Islandmagee SUP
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About Us
Learn how to stand up paddle and have SUP lessons and tours at Islandmagee SUP, an ASI accredited SUP school, located at Portmuck, Islandmagee, Larne, in the far north of Northern Ireland. It’s only 25 mins drive from Belfast and 2hrs 15 mins drive from Dublin.
Meet the Team
Islandmagee SUP is owned and operated by Adam Livingstone. He’s been paddling since 2018 he was introduced to SUP by a friend. Since then, he has paddled mostly around the east coast of Northern Ireland, and even paddled 80 miles covering the length of the River Bann. This included crossing Lough Neagh (the largest lake in the British Isles).
Adam holds ASI SUP Instructor qualifications, rescue and first aid, has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has been an Aerospace Engineer for over 15 years.
Adam’s love of SUP and the outdoors resulted in him setting up the Islandmagee SUP. Living close to the sea and out paddling regularly, he would get asked lots of questions about his SUP board and how he got started.
He decided to create an opportunity for people to learn the correct technique in a safe environment, and see the stunning scenery in which he paddled in each day.
He is assisted in the SUP school by ASI accredited SUP instructors.
Service Overview
Islandmagee SUP offers group and private lessons, SUP Wise learn to SUP certificate courses, SUP tours, team building for kids, adults, parties, hens and stag parties, school groups, and corporates.
SUP tours are organised along the coast, catering for different levels of paddling ability.
Join the Islandmagee SUP club. With social paddles each week and free use of boards. It’s a great way to stay fit and enjoy being out on the water with other likeminded paddlers.
You can also buy gear from the Islandmagee SUP Shop. Offering a range of SUP gear, Adam can ensure you have the best gear to suit your skills and ambitions.
School Features
The location has public carparks. Public toilets. Picnic and BBQ areas.
Location Features
SUP sessions are based out of Portmuck Harbour, on Islandmagee.
Islandmagee is a Peninsula, steeped in history, with rolling fields, small villages and spectacular cliffs along the coast. It is a National Trust area with coastal walks.
Portmuck Harbour offers sheltered conditions to paddle in. Making it ideal to learn stand up paddle.
SUP tours are to nearby places of interest. The Gobbins coastal path, is an engineering wonder, and you can see it from a different perspective out on the water. Explore seaside towns including Whitehead which is home to Blackhead lighthouse and the scenic Browns Bay.
There is an abundance of wildlife to be seen.
Nearby is The Isle of Muck which is an Ulster Wildlife bird sanctuary. During the summer, thousands of seabirds nest on the Isle of Muck such as fulmar, shag, razorbill, guillemot, black guillemot, and kittiwake. Although puffins do not currently breed here, they can sometimes be seen in small numbers during the breeding season in the waters surrounding the island. Peregrine falcon and common buzzard can also be spotted hunting over the island.
Harbour porpoises, bottle-nose dolphins and seals are also seen regularly seen as you paddle along.
Tourist Attractions
There is a range of tourism attractions, all within 30 minutes drive from the SUP school.
The Gobbins - website
It’s a walkway of Edwardian engineering, carved through the rocks and suspended over the Atlantic ocean at various places. It's teeming with wildlife and history.
Blackhead Coastal Path and Lighthouse.
Carrickfergus Castle.
Carnfunnock Country Park.
Glenarm Castle.
Glenoe Waterfall.
Whitehead Railway Museum.
The Rinkha Ice-Cream Parlour.
Whitehead Golf Club. (All within 30 minutes drive)
