Barbados Water Sports

The best Caribbean water sports in Barbados includes surfing, SUP, SUP surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, kayaking & more.

Barbados Surfing, SUP, WindSurfing & More – Tours, Lessons & Rentals

With its unique position in the Caribbean, Barbados enjoys near-constant trade winds and multiple coastlines experience a variety of wave conditions. Combine that with amazing white sandy beaches and year-round warm weather and you get one of the best Caribbean Water Sports islands! One of the Top 3 Caribbean islands for Surfing, Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) and windsurfing, Barbados also offers kayaking as well as other water sports activities. For those with a need for speed, you can find boat operators offering waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing and more. There’s even jet ski rentals and Jetblading (hydro jetpacking) available on the island.

Barbados’ water sports operators offer surfing, SUP as well as SUP surfing lessons for beginners and experienced riders. SUP Yoga is even a thing in Barbados! There’s also plenty of places to rent a wide variety of water sports gear. The best places to enjoy the island’s beaches for ocean-based activities can be found by the local tour operators listed below…

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Depending on the active weather system of the day, Barbados can be hit with decent waves on any coast. This results in over two dozen surf spots all around the island! That said, the southwest coast is ideal for beginners while the south coast is home to the real surfing scene. Thanks to consistent year-round waves, intermediate and expert level surfers will love South Point, Silver Sands and Surfer’s Point. Of course, world-class surfing swells can be found at the famous Soup Bowl, on Barbados east coast near Bathsheba.

SUP is popular all along the west coast from Speightstown to Bridgetown as well as Carlisle Bay and the southwest coast. SUP surfing can also be experienced when the waves pick up! A little further east on the south coast brings you to the beaches at Silver Sands, Silver Rock, Silver Point and Long Beach where reliable moderate to strong cross-shore winds make Barbados windsurfing and kitesurfing king.

The best Barbados kayaking spots include the rugged and beautiful north and northwest coasts, as well as along the usually calm west coast. There are even glass-bottom kayaks that allow non-swimmers to enjoy the incredible underwater sites of the west coast’s and Carlisle Bay’s marine parks.

To enjoy the best Barbados surfing, windsurfing, SUP, kayaking and more… these local Surf Shop/School will take good care of you (Click on a Tour Operator name below for more details):

Bodie’s School of Surf