3-Night Cornwall Paddleboarding Break
2-5 October 2023 | From £745 per person | Limited space available
At the foot of the gardens at St Michaels Resort lies one of the UK's best paddleboarding beaches. Grab your board and set off on an adventure led by paddleboarding instructor Brendon Prince of the Long Paddle.
Highlights include:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Daily guided paddleboarding sessions plus water safety and sea swimming
• Shore-based coaching sessions
• Beach yoga session
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Dinner every night
• Garden Kitchen grill/bbq on one night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
• Complimentary Swim & gym Health Club access
Learn about water safety and sea swimming basics and work on your technique with Brendon Prince of The Long Paddle, who has paddled every inch of the British coast. Then wander back up to our Falmouth hotel from the beach to enjoy everything the resort has to offer: stretch it off with our yoga team, drift in the spa, and tuck into the best of Cornwall's farms, fields and seas in our ocean-facing restaurants.
Paddleboarding Break Itinerary
Welcome to St Michaels
PM
• Arrival and check-in
• Guided coastal walk to Swanpool with sea swim
• Dinner
Time to explore
AM
• Optional indoor swim in the Health Club
• Introduction talk with continental or hot breakfast
• Paddle 1 - Find Your Feet 90min session off Gylly beach
PM
• Lunch
• Paddle 2 - Short adventure to Pendennis caves under the castle
• Yoga session
• Dinner
Expanding horizons
AM
• Sunrise paddle
• Talk over continental or hot breakfast
• Long SUP adventure - shipwrecks, marine life, hidden coves and beaches
PM
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
• BBQ Grill Dinner
Final flourish
AM
• Falmouth Harbour paddle with picnic breakfast
• Checkout and goodbyes
Book Cornwall Paddleboarding Break
Book with confidence
Active Cornish Breaks can be booked by calling our reservations team on 01326 312 707 or online.
A 20% deposit will be taken when your booking is confirmed, with the balance due 28 days prior to arrival.
Your booking can be cancelled without charge up to 28 days prior to arrival.
If there were a jedi council for paddleboarding, it would be led by Brendon Prince of The Long Paddle, who has paddled the entire British Isles on his SUP. Brendon knows these waters inside out and specialises in water safety too, so you'll be in safe hands.
During your 3-night Cornwall Paddleboarding Break, Brendon will work with you to develop technnique and understand adventure paddling, as you explore the sheltered shimmering splendour of south Cornwall's hidden coves, shipwrecks and secret beaches.
The subtropical gardens of St Michaels Resort spill onto the splendour of Gyllyngvase Beach, one of the UK's top beaches for paddleboarding and sea swimming. The calm crystal-clear waters off Gylly Beach are perfect for paddleboarders of any experience and are a great striking-off point if you're more advanced, with shipwrecks, secret beaches and hidden coves all within easy reach.
St Michaels is one of the south west's leading resorts, a luxury four star Falmouth hotel, right on the beach, with extensive Health Club, award-winning spa and two cracking restaurants serving up the best of Cornwall's natural larder. Expect a large serving of coastal calm as you settle into our Cornish wellness resort.
The retreat includes enough shore and sea-based sessions to ensure you'll finish the retreat with a strong understanding of water and how to adventure paddle with confidence and safety, plus lots of time out on the water meeting local marine life, exploring secret beaches and discovering the beauty of the south Cornish coast.
The Cornwall Paddleboard Retreat includes time to enjoy a beach yoga session with our instructors plus an opportuntity to soak for an hour or two in the spa's centrepiece hydrothermal experience, complete with 21 custom aqua-massage stations, the world's first Cornish sea salt steam room, herbal sauna and ocean-facing hot tub.
What to expect on your paddleboarding break
Over four days, Brendon will lead you through the basics of good water safety and paddleboard technique. You'll explore the local waters by paddleboard, with a little sea swimming too, plus lots of time to enjoy the luxury spa, extensive Health Club and delicious local flavours served up in the two resort restaurants.
This is a small group break, perfect for solo travellers and couples alike. There'll be time to take in the sights and sounds alone if you wish, while much of the active coastal break features group activities.
Experience and equipment
This active coastal break is suitable for anyone who has basic paddleboarding experience. Participants should be confident swimmers but no experience in the sea is necessary. If you are uncertain about suitability, please speak to a member of our reservations team on 01326 312707.
Equipment can be provided (though this is not included in the prices quoted on these pages), please ask at the time of booking.
Coastal Waters
The itnerary is weather dependent and subject to last minute changes. Every effort will be made to maximise the adventure paddle experience but 'group safety' is paramount.
Paddler Ability
These experiences are not for totally new paddlers. You should have paddled for at least 6 months with confidence to mount and re-mount your board in moderate conditions.
