if you have them on colder days. Conditions can change, but we outfit you with any technical clothing that you may require.
What's Included
- Beach Fire and Marshmallows
- Family tickets available from Sea Kayak Torbay
- Dedicated guide to the geopark and marine life
- All equipment and technical clothing provided
- Beach team assistance for launching and landing
- Beach Fire and Marshmallows
- Family tickets available from Sea Kayak Torbay
- Dedicated guide to the geopark and marine life
- All equipment and technical clothing provided
- Beach team assistance for launching and landing
Additional Information
Sea Kayak Torbay provides expertly guided tandem sea kayak tours in the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark, offering engaging experiences for all ages and skill levels. Paddle through sea caves, explore hidden coves, observe local wildlife such as seals, and learn about the coastline’s ancient geology with our enthusiastic guides.
Tours feature…
Sea Kayak Torbay provides expertly guided tandem sea kayak tours in the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark, offering engaging experiences for all ages and skill levels. Paddle through sea caves, explore hidden coves, observe local wildlife such as seals, and learn about the coastline’s ancient geology with our enthusiastic guides.
Tours feature opportunities for wild swimming, foraging, fossil hunting, beach fires, and toasted marshmallows on secluded beaches. Feel free to bring a picnic and swimwear.
Our stable tandem touring kayaks with supportive backrests are perfect for beginners, families, and mixed abilities, with comprehensive training provided before launch. Discounted family tickets are available.
Solo paddlers are welcome with an additional charge and should have prior sea kayaking experience, including capsize recovery.
We offer up to 3 guides per tour to ensure a safe, supportive, and unforgettable experience.
For families, solo paddlers, or groups with odd numbers, please contact Sea Kayak Torbay at 01803 912963.
- Any children under 15 must be seated in a tandem with an adult
- A basic level of physical ability is required
- Knowing how to ride a bicycle is beneficial
- Any child under 15 must be with 1 adult, no exception
- Solo Kayaks are available at a surcharge at the beach
Location
Oddicombe Beach Shop
Babbacombe Downs Road
Please arrive at 0945 to the beach.
We are situated on the Oddicombe Beach slipway next to 3 Degrees Restaurant. Please park at 0930 near to the Babbacombe Cliff Railway Cafe or use the Model Village Car Park TQ13LA and descend next to the Babbacombe Cliff Railway. There is no parking at the beach.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(136 Ratings)
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390rosie
Apr 6, 2026
Brilliant kayak trip around the geo park! - Brilliant morning kayaking. Kieran was a great guide, very informative about the geology and wildlife. Loved trying foraged seaweed and rock samphire. Highlights were seeing a seal eating a freshly caught fish and toasted marshmallows on the beach. Thoroughly enjoyed by the whole family!
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Rashna_g
Apr 6, 2026
Fabulous Experience Not To Be Missed! - Truly the highlight of our week visiting Torquay. One of the best ways to soak in the natural beauty of the area and highly recommend this particular kayaking tour. Kieran is incredibly knowledgeable, personable and helpful throughout. Everything you need is provided including wet gear/protection. Kieran shared great info on the local area, landscape history and wildlife. The Beach stopover with toasted marshmallows was a nice add on touch that even my 17 year daughter & I enjoyed :) Couldn't have asked for more from this experience and hopefully will have a chance to enjoy it again. Don't think twice and book this; you'll be very happy you did!
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Kaycc7341uq
Apr 3, 2026
Kayaking a beautiful part of England. - I went on the tour with my 14 and 10 year olds. The guide Kieran was great with the kids. Kayaking into the caves was the highlight! And seeing seals, peregrine falcons, cormerants and other birds. Definitely recommend, we learnt a lot including local history, geography, and which seaweeds are edible! Tasting was optional!
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Annette_whalley
Mar 31, 2026
Great kayaking along a beautiful coastline - Absolutely the best kayaking experience we have had. We typically go on guided kayak trips (for the past 10+ years) at least once a year and this was by far the best we’ve been on.
What to expect: We parked at Babbacombe cliff cafe - the scones and toasties are serious there and worth a visit after kayaking. It’s a walk or ride down to oddicombe beach where Kieran was waiting for us. Here we got kitted out with kayaking gear and had a brief but comprehensive run through kayaking safety / technique and packed snacks etc into dry bags.
After carrying kayaks down to the beach Kieran launched us into the water, checked we were good and off we went exploring caves, looking at the extensive geology of this bit of coastline and getting up close but not too close with seals and a variety of wild birds. Add in a stop on the beach and this was just a brilliant way to spend a day. Not too strenuous in terms of physicality and just really enjoyable being out on the water exploring the coast. Kieran is great company and clearly very knowledgeable about the coastal wildlife and about kayaking. A brilliant experience all round - highly recommend. We travelled up from Salcombe and it was well worth it!
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Amy
Nov 8, 2025
Fantastic morning kayaking - We did a kayak tour with Kieran today- considering it was November we had amazing weather lovely calm sea and blue sky’s. He was very informative and friendly- we got to see sea birds and seals and stopped on a beach to look for fossils and toast marshmallows! Kieran had lots of knowledge on local history and geology- a great morning! A great activity all year round.
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Felicityo969
Oct 27, 2025
Sea kayaking safari south coast - Excellent tour. Saw seals and bird of prey. Very informative guide. Lots of help with kayaking. Beautiful scenery! Toasting Marshmallows on the beach!
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R5938dckatiec
Oct 27, 2025
Fun and memorable experience for outdoor lovers - Great family adventure. Our guide, Kieran, shared lots of interesting facts about local geology and wildlife, but the highlights for us were kayaking through the caves and trying foraged seaweed and samphire. Really memorable experience and a holiday highlight.
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Peter
Oct 12, 2025
Excellently guided sea kayak tour. - An excellent tour, informative and enjoyable.
Great equipment and plenty of specialist clothing supplied.
Kieran is as enthusiastic as he is knowledgeable about the coastal area.
Respectful of the environment and local ecology, we saw seals without encroaching and they then followed us out from the beach.
Very relaxed tour with all abilities being catered for and getting the most from their time exploring the coastline.
Highly recommended and will be booking again.
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S539oecharlotted
Oct 9, 2025
Lovely afternoon! - We had a lovely afternoon with Kieran. Just the three of us and perfect conditions. We really enjoyed learning about the geology (and I’m a geologist!), and the wildlife, and seeing the coast from the sea. We’ve done some paddling over the years but not for a while and it felt like far enough to feel as though we’d done some, but not too far for our rusty muscles!
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Davidse7670qk
Sep 28, 2025
Great day out - Great day out. Very knowledgeable and friendly guide.
Seen seals, caves and many birds.
Great views. Would massively recommend this company.
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