Where to rent kites, eFoils, Hobie Cats, paddleboards, kayaks and jet skis in the BVI, which ones come to your boat, and our favourite kite spots. Cory ran a kite and paddle shop for seven years and taught kiteboarding, so the kite section is personal.
Rent it with the boat
The easy way: paddleboards and kayaks waiting on the dock when you pick up the boat, and collected when you drop it off. Book a week or two ahead in high season.
Island Surf and Sail
Soper’s Hole, West EndRents by the day or the week and delivers free to the charter bases: tandem kayak $185 a week, paddleboards $195 to $275 a week, surfboards, underwater scooters, floating mats and fishing kits. Order before you arrive and it is on the dock with the boat. Website
Last Stop Sports
Road Town, TortolaPaddleboards, kayaks, windsurfers, snorkel and fishing gear, delivered to your boat and collected at the end. Website
Your charter company
At the baseMost will put paddleboards and kayaks aboard for the week at a daily rate. None we know of rents kites or eFoils to bareboats.
Kiteboarding: our favourite spots
The trade winds blow 15 to 22 knots most days from about November to July, strongest in the Christmas winds and again in June and July. September and October are light. Bring your own kit if you can: most charter catamarans have room for a bag, and nobody rents kites to bareboats.
Anegada: the Reef Hotel and Setting Point
Our favouriteFlat, shallow water inside the reef off the south shore, right in front of where you leave the boat. The trade wind comes across the island, so it is gusty close to the beach and cleaner a little way out. Launch from the sand by the Anegada Reef Hotel, or ride straight off the boat in the Setting Point mooring field if you keep well clear of the other boats. Lessons: Tommy Gaunt has two bases, one right here at Setting Point, a short walk from the moorings, and one on the north shore at Anegada Beach Club, where the water is bigger and the wind is onshore.
Anchorage notesSaba Rock, North Sound
Flat water, easyButter flat behind the reef with the trade wind blowing straight in over it. Few beaches to launch from, so most people launch from a dinghy or from the sand spit by Saba Rock and ride Eustatia Sound. Lessons: Up ‘n’ Under runs its kite and eFoil school from the dock at Saba Rock with a chase boat, the best set-up in the BVI if you are learning.
Anchorage notesSandy Spit, Jost Van Dyke
AdvancedA tiny sand island with flat water on the lee side. Boat access only. The wind wraps round the island and it is often busy with boats and swimmers, so this is for confident riders with a friend in the dinghy. Magic when it is empty.
Anchorage notes
Kite schools and rentals
Tommy Gaunt Kitesurfing
Setting Point and Anegada Beach Club, AnegadaTwo bases: one at Setting Point, a short walk from the moorings, and one on the north shore at Anegada Beach Club, Keel Point. Kite lessons, rentals, downwinders, wing foil and eFoil. Published 2026 prices: private two hour lesson $280, shared $350. Open about November to June. Website
Up ‘n’ Under Watersports
Saba Rock, North Sound, and Marina CayKite and eFoil school on the dock at Saba Rock. Boat-based kite lessons with radio helmets and a chase boat. Published prices: private lesson from $350, half-day intro $495, kit rental from $125, a week’s rental $650. Pick-ups offered, so ask about meeting your boat. Website
Deep Bay Watersports
Oil Nut Bay, North SoundKite lessons for beginners and improvers, wing foil, eFoil, Seabob and boat trips. No prices published: ask. Website
eFoil and wing foil
North Sound is the place. Lessons are about 90 minutes and most people are up and flying in the first session.
Up ‘n’ Under
Saba Rock and Marina CayeFoil lessons from $350 for 90 minutes. Rentals for riders who have done it before: $250 a battery (about two hours), $500 a day, from $1,800 a week. Website
BVI eFoils
Oil Nut Bay and Leverick Bay, North SoundLIFT eFoils, wing foil kit and Seabobs. Bitter End’s eFoil partner, and it runs rendezvous lessons for boats on charter, so it can come to you in North Sound. Website
Hobie Cats, windsurfers, paddleboards and kayaks
If you want to sail something small for an afternoon, go to the Bitter End. Everywhere else it is mostly paddleboards and kayaks.
