Seeking thrill, adventure while at the Delaware beaches? Look no further

When you're looking for something a little more thrilling and outside-the-box while vacationing at Delaware's beaches, the First State has you covered.

From paddle boarding and jet skis to parasailing and skydiving, adventures for all levels await along Delaware's shoreline.

Vendors in Delaware and surrounding areas, like Maryland, provide lessons in water sports and equipment rentals, offering a way for thrill seeks to push their comfort zones and raise their heart rates.

Here are five options for this year's summer vacation in Delaware:

Paddle, kayak on Delaware's waterways

For a leisurely experience on the water, consider renting a kayak or paddleboard to experience Delaware’s waterways.

Dewey Beach Watersports provides options to rent single or double kayaks or stand-up paddle boards for an hour.

Kayakers get to explore the “north cove of Rehoboth Bay,” while paddle boarders depart from Dewey Beach next to the Rusty Rudder Restaurant with a chance to explore “the headwaters of Rehoboth Bay and nearby Thompson’s Island,” according to Dewey Beach Water Sports.

Single kayaks and paddle boards cost $35 for an hour and double kayaks cost $50, according to the water sports website. No advanced reservations are necessary and rentals come with life jackets.

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Delmarva Water Board Sports also offers kayak and paddle board rentals, as well as lessons and excursions in Dewey Beach.

Try windsurfing at Dewey Beach

If you consider yourself an aspiring sailor, or maybe just always wanted to try windsurfing, Delmarva Water Board Sports offers two-hour windsurfing lessons tailored to students’ needs and includes equipment and an instructor.

The board sports company says the goal by the end of the class is for the student to be able to “pull up the rig (uphaul), sail on the beam reach, steer, turn and become more comfortable in a more advanced sailing position.”

Located behind the Bay Resort Motel at 135 Dagsworthy St. in Dewey Beach, participants must weigh at least 100 pounds and have a “good level of physical fitness” because the activity is “not recommended for weak participants or those with bad backs, ankles or knees,” according to Delmarva Water Board Sports.

The two-hour windsurfing class is a public group session, which costs $169 per person. Private lessons are available on a limited basis for $199 per person.

Experience Delaware beaches on Jet Skis, pontoon boats

For a faster-paced experience on the water, Dewey Beach Watersports also offers personal watercraft rentals and tours, pontoon boat rentals and charters, sunset cruises and banana boat rides.

Personal watercraft rentals cost $120 for one hour, while pontoon boat rentals cost $475 for a four-hour excursion and up to 10 passengers. Costs for other watercraft rental and tour options vary depending on type and duration.

Banana boat rides offer participants ages 6 and up the opportunity for water tubing on Rehoboth Bay in Dewey Beach. A Coast Guard-licensed captain can take up to six riders with everyone getting about 20 minutes of ride time, according to the water sports company. The cost per person is $35.

Sail along the Delaware coastline

Seeking an elevated view of Delaware’s coastline to complete your beach vacation?

Look no further than Dewey Beach Parasailing.

Located in Dewey Beach, but minutes from Lewes as well as Bethany and Rehoboth beaches, parasailing offers panoramic views of the Delaware coastline and Atlantic Ocean from 800 feet in the air.

Parasailers take coff and land from the back of a parasail boat and are in the air for eight to 10 minutes, according to Dewey Beach Parasailing.

The business is open seven days a week from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. The cost to sail is $95 per person, and reservations are recommended.

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Go skydiving with beachfront views

For extreme adrenaline junkies, perhaps freefalling out of a plane is more your speed.

Skydive OC, located across the Delaware border in Berlin, Maryland, is about a 35- to 45-minute drive from Bethany Beach providing tandem skydiving experiences for southern Delaware, Baltimore, Washington and surrounding areas.

This particular skydiving company provides beachfront views as you skydive over Assawoman Bay and enjoy views of Assateague Island, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Ocean City coastline, according to Skydive OC.

Tandem skydiving costs $299, with a $50 nonrefundable deposit. Skydive OC offers discounts for groups, international students working in Ocean City as well as Ocean City hospitality workers.

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: 5 adventures for the thrill seekers at Delaware beaches