Falmouth
St Michaels Resort lies on the edge of the vibrant harbour town of Falmouth. This isn't your average sleepy Cornish seaside locale: Falmouth features one of the world's deepest harbours, a hive of activity for luxury yachts, small ferries and countless small local craft and fishing vessels who ply the sheltered inshore waters.
Alongside the harbour runs a highstreet packed with decent restaurants, independent boutiques and proper coffee shops.
Falmouth is also the perfect spot to head out and explore the wilder south west of Cornwall or the surf-tastic north coast: both of which lie in easy reach.
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• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
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• Dinner on every evening
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Invigorate the senses, improve technique and become immersed in the mental and physical benefits of cold water swimming during an unforgettable wild sea swimming retreat at St Michaels.
Your Cornwall Wild Swimming Break inclusions:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert sea swim tuition
• Yoga session
• Gyllyngvase SUP experience or St Michaels Spa Hydrothermal Experience
• Complimentary Health Club swim & gym access
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Coastal Walking Break
Entries to the 2023 Walking Break are now closed. Fill out the form below to find out when our next break begins.
Each place in Cornwall has a unique DNA, made up of layers which are the geology, the flora and fauna, mining, maritime and farming heritage, Celticity and the language, myths and legends and of course the beautiful views served by 2400 miles of footpaths, 300 of which are along the South West Coast Path. Enjoy a luxury base for exploration at St Michaels as you take in the stunning rugged coastline on our doorstep.
Highlights include:
• 3-night stay in a Classic King/Twin Room
• Full Cornish breakfast daily
• Dinner every night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience in St Michaels Spa
• Complimentary use of Health Club swim and gym facilities
• Guided walks with local expert Paul from WalkitCornwall
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Kick start your new year and add our Reboot package to a 3-night bed and breakfast stay throughout January and February 2023. Push the heartrate with crafted fitness sessions then enjoy a little Cornish wellness as you sample the best of our luxury coastal Resort. Highlights include:
• Add to a 3-night bed and breakfast stay at St Michaels Resort
• Dinner on each night of your stay
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Expert tuition from St Michaels fitness instructors and personal trainers
• Body analysis session
• Your choice of 2 classes per day
• Studio and gym-based strength and cardio sessions in St Michaels Health Club
• Hydrothermal Experience and wellness treatment in St Michaels Spa
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Paddle south Cornwall
Cornwall Paddleboarding Break
2-5 Oct 2023 | From £745 per person
3-night paddleboarding break with The Long Paddle at St Michaels Resort
Hop on the board and cast off from one of the UK's best paddleboarding beaches on the Cornwall Paddleboard Break, led by Brendon Prince from The Long Paddle. Discover secret beaches and hidden coves from the comfort of our luxury beachside Cornish wellness resort, then kick back, relax and take in the surroundings.
Included
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Daily guided paddleboarding sessions plus water safety and sea swimming
• Shore-based coaching sessions
• Beach yoga session
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Dinner every night
• Garden Kitchen grill/bbq on one night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
• Complimentary Swim & gym Health Club access
Learn about water safety and sea swimming basics and work on your technique with Brendon Prince of The Long Paddle, who has paddled every inch of the British coast. Then wander back up to our Falmouth hotel from the beach, dry off, and enjoy everything the resort has to offer: stretch it off with our yoga team, drift in the spa, and tuck into the best of Cornwall's farms, fields and seas in our ocean-facing restaurants.
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Highlights include:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Daily guided yoga and meditation sessions
• Dinner on every evening
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
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Train your mind, harness your body
NO SPACES AVAILABLE
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Learn how the power of breathwork, mindfulness and cold water endurance combine to bring about a lasting, positive change in the way we live our lives, under the expert tutelage of Level 2 Wim Hof instructor Cat Paterson.
Your break includes:
• A 3-night stay in a Classic King/Twin Room
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Introduction to the Wim Hof method
• Wild swimming and ice baths
• Dinner every night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience on two occasions
• Yoga, breathwork and meditation
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Invigorate the senses, improve technique and become immersed in the mental and physical benefits of cold water swimming during an unforgettable wild sea swimming retreat at St Michaels.
Want to put practice into performance? This break falls over the weekend of the Falmouth Tri which starts on Gylly beach, footsteps from St Michaels. Entry into the Tri is included within the break and you'll work on acclimitisation swims and preparation work with your expert Salim in the lead up to the race.
Highlight include:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert sea swim tuition
• Yoga session
• Gyllyngvase SUP experience or St Michaels Spa Hydrothermal Experience
• Optional Falmout Triathlon entry
Improve your technique
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Your Swim Training Break inclusions:
• 2-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert swim tuition
• Yoga session
• Complimentary Health Club swim & gym access
