Enjoy Barbados Surfing And Windsurfing While On Holiday

A Barbados vacation can be spent by just lying around on the beach and sunbathing, taking a dip in the clear blue waters or indulging in the many Barbados sports available which include the Barbados watersports if you would like to restrict yourself to the beautiful Barbados beaches. You can take a cruise on the catamarans or yachts which are available for charter as well as for customized tours. Or you can choose from Barbados surfing or Barbados windsurfing whichever you please. The ideal weather in Barbados along with its calm seas and gentle winds provides the perfect conditions all year round.

Barbados surfing is the first reason to holiday in Barbados for a lot of surfing buffs. Steady surf conditions, stable swells all year round and water which doesn’t fall below 25C ever makes Barbados a great holiday destination for surfing enthusiasts. Come winter, a lot of swell is picked up by the south and west coasts and the endless trade winds make sure that the east coast breaks over and over again. The Soup Bowl known all over the world for Barbados surfing, lies on Bathsheba’s eastern coast. Acclaimed all over the world, plenty of international competitions are held there. On the southern coast, you have South Point, which is also a wonderful surfing destination and hosts a variety of surfing competitions.

For Barbados windsurfing, the best months are from November to April. The southern coast which has relentless trade winds as well as unswerving sea and wind conditions is one of the most well-liked areas for windsurfers. Every year in February you have the Silver Rock Beach playing host to the Barbados Waterman Festival. From Hastings to Maxwell, the conditions are just perfect for Barbados windsurfing for windsurfers who are just beginners or intermediates. Besides, there are plenty of bars, restaurants and various kinds of accommodation available. The Silver Sands Beach and Silver Rock Beach are two of the best places to learn for Barbados windsurfing. It calmer lagoon-like nearshore which is not really deep, safeguarded by an offshore coral reef which offers the amateur windsurfer the ideal conditions.

Besides Barbados surfing and Barbados windsurfing, other Barbados watersports include sport fishing, parasailing, snorkeling and scuba diving. Around the island the water is home to several different kinds of fish and there are several boats to pick from whether you want to charter it for a full day or a half day as you choose. The majority of these charters provide you with refreshments, bait and tackle and collect and drop you from and to your hotel. If you would like to try parasailing, you must visit The Boatyard at the edge of Bridgetown. Here you can soar into the sky while strapped to a parachute and towed at the back of a speedboat.