Row as a guest

Visiting Hilton Head? Bring your experience out onto Broad Creek.

Guest Rowing Rates

Two or more rows in one week — $25

Rowing over two weeks — $50

Rowing over three weeks — $75

Rowing over four weeks — $100

Rowing 30–60 days — $150

Rowing over 60 days — $175

A visitor is anyone who doesn’t live full-time in Hilton Head, Bluffton, Beaufort, or Savannah.

If you already row and you're on the island for a few days — or a few months — you're welcome to join us on Broad Creek. Palmetto Rowing Club keeps a fleet of single sculls, from trainers to race-quality boats, and visiting rowers are welcome to use them.

Your first row of the week is on us. After that, we simply ask for a donation to help maintain the boats and boathouse.

A visitor is anyone who doesn't live full-time in Hilton Head, Bluffton, Beaufort, or Savannah.

How guest rowing works

We row on Broad Creek beneath the Old Oyster Factory at 101 Marshland Road. Because we're a member-run club — not a commercial livery — guest rowing is arranged directly with us rather than booked online.

Reach out before your trip and we'll match you with a boat, share launch times, and cover a few local specifics: Hilton Head's tides, weather, the oyster-shell shoreline, and the wildlife you'll likely share the water with — dolphins, herons, pelicans, and the occasional bald eagle.

We just ask that you have prior sculling experience and are comfortable rowing a single, since guest rows aren't coached lessons. (New to rowing? That's what our free first lesson is for — head to Learn to Row.)

  • Our boathouse is underneath the Old Oyster Factory restaurant at 101 Marshland Road, Hilton Head Island, SC.

  • You will be rowing on Broad Creek. While they are tidal waters, the water is typically smooth and safe, just a little more difficult against the tide than with it.

  • The Palmetto Rowing Club does not allow rowers to row alone. We will arrange rowing with other rowers for you.

Request to Row

Planning a visit? Send us a note with your arrival date and rowing background, and we'll get you out on the water.