Learn how to stand up paddle and have SUP lessons and tours at Sea Lions Paddling Club, an ASI accredited learn to stand up paddle school, located at Pattaya, Thailand.

Sea Lions Paddling Club has been started as an ocean enthusiast venue, catering to all self propelled ocean craft such as Surfski, SUP, OC1. We cater to those who wish to develop strong paddling skills and confidence and who want to introduce competition into their ocean sports.

We want our community to believe in their capabilities and stretch themselves to achieve more.  

Owner/operator and head coach, Warren Barr, has been exposed to ocean paddling for over 45 years through surf lifesaving and surfski but more recently in the last 10 years have picked up SUP.  He loves any kind of self propelled craft and SUP was a natural progression from surfski.  SUP also adds a new dynamic to ocean paddling as it uses some different muscle groups and develops new balance skills.  He holds various watersports qualifications including ASI SUP Instructor qualifications, rescue and first aid.

He is assisted in the club with ASI accredited SUP instructors, all highly experienced and passionate about paddling.

Sea Lions Paddling Club has been started as an Ocean enthusiast venue, catering to all self propelled ocean craft such as Surfski, SUP, OC1. We cater to those who wish to develop strong paddling skills and confidence and who want to introduce competition into their ocean sports.

Schools and corporates are an important target, as getting outdoors and into the water and using your skills truly helps develop and build strong performance mindsets.

We want our community to believe in their capabilities and stretch themselves to achieve more.  

Owner/operator and head coach, Warren Barr, has been exposed to ocean paddling for over 45 years through surf lifesaving and surfski but more recently in the last 10 years have picked up SUP.  He loves any kind of self propelled craft and SUP was a natural progression from surfski.  SUP also adds a new dynamic to ocean paddling as it uses some different muscle groups and develops new balance skills.  He holds various watersports qualifications including ASI SUP Instructor qualifications, surf rescue and first aid.

He is assisted in the club with ASI accredited SUP instructors, all highly experienced and passionate about paddling.

Sea Lions Paddling Club offers group and private lessons, SUP Wise learn to SUP certificate courses, SUP tours, team building and rentals  for kids, adults parties, hens and stag parties, school groups, and corporates.

The club specialises in providing servers for schools, corporates and tourist groups offering various ocean craft skill lessons, camps, tours and equipment hire.  They try to combine lessons in groups of up to 8 people at a time.

The clubs aim is to create memorable experiences through interaction with the Sea Lions Paddling Club team. Learning new skills, improving on existing skills and building overall confidence in facing life’s challenges is hopefully what we can impart on our students.

The club is established within a water sports centre surrounded by an ocean marina on one side and a quaint coastal fisherman port on the other side.

This gives a nice sheltered area for beginners, but also easy access to the open ocean for more advanced paddlers.