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Windsurfing

Embraced as the 80's yuppie lifestyle hobby, windsurfing has never looked back. Sophisticated equipment means top "sailors" can now achieve spectacular jumps and speeds of over 45 knots.
This is where Scotland's weather comes into play - high average wind speed statistics, which bar the cold during the winter months makes it ideal for windsurfing.
This combined with long sweeping sandy beaches, relatively clean water around much of the coast and its exposure to the North Sea and the Atlantic make it an adventure playground for would be watermen.

Thanks to Willy Maclean ( or Willy Angus as he is known locally) from Wild Diamond windsurfing school in Tiree for supplying us with the facts.

Windsurfing at The Tiree Wave Classic.

Go find Windsurfing activity providers >

Want to get started?

There are around sixteen Royal Yachting Association recognised schools in Scotland. Full details for these can be found on the RYA website (www.rya.org.uk). This is the best way to find your local windsurfing centre.

A full wetsuit and boots being a compulsory requirement year round should be viewed as a positive rather than a negative since Scotland will most likely never see the problems with overcrowding and ¿water rage¿ that popular locations in warmer climes have to endure.

Where to go:

West Coast
Troon >
Macrihanish >

East Coast
Longniddrie and Gullane >
St Andrews >
Balmedie >

North Coast
Dunnet Bay >

Administrative Bodies ...

Boards online

RYA
lists of recognised teaching centres, administration

Tiree Wave Classic
weather links, maps, history of windsurfing

Wild Diamond Windsurfing
windsurfing holidays, courses

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