List of windsurfing areas

The following list shows the best known areas and surf spots that are particularly suitable for windsurfing due to:

• the frequency / constancy and strength of the wind (a wind strength from approx. 4 Beaufort is required )
• the infrastructure, d. H. Surfing is allowed, there are rental stations for equipment, surf schools etc.

Europe

Denmark

• Hanstholm
• Klitmøller
• Ringkøbingfjord

Germany

• North Sea
  • East Frisian Islands
  • North Frisian Islands
  • Elbe estuary
    • Otterndorf
  • Sankt Peter-Ording
  • Wilhelmshaven south beach
  • Büsum

• Baltic Sea
  • Fehmarn
    • Castle
    • Orther Roadstead
  • Brazil, district of Schönberg (Holstein)
  • Damp
  • Salzhaff
  • Heidkate
  • Beaches
  • Heiligenhafen
  • California, district of Schönberg (Holstein)
  • Weissenhauser Beach
  • to reprimand
  • Fur hooks
  • Warnemünde
  • Darß
  • Flensburg
  • Usedom
    • Backwaters
  • Lubmin
  • Loissin

• Inland waters
  • Helenesee
  • Blausteinsee
  • Great Brombachsee
  • Big sea
  • Zwischenahner Meer
  • Altmuehlsee
  • dumber
  • Müritz
  • Kummerower See
  • Berlin lakes
  • Rhine
  • Ammersee
  • Chiemsee
  • Alfsee
  • Förmitztalsperre
  • Weissenstadt Lake
  • Wiesensee
  • Walchensee
  • starnberger Lake
  • Sorpesee
  • Cospudener See
  • Schladitzer See
  • steinhuder sea
  • Xanten South Sea

France

• Mediterranean Sea
  • Corsica
  • Etang de Leucate
  • Hyeres
• Atlantic
  • Île de Ré
  • Brest

Greece

• Rhodes
  • North-west coast
  • Prasonisi
• Kos
• Karpathos
• Mykonos
• Naxos
• Paros
• Samos
• Lefkas
• Lesvos
• Karpathos

Italy

• Garda lake
  • Torbole
  • Malcesine
• Lake Como
  • Domaso
• Lake Santa Croce
  • Poiate
• Sardinia
  • Porto Pollo
  • La Cinta, San Teodoro
• Tuscany
  • Marina di Grosseto
  • Vada
• Adriatic
  • Gargano
  • Trieste , ( Barcola )

Netherlands

• North Sea
  • Brouwersdam
  • Wijk aan Zee
  • Scheveningen
  • IJmuiden
  • West Frisian Islands

• Inland waters
  • Grevelingen
  • Maasplassen , Oolderplas
  • Veerse Meer
  • Veluwemeer
  • IJsselmeer

Austria

• Lake Neusiedl
  • Breitenbrunn am Neusiedler See
  • Podersdorf am See
  • Rohrspitz
• Achensee

Poland

• Chałupy - Hela Peninsula

Portugal

• Praia do Guincho near Lisbon
• Viana do Castelo
• Figueira da Foz
• Ericeira (first official surfing reserve in Europe, third worldwide)
• Peniche
• Baleal

Switzerland

• Lake Silvaplana
  • Silvaplana
• Lake Neuchâtel
  • Yvonand
  • Portalban
  • Saint Blaise
  • Grandson
  • Estavayer-le-Lac
• Lake Thun
  • Tuna
• Lake Uri

Spain

• Costa Brava
  • Gulf of Roses
    • Rosas / Ampuriabrava
    • L'Escala
• La Manga del Mar Menor
• Tarifa

• Canary Islands
  • Fuerteventura
    • Corralejo
    • Playa de Sotavento
  • Gran Canaria
    • Ojos de Garza
    • Vargas Beach
    • Arinaga
    • Pozo Izquierdo
    • Juan Grande (ketchup)
    • Playa Aguila
    • Faro de Maspalomas
  • Tenerife
    • El Médano
  • Lanzarote
    • Puerto del Carmen
    • Las Cucharas

Turkey

• Alaçati
• Bodrum
• Datça

Hungary

• Balaton
  • Balatonfűzfő
  • Siófok
  • Tihany

Africa

Egypt

• Dahab
• Hurghada
• Safaga
• Soma Bay
• El Tur
• El Gouna

Cape Verde Islands

• Sal
  • Santa Maria Bay
  • Punta Preta
• Boa Vista
• Sao Vicente

Morocco

• Essaouira
• Moulay

Mauritius

Namibia

• Walvis Bay

Reunion

South Africa

• Jeffreys Bay

America

" ABC Islands " (for Netherlands )

• Aruba
• Bonaire
• Curacao

Barbados ( Lesser Antilles )

• Silver Sands
• Silver rock

Brazil

• Jericoacoara
• Cruz (Ceará) (Praia do Preá)
• Cumbuco

Dominican Republic

• Cabarete

Mexico

• Baja California

United States

• Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• Hawaii
  • Maui
    • Camp One
    • Ho'okipa
    • Kanaha
    • Kihei
    • Spreckelsville (Sprecks)
  • Oahu
    • Diamond Head
    • Kailua
• Hood River (Oregon)
• Gold Beach (Oregon)

Venezuela

• El Yaque (Isla Margarita)

Asia

Japan

• Omaezaki

Philippines

• Boracay

Thailand

• Hua Hin

Vietnam

• Phan Thiet

Australia and Oceania

Australia

• West Coast
  • Margaret River
  • Geraldton

Fiji Islands

Web links

• Descriptions of many windsurfing areas
• Spot finder and area descriptions for windsurfing areas
• Worldwide spot guide for windsurfing