Baltic Sea (Ostsee)

(Locations from West to East - meistens, hoffen wir)

• Flensburg Solitüde - Glücksburg Schausende 7 km Downwindfun
• Eckernförder Bucht (aka “E-Bay”) winter storm downwinder
  • Schwedeneck - Eckernförde ~ 18 km video (part of the course that has been used up to at least 2023 for the Baltic Sea Festival race)
• Kiel
  • Laboe to Fehmarn ~52 km
• Todendorf (village with Hubertsberg lighthouse) - Heikendorf (Kiel Bay) ~28+ km video
• Poel Island calm day circumnavigation
• Rerik
  • Wustrow Peninsula calm day circumnavigation
• Elmenhorst - Heiligendamm 15 kmvideo
• Wilhelmshöhe - Heiligendamm 13 km video, Downwindfun
• Warnemünde - Kühlungsborn ~23 km video, reverse direction video (OC Ostsee Cup 2019)
• Nienhagen - Kühlungsborn ~13 km video
• Warnemünde - Börgerende 14 km video
• Börgerende - Kägsdorf 15 km video
• Rostock
  • Rostock - Darß ~36+ km
  • Nordic Kayak Europe Center
  • PaddelCenter
  • Warnemünde Watersports
• Bodden Wustrow - Born ~10 km
• Prerow - Zingst ~8km video
• Prerow - Hiddensee ~35 km

Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)

• Elbe (Estuary)
  • downwind video near Kollmar
  • sea kayak downwind video Hamburg
• East Frisia (Ostfriesland)
  • Neßmersiel - Neuharlingersiel ~23 km sea kayak video
• Tide Races
  • About Safety
  • Between Baltrum & Nordeney Islands sea kayak video about finding the tiderace (not for beginners)

Lake Constance (Bodensee) (Swiss/German/Austrian)

• Downwinder Video 2017
• Kanuschule Bodensee
• See Switzerland Page

Lake Plön (Großen Plöner See)

• Downwinder 2023 SS2

Lake Steinhude (Steinhuder Meer)

• windy lake, popular for windsports (Racer On the Lake). We would be surprised if you can't downwind here, possibly a good downwind learning location when conditions are not too rough?

Rhine River (Der Rhein)

• Boat Wake Surfing video

Wesel-Datteln-Kanal

• Hünxe - Dorsten calm water paddle
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Surfski/Downwind

• Kajak Nord/Vajda training camps video
• Nordic Kayak Coaching/Lessons