Surfing in Barbados
The island of Barbados is lucky to be home to several of the most exciting - not to mention picturesque - surfing spots on the planet, and visitors to this captivating Caribbean isle should make the most of them, even if they are not experienced surfers.
Surfers can do their thing at most of the Bajan beaches, although several of them - including the wild western portion of Worthing Beach and Bottom Bay Beach with its tumultuous and tempestuous seas - are more suited to surfing than others.
One of the best surfing spots on the island, and, some say, in the world, is the Bajan east coast's Soup Bowl, and this little-known surfers' paradise offers experienced wave-riders the ride of a lifetime when they tackle its 15-footers of solid white water.
Surfing is so popular in Barbados that several "Bajan Surf Atlases" have been compiled, and these often-interactive compendiums of sea and surf knowledge provide the curious surfer with all they'll ever need to know. Surfers who review these atlases will not lack for knowledge and will learn about everything from videos taken on location at the surf spots and information regarding the type of surf - including beach-brakes, reef-corals and point-breaks - to GPS directions on how to reach the site and what level of surfing experience the spot caters to.
http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Central_America/Barbados/
Although the more exciting of the island's surfing spots should be explored only by those who know their way around a surf board - and a howling mountain of water that's traveled thousands of miles to break off the coast of Barbados! - there are also beaches that are hospitable to those who are still learning to surf.
The more enterprising of the Bajan surfers have also opened surf schools, and the typical school-for-surfers offers visitors opportunities like a set number of surfing lessons / hours on the water and all-inclusive surfing holiday packages. These packages, like those offered by Zed's Surfing Adventures, will include features like meals, airport transfers and accommodation as well as surfing lessons, snorkeling outings and tours of surfing hotspots.
http://www.barbadossurfholidays.com/
Barbados is one of the Caribbean's most well kept secrets as far as surfing is concerned, and these gorgeous surf spots deserve to receive more publicity. Until then, however, the tourists who do discover the island's surfing secrets will continue to enjoy their monopoly over some of the best spots in the world.
