Learn to PAddleboard

Find your balance and improve your SUP skills at Buckland Park Lake, Surrey. Learn to paddleboard and develop your technique with friendly guidance from The SHAC team.

New to paddleboarding or ready to improve your technique?

From your first time standing on a board to developing your skills on the water, our friendly instructors are here to help.

Choose a beginner's lesson, 1-2-1 private coaching, a group SUP session with family and friends or SUP race training – all in the beautiful surroundings of Buckland Park Lake, Surrey.

All lessons include paddleboard hire and equipment.

Planning to paddle on our Big Lake? You'll need to complete The SHAC's Introduction to SUP or a Family & Friends Group Sessions and demonstrate that you can safely get back onto your board from the water.

Swimming ability: All participants must be water-confident and able to swim at least 25 metres.

Group of people standing on a sandy shoreline near a body of water, with some holding paddleboards and paddles, and a rocky, forested hillside in the background.

Introduction to SUP

A friendly group session for beginners aged 16 and over who want to learn the SUP essentials. Build your confidence with paddling, turning and getting back onto your board from the water.

Ages 16+

From £38 per person

Three people paddleboarding on a lake with green trees and a clear blue sky in the background.

Family & Friends Group Lesson

Learn, laugh and fall in together! Book a private group session for up to six family or friends, with expert instruction tailored to everyone’s paddling experience.

Ages 7+ · Minimum 4 people

From £38 per person (4-6 people)

A man wearing colorful swim shorts, a blue long-sleeve shirt, and a baseball cap is standing on a paddleboard on a body of water. He is holding a paddle and looking down at the water, with trees and a blue sky with some clouds in the background.

1-2-1 Private Coaching

Your paddle, your pace. Learn the basics or refine your SUP technique with a private paddleboard lesson tailored to your experience and goals.

Includes board hire.

From £80 per person

Group of people participating in a stand-up paddleboarding race on a body of water, with trees and buildings on the shoreline.

SUP Race Training

Ready to pick up the pace? Improve your paddle technique, practise buoy turns and build confidence for your first race or next challenge.

Includes board hire.

From £50 per person

Just fancy giving SUP a Go?

Book a one-hour SUP session with paddle board hire and give SUP a go on our smaller Lagoon,
under the watchful eye of our lifeguards.

Swim Pass

Buy 10, Get 2 Free!

Make more time for the lake with our Swim Pass and enjoy 12 open water swimming sessions for the price of 10.

£102 = 12 sessions

Gift Vouchers

Give an adventure at the shaC

Treat someone to fresh air, lake time and a little adventure. SHAC gift vouchers can be put towards swimming, paddleboarding or wellbeing sessions at Buckland Park Lake.