Located in Smiths Lake, Australia, Pacific Palms SUP is a great place to paddle in the area! Perfect Paddles recommends checking out their beginner lessons, especially if you don't have any experience paddling!
Learn to stand up paddle and have stand up paddle lessons with Pacific Palms SUP, an accredited ASI stand up paddle school, located in the stunning Great Lakes Region on the Mid North Coast, just 3 hours north of Sydney and 25 minutes south of Forster, NSW Australia.
Pacific Palms SUP is owned and operated by husband and wife team Jeff and Francesca Hanlon. They both hold ASI accredited Level 2 Exposed Waters SUP Instructor certificates as well as water rescue and first aid qualifications.
Jeff is also a Level 3 accredited SUP instructor qualified for beginner surf locations. He is a professional yachtsman with extensive water experience having spent the last 20 years as a full time yacht captain, sailing the world. In 2006 he was introduced to supping and loved it and since then has had a SUP board on the yacht and supped at every chance he could get.
Francesca shares his passion for supping and thoroughly enjoys teaching people and seeing them have so much fun experiencing supping for the first time. She has a photography background and uses this trade to capture images of her students and groups out on the water.
Pacific Palms SUP offers paddling fun on the water in the form of group and private lessons, tours, team building, SUP Wise learn to Paddle certificate courses and fitness workouts for adults, kids, parties, backpackers, universities and corporates.
They also specialise in family groups. From the youngest to the oldest, supping is an experience the whole family can participate in togethe
Pacific Palms SUP operates from Smiths Lake beach which is one of the many beautiful locations on the 20,000 acres of inland water ways and lakes that make up the Great Lakes Region.
Surrounded by natural parklands and wildlife, this is a natural water sports paradise, and the scenery is stunning. The unique black swan, originally from Western Australia, has found its home here and you are often supping among them.
Pacific Palms is a fantastic holiday destination with many safe beaches and bays. No matter what the weather and wind conditions are, there is always somewhere to find a sheltered place to paddle.
