With miles of picturesque waterways Hilton Head Island offers many ways to explore. If you are adventurous and feel the call of the wild, try renting a powerboat and be your own captain.
Parasailing is your ticket to a peaceful yet thrilling experience. Soar over Hilton Head Island and you’ll see the Lowcountry for miles in every direction. Go solo or fly tandem. Choose how high you soar, from 400 to 800 feet in the air. Get wet or stay dry.
How about an extreme day. Experience the thrill of speeding behind a powerboat on nothing more than a pair of water skis or a bouncy rubber tube.
For an action-packed outing on the water, take a banana boat ride.
Anthropologists guess that around 400 A.D. a form of belly boarding on wood planks was introduced in ancient Hawaii. Over the centuries, the art, sport and culture of surfing has evolved.
For a real thrill, surf the wake. Try wakeboarding, wakesurfing, or kneeboarding. However, know that these three watersports are somewhat different.
A popular sport on Hilton Head is jet skiing, or waverunning. Our waters are safe and uncrowded so you can go “fast and bouncy” or “slow and cruise.”
Stand up paddle boarding is one of today’s fastest growing water activities, great for all ages. World-class surfers, fitness gurus and watermen alike have embraced this latest exercise trend.
Offering Lowcountry nature, sightseeing, fishing, and water sports adventuring led by experienced and personable captains.
Offers a wide variety of outdoor programs including: guided kayak rentals and tours, boat-based dolphin tours, charter fishing, boat charters and rentals, tours of historic Daufuskie Island, stand-up paddleboarding, and team & leadership programs.
Palmetto Bay is a full service Marina offering water activities and charters, shopping, restaurants, transient dockage, laundry facility, and boat repair.
Offers parasailing on Calibogue Sound. Also operates Hilton Head Wake Sports, specializing in tubing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, and kneeboarding.
Parasailing, boat rentals, dolphin and nature cruises, and evening cocktail cruises.
Browse 101 Things
1. Visit the Coastal Discovery Museum
2. Climb a Lighthouse and See the View
4. Rent a Bike & Explore the Island
5. Rent a Golf Cart & Explore Daufuskie
9. Rent a Boat & Be Your Own Captain
10. From the Sea to Your Mouth Experience
13. Photograph Nature with a Pro
17. Visit the Sea Pines Forest Preserve
22. Check Out Palmetto Bay Marina
23. Check Out Sunny South Beach
25. Take a Sunset Dinner Cruise
26. Sail on an America's Cup Boat
31. Get Over It With Parasailing
33. Get a Thrill on a Banana Boat
47. Take a Boat to a Restaurant
49. Learn About the Gullah Culture
50. Explore the Stoney-Baynard Ruins
54. Tour a Lowcountry Plantation
55. Encounter the Haunted Side
56. Look for Our Island's Roots
58. Visit the First Freedman's Village
59. Play at a Children's Museum
62. Check Out Our Parks & Playgrounds
63. Play a Round of Miniature Golf
65. Be a Pirate of the Calibogue
69. Visit a Lowcountry Art Gallery
79. Take a Trolley Tour of Savannah
80. Take a Specialty Tour of Savannah
81. Tour the Sites of "The Book"
82. See the Movie Sets of Savannah
86. Tour Savannah's Historic Homes
89. Visit Savannah's Colonial Churches
95. Explore Beautiful Beaufort
96. Visit the Parris Island Museum
99. Explore Sheldon Church Ruins
100. Turn Back Time in Historic Charleston
Browse Activity Companies
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Catmandoo Sportfishing Charters
Crabber J II (Adventure Cruises)
Flying Circus Sailing Catamaran
Frosty Frog Cafe & Daiquiri Bar
Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island
Harbour Town Lighthouse Museum
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
The Holiday (Adventure Cruises)
Island Recreation Center and the S.H.A.R.E. Center for Active Adults
Lowcountry Wildlife Photo Safaris
Resort Source Timeshare Resales
Salt Marsh Photographic Cruises
The Sandbox, An Interactive Children's Museum
South Carolina Repertory Theatre
Spirit of Harbour Town (Vagabond Cruises)
Stars and Stripes (Vagabond Cruises)
Vacation Time of Hilton Head Island

