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CHICHESTER HARBOUR BEACH GUIDE
Chichester Harbour can be sailed in E to NW winds, but it’s a tight fit and the sailing area is small at low tide. Good for beginners. (…)
CALSHOT BEACH GUIDE
Sand and shingle beach facing SE that stretches from Lepe to the council run Calshot Activities Centre (Tel: 02380 892077) in Southampton Water. The beach is quite (…)
BRACKLESHAM BAY BEACH GUIDE
Just a short distance from East Wittering, Bracklesham Bay has a much bigger car park. The sailing conditions are very similar to East as Bracklesham is an (…)
BOURNEMOUTH, ALUM CHINE BEACH GUIDE
Slightly E of Branksome Chine, Alum Chine works in similar conditions. Getting there: Coast road from either Bournemouth or Poole Harbour Parking: Car park just behind the (…)
BOGNOR REGIS BEACH BEACH GUIDE
The Bognor Yacht Club is the main launch point. It offers all the facilities of a modern club like showers, toilets, bar and food. The pebble beach (…)
AVON BEACH BEACH GUIDE
Avon Beach is next to Christchurch Harbour. The sand banks just off the beach move around constantly and suck dry at low tide. They throw up waves (…)
WHITSTABLE BAY BEACH GUIDE
Whitstable offers a wide variety of conditions in many wind directions and states of the tide. Launch from the beach to the left of the harbour. Whitstable (…)
THE SHINGLE BANK, MINSTER BEACH GUIDE
There are two villages called ‘Minster’ in Kent. This one is on the Isle of Sheppey, E of Sheerness and it’s where most local windsurfers sail from. (…)
ST. MARY’S BAY BEACH GUIDE
Shingle at the southern end leading down to a pebble and sand beach at low tide (More sandy in the north). St. Mary’s Bay can be sailed (…)
ST. MARGARET’S BAY BEACH GUIDE
A beach only really suitable for experts. The wind is sheltered in the bay so launching is not easy, the waves are big and if you make (…)
SHOREHAM-BY-SEA BEACH GUIDE
The main launch point is on a peninsular to the West of Shoreham town known as Shoreham Beach. The main windsurfing area is at the East end (…)
SEAFORD BAY, NEWHAVEN BEACH GUIDE
A steeply shelving shingle beach that tends to close out and dump at high tide in strong winds. Local sailors parks up on the sea front and (…)
SANDWICH BAY BEACH GUIDE
You have to pay to go onto the beach but for that you’ll get all the amenities and a nice clean beach. In N or NE it’s (…)
SANDGATE BEACH GUIDE
Launching is fairly easy at this pebble beach. The best wind direction is S or SW but it can also be sailed in an E (Side shore). (…)
SALTDEAN BEACH GUIDE
From the car park take the subway under the road. Steps descend to a rocky beach with patches of sand. Works in SW, WNW and ESE are (…)