The long white beaches and warm, crystal-clear water of the Gulf sea make Dubai the perfect place for all sorts of water sports. To say that wind surfing provides a unique and challenging water sport experience is an understatement. Imagine going on such a thrill in a place that provides ideal conditions for it? Dubai is your call. Let’s go through the best wind surfing destinations in Dubai and learn more about the wind surfing gear you’ll be needing to ride the waves.
What is wind surfing?
According to Britannica , wind surfing is a water sport that combines aspects of sailing and surfing on a single-person sailboard. What a sailor, or rather windsurfer, does is glide across the water on a board attached to a sail. The wind is what actually powers the board and gives it momentum.
Here’s where you should go if you’re thinking of wind surfing Dubai:
- Dubai Kite Beach
Located off the Jumeirah neighborhood and just a few kilometers away from the famous Burj Al Arab, it offers a safe place to windsurf and to also watch kite surfers do their flying around tricks.
- Nessnas Beach
Being in close proximity to Sunset Mall, it’s a quiet bay that offers a family-friendly wind surfing experience. Thanks to its consistent cross-onshore winds, you may hit the water any time you wish.
- Sunset Beach
A wind surfing Dubai destination that not only offers easy access to its water but an amazing horizon view as well. If you’re looking for a busy beach full of life and vibrancy, Sunset Beach is the one.
- Sheraton Jumeirah Beach
A private white sand beach in the Dubai Marina, and one of the major wind surfing destinations in Dubai. With plenty of windsurfing centers, you’ll enjoy the calm waters and the wind breeze of the area all year long.
- Jebel Ali Beach
Jebel Ali Beach Hotel is one of the best wind surfing Dubai spots. Those who’d like to take their wind surfing seriously should be headed there. As for beginners, the instructors will fast track them on their way to become professional windsurfers.
For wind surfing gear, beginners are advised to invest in:
- Wind surfing board
Make sure it is:
- Stable, with a larger width
- High-volume (50-90 L heavier than your weight)
- Sail
- Small-sized (between 4.6-6 meters) for beginners
- Large-sized for professionals
- Mast and mast base
- Stiff mast in proportion to the sail size
- Shock-absorbing mast base
- Boom
- Aluminum or carbon-fiber boom
- Buoyancy aid
- Light in weight
- Covers the chest area
- Wetsuit
- Snug (neither tight nor loose)
- Thickness proportional to weather
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