Bitter End Yacht Club
North SoundThe best small-boat fleet in the BVI: Hobie Waves and Getaways, RS Zest dinghies, windsurfers for beginners and experts, paddleboards, kayaks and Hobie pedal boards, plus eFoil and wing foil through its partner. Visiting boats and day guests are welcome: check in at the watersports beach for prices. Website
Blue Rush Water Sports
Leverick Bay, North SoundKayaks (clear-bottom too), paddleboards, Hobies, tubing, a flyboard and jet skis. Guests report kit being dropped off to their boat. Website
Up ‘n’ Under at Marina Cay
Marina Cay, off Beef IslandKayaks and paddleboards as well as eFoil. Handy when you are on a Marina Cay ball. Website
GroundSea Adventures
Road Town and Josiah’s Bay, TortolaSurf lessons at Josiah’s Bay, SUP and kayak tours, and surfboard, SUP, kayak and windsurf rental. Good for the day before you pick up the boat. Website
Jet skis
Jet skis are a grey area in the BVI. They are still listed as a prohibited import and the government has been drafting rules on where they can be used since 2019. A handful of licensed operators rent them. You cannot bring your own on a yacht.
Blue Rush Water Sports
Leverick Bay$75 for 30 minutes, $140 an hour, guided North Sound tours $175 a ski. The best-reviewed jet ski rental in the BVI, and guests report pick-ups from their catamaran. Website
Private Dancer Water Sports
Cane Garden BayJet skis on the beach at Cane Garden Bay, $70 for 30 minutes or $140 an hour, and tours to Jost Van Dyke. Only a Facebook page, so ask on the beach.
Getting round Anegada: mokes, scooters and taxis
Anegada is flat, 11 miles long, and the best beaches are on the far side from the moorings. Rent something at Setting Point and do the north shore in a day: Cow Wreck and Tipsy’s, the kite beach at Keel Point, lunch and snorkelling at Loblolly, the flamingos on the way back. The roads are narrow concrete with sand on top, the speed limit is 30 mph, and there are cows and goats on them. Be back before the rental desks close at 5 to 5:30 pm, and before lobster dinner.
Amazing Rentals
Setting Point road, AnegadaMokes, jeeps and scooters, a short walk up from the Setting Point waterfront. The moke is the way to do Anegada: open sides, room for a cooler and a kite bag, and it goes anywhere the island roads do. Book a day ahead in high season.
L and M’s Scooter and Bicycle Rental, and L and M’s Taxi and Shuttle
On the beach at Setting PointScooters and bicycles right by the mooring field, plus a taxi and shuttle service across the island. Closes about 5:30 pm, so get the bikes back before sunset.
Anjuliena’s
Setting Point road, AnegadaScooters and dirt bikes by the day, next door to Amazing Rentals. Closes about 5 pm.
Open-air taxis
Setting Point ferry dockSafari taxis meet the ferry and wait at the dock for the run to Cow Wreck, Loblolly and the Anegada Beach Club. Agree the fare and the pick-up time before you set off. The Anegada Beach Club also runs a free shuttle from the Lobster Trap.
Watersports in the BVI: common questions
Where is the best kiteboarding in the BVI?
Anegada, Saba Rock in North Sound and Sandy Spit are our three favourites. Anegada has flat water off the Reef Hotel and Setting Point where you leave the boat, and Tommy Gaunt teaches there and on the north shore at Anegada Beach Club. At Saba Rock, Up ‘n’ Under teaches kite and eFoil from the dock with a chase boat. The season runs roughly November to July, when the trade winds blow 15 to 22 knots.
Can I rent a kite or an eFoil with my bareboat?
Not from the charter company. Rent from the schools in North Sound or on Anegada. Up ‘n’ Under rents kites from $125 and eFoils from $250 a battery to riders with experience, and BVI eFoils runs lessons that meet boats on charter.
Can I rent a Hobie Cat in the BVI?
Yes. The Bitter End Yacht Club in North Sound has the biggest fleet, with Hobie Waves and Getaways, RS dinghies and windsurfers, and it welcomes visiting boats. Blue Rush at Leverick Bay also rents Hobies.
Can I rent a jet ski in the BVI?
Yes, from a licensed operator. Blue Rush at Leverick Bay charges $75 for 30 minutes and $140 an hour, and there is a rental on the beach at Cane Garden Bay. You cannot bring your own jet ski into BVI waters on a yacht, and the rules are still being written, so rent, do not tow.
How do you get around Anegada?
Rent a moke, jeep or scooter at Setting Point, where you leave the boat. Amazing Rentals, L and M’s and Anjuliena’s are all a short walk from the moorings, or take one of the open-air taxis that wait at the ferry dock. The rental desks close at about 5 to 5:30 pm.
Can I get paddleboards and kayaks delivered to my charter boat?
Yes. Island Surf and Sail at Soper’s Hole delivers free to the charter bases, with a tandem kayak from $185 a week and paddleboards from $195 a week, and Last Stop Sports in Road Town delivers to your boat. Most charter companies will also add them for a daily rate.
Prices are what each business published when we checked in September 2026, in US dollars, and change often. Confirm before you go. Nobody on this page paid to be here.