Windsurfing

Windsurfing is the most amazing of sports. It combines the thrills of surfing, the tranquility of sailing, and puts you in touch with nature better than a good hike. It is a sport that you can go off by yourself for some amazing peace of mind, or sail with a crowd of 200 other windsurfers for unbeatable camaraderie. No sport other than windsurfing can give the unbeatable feeling of being out in the open, gliding effortlessly over beautiful, clear waters. It's a sport where you can cross great expanses with a friend or explore unchartered waters alone. A windsurfer has virtually unlimited access to the oceans, lakes and waterways on this planet. It's fun, it's easy - it's the perfect sport.

The main attraction is the enormous diversity and the challenges windsurfing offers to all levels of sailors. Whether you're 8 years old or 80, taking your first precarious steps on a beginner's board or working out how to pull of the latest radical freestyle maneuver, the sense of achievement is unsurpassed.

How do I get started.

For beginners, lessons are available to give you a better understanding of how to go about windsurfing.

For windsurfers, you can choose from the various destination spots available here in the Philippines.

Where to go.

Boracay Island

You can't imagine the feeling of elation that everyone experiences after their first day sailing into Boracay. The bay is stunning. Surrounded by dense palm trees, the water is turquoise, warm, flat, and chest deep across the entire bay.

Only a handful of other windsurfers will be sharing this slalom blaster's heaven with you. As you near the fringing reef, chop appears, and if you really want to, you can pick your way through the reef to the waves on the outside (not for the faint hearted).

The wind blows cross-on shore, giving two mile long reaches inside the bay. Lighter in the mornings and evenings, the wind really blows from late morning through until late afternoon. Beginners and improvers can use each end of the day to practice in ideal conditions. Windsurfers on the island come from a great diversity of countries – you could be sailing with a Filipino, Korean, Swiss, Australian and Brit, all in the same day. The kit is ready rigged and waiting, just 5 metres from the water.

Puerto Galera

Caught in between two water channels, you will find this spot as one of the most exciting place in Puerto Galera, it offers a peaceful ambience and relaxing accommodations plus complete recreational facilities for your day - to- day activities within the island. Family members and friends will surely stay around without nothing to do as different indoor & outdoor activities and water sports are available. The place is also ideal for corporate out-of-town conference & seminars.

Lake Caliraya, Batangas

Lake Caliraya is a manmade reservoir built in 1943 to supply water to the Caliraya Hydroelectric Plant. The deep waters of the lake and the strong, cold mountain breeze that blows from the Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges and the distant Mt. Banahaw make Lake Caliraya an ideal place for sailing, windsurfing, fishing and other water sports. There are also campsites, a nearby Japanese garden, first-class resort facilities and Lake front communities surround the lake.  The lake is a man-made lake located at Lumban, Laguna situated at 1,200 above sea-level. This is certainly one of Laguna’s summer hotspots where local and foreign tourists visit every year.

Davao 

Besides being one the of largest cities in Asia in terms of land area, Davao also has the potential to become a  major tourism player in the region with everything it can offer.  Davao is typhoon-free which means the city enjoys fair weather, even rainfall, temperature, and humidity all year round.  Watersports here is fast becoming a main attraction with windsurfing at its forefront.