Recreation

Portland is a Mecca for divers, windsurfers, climbers, sailors and fishermen. The harbour provides perfect conditions for windsurfing and dingy sailing with shallow water with a sandy bed and usually windy conditions. It is common to drive across the causeway at 40+ mph and get overtaken by a windsurfer. In recent years there has been a growing trend water skiing behind huge Parafoil kites, these kites can be 5M across and the skiers are often seen 20 feet in the air.

When the weather is calm people can often be seen partaking in the gentle sport of parascending above West Cliff. The launce point is next to the bench at the look out point near Priory Corner. Click here for pictures taken 27th Dec 2004.

The diving around Portland is outstanding with countless wrecks around the coast and the famous wreck of HMS Hood in the mouth of the harbour, click here for more information on HMS Hood.

Scuba diving page, click here.

• Rockfax - Portland is now the most important sport climbing area in the UK, get the low down here.
  
   
• The Speed Sailing Pages -Dedicated to Weymouth Speed Week in Portland Harbour.
  
   
• The Learning Stone - Portland Sculpture Trust's home page.
  
   

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