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Hong Kong Surfski

Clearwater Bay Downwinding


Hong Kong is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta.

Downwinds/Paddles


Downwinds

Safety With human powered vessels, many if not all runs that cross shipping channels (Hong Kong has some of the world's busiest) require by law that you have safety boat accompaniment. Marine police will check on you.

  • (A number of the downwinders described below with SUP videos depended on boat transportation to and/or from islands.)
  • Cape D'Aguilar southeast tip of Hong Kong Island
  • Clearwater Bay
    • Dragon Run
      • Old Course: Clearwater Bay Beach - Stanley Main Beach/ Sea School 23 km Downwindable.com
      • Current Course:Clearwater Bay Marina - Stanley Sea School/Beach 21 km Downwindable.com
      • We believe Clearwater Bay to Stanley is also known as the “Northerly Run” or “Great Northerly”.
    • “Hong Kong's Maliko Run”? Clear Water Bay Marina - Yai Lei Restaurant in Sha Kiu 10km Downwindfun
  • Lamma Island
  • Basalt Island - Ngam Tau Sha 8 km SUP video
  • Ping Min Chau Run - 1.6km / 1 mile paddle from Lobster Bay to Ping Min Chau (island), and then a 3km downwind to the North East Corner of Shelter Island
  • Sai Kung northerly part of the New Territories of Hong Kong video
    • Port Shelter Express Run: Tai Mong Tsai Road Pier, Sai kung - Sheung Sze Wan Bay 10 km Downwindable.com, OC1 video
    • Frisky Whiskey Run: Sai Kung Country Park - Clear Water Bay Marina 14.5 km Downwindfun this is basically the same or similar to what is also called the “Great Northerly Runvideo
    • Tai Long Wan Bay
  • Tiu Chung Chau (Jin Island) video
    • L2CC - Southerly Run - South West tip of Lamma Island to South East Tip of Cheung Chau Island 9 km SUP video

Flat/Calmer Water

  • Sai Kung video calm day, catching boat wakes…

Conditions

June to August air temperatures average 26 C to 30 C (79 F to 86 F). Winter air termperatures get down to average lows of 14 C (57 F).

​Water temperatures average around 28 C (82 F) in the summer and 18 C (64 F) in the winter. Wind and swell direction is predominantly northerly or northeasterly in autumn and winter and southerly in summer.


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