seadoll Posted April 15, 2007 #1 Share Posted April 15, 2007 We'll be sailing on the Destiny in October and I thought I saw somewhere that one of the islands offers surfing. Does anyone know where this is and how much it costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy2313 Posted April 15, 2007 #2 Share Posted April 15, 2007 What is the itinerary for when you are cruising?? I might be able to help with the answer or I might want to know the answer :p depending on the itinerary or secret spots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pholter Posted April 15, 2007 #3 Share Posted April 15, 2007 It might have been Barbados..... When we toured there, we watched folks surfing in Bathsheba and I think the tour guide mentioned that they had competitions there as well. I'm not a surfer, so I may have this information wrong, but it's worth a seach for sure. I seem to remember him saying "world class surfing." Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted April 15, 2007 #4 Share Posted April 15, 2007 The ports are St. Thomas Dominca Barbados St.Lucia Antigua Seadoll what is your sail date? If it's 10/7 we have a roll call going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedocple Posted April 15, 2007 #5 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Barbados is indeed one of the few Caribbean Islands that has decent surfing. Southern tip and up the Atlantic (eastern) coast. Other than that Puerto Rico would be your best bet. After visiting barbados on our cruise stop last year I've been wanting to plan a surf trip there. Here's a good website with info... http://www.barbadossurfcams.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun~N~Sun Posted April 16, 2007 #6 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I didn't see any waves on our cruise to the Southern Pacific on the Destiny. In Barbados the water was a little more "swift" but no waves. I think that is one thing that I noticed most about the water on our cruise was how calm it was. The closes beach to us is about 3 hours a way and the water there is always very rough and lots of waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveco58 Posted April 16, 2007 #7 Share Posted April 16, 2007 your best bet, if you really want to surf, is to get to Puerto Rico a day or two early. (Well, actually, your BEST bet would be California or Hawaii, but your best bet in the Caribean). The southwestern beaches have pretty decent year round surf, but they are quite a ways from San Juan. I have not surfed Barbados, personally, but I have friends who have, and they say it was pretty average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadoll Posted April 17, 2007 Author #8 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Thanks for the information. We are going on the Destiny and are on the 10-14 sailing. I've already posted on the roll call and we have about 20 in our group. A couple of us are interested in going surfing. Since I've only gone surfing once and that was years ago in Hawaii, I'm not looking for "world class" waves, just something to try it again. I don't want to be ruined for the rest of the trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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