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Barbados

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surfing in Barbados
  Barbados has 262 000 people and is 430 kmē. The island is pretty flat except for the "Scotland District". The climate is tropical. The rain season is from June to December. The main wind is E-NE all the year.
The surf is infrequent and unpredictable. On the West Coast, you'll have surf from December to March (needs a North Swell). The East Coast receives the Atlantic swells. The surf is more consistent here.
Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Geographic coordinates: 13 10 N, 59 32 W
Coastline: 97 km
Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October)
Terrain: relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
Natural hazards: infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides
Currency: Barbadian dollar (BBD)

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1 Accra Beach - Rockley Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
2 Batts Rock reef-rocky all surfers
3 Brandon 11  right and left reef-rocky all surfers
4 Caccra Bank
5 Carib   left reef-coral all surfers
6 Cattlewash right and left sand-bar experienced surfers
7 Church Point right reef-coral experienced surfers
8 Cobblers Cove   left reef-coral experienced surfers
9 Crane Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
10 Duppies right reef-coral experienced surfers
11 Foul bay right and left beach-break all surfers
12 Freights 16  left point-break all surfers
13 Fryers well   right reef-coral all surfers
14 Long Beach   right and left beach-break all surfers
15 Maycocks 19  right reef-rocky all surfers
16 Mullins left reef-rocky experienced surfers
17 Paradise   right point-break experienced surfers
18 Parlors experienced surfers
19 Ragged Point right and left beach-break experienced surfers
20 Salt Ash left reef-coral experienced surfers
21 Sandy Lane left reef-coral experienced surfers
22 Silver Sands right reef-coral all surfers
23 Skeetes Bay   right and left breakwater/jetty beginners wave
24 Soup Bowl 43  right reef-coral experienced surfers
25 South Point 14  left reef-coral experienced surfers
26 Surfer's Point right and left reef-rocky all surfers
27 Thunder   left point-break experienced surfers
28 Tropicana left reef-rocky experienced surfers


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Barbados at a glance
 
Location: Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Geographic coordinates: 13° 9.9996' N, 59° 31.9998' W
Coastline: 97 km km
Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October)
Terrain: relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
Elevation: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
Natural hazards: infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides
Currency: Barbadian dollar (BBD)
Population: 279,912 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: English
Capital: Bridgetown
Divisions: 11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas

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Surfing Season
Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
Best Surfing Season
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Regular Swell

Flat

Flat

Regular Swell

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Typical Swell Size
1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

< 1m / 3ft

< 1m / 3ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1.5m-2m / 5ft-6ft
Surf Equipment Boardshorts Boardshorts Boardshorts Boardshorts Boardshorts Boardshorts
Water temp. 25°C
77°F
26°C
79°F
28°C
82°F
28°C
82°F
26°C
79°F
25°C
77°F
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comment by Anonymous, 2008-05-12 12:05:42

Flat in august?
Hey, im heading for barbados in august. Anyone knows if there are any waves this month? Or is it a total wast of time? Thanks, beginner surfer

comment by matth , 2008-03-15 16:21:09

RENTAL IN BARBADOS
Hi i plan to go in barbados in december do u know any good place to stay on the East coast or the South coast i found some but it looks very expensive

Thanks

comment by Paul, 2008-02-24 16:58:00

Barbados Board Rentals
Headed to Barbados in July. Hear the surfing is good, especially Bathsheba. Are there any board rental shops on Barbados? I don't see any listed, but maybe someone has seen some.

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Freights, Barbados
By mattysan, 2008-03-24 10:00:00
Shredding the Shredder
Wicked morning session on the board I have dubbed the "tank". Awesome break with a lot of good waves, managed to snag my share of decent ones off the shoulder. I find it difficult to surf the main section just because of how heavy the shredder is to
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Freights, Barbados
By mattysan, 2008-03-23 10:00:00
23 march

Nice waves following on from the North Swel we have been experiencing. Would have liked to have surfed more but this darn shredder I'm surfing is a brick in the water after a while. It also rips the knees to shreds so after a while the quick
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South Point, Barbados
By jmrg, 2007-12-12 20:54:01

Great wave - at last surfing from the Uk in board shorts. Fun, punchy left with fast take off and with the right lined up wave long long rides. Very easy to master once you get to your feet quick and line up for section after section. Good local
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Freights, Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, 2007-03-08 07:00:37
zed's dead baby
last lesson with zed. awesome session again. started really working the waves to the end and turning. big improvements. thought about taking on soup bowl tomorrow but i'm a pussy and "its too big this time of year." maybe next time.
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Freights, Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, 2007-03-07 07:00:29
Zed run
this session kicked ass. 2 hr private lesson with zed layson. definitely got back on my game today. he taught me a few tips for turning and i started pumping decently. got a few pretty long rides.
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Trip: Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, From 2007-03-03 to 2007-03-11

so, its my first surf trip to and being that i'm by myself, i needed to get somebody familiar with the island to work with me for the week. so, i'm hooking up with Zed Layson when i get down there to show me around the island and whatnot
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Trip: Bados 2007
By Big Tank, From 2007-01-05 to 2007-01-21
Every year we (my "now" wife ,was girlfriend) head down to Barbados. For me this  began in 1977, started w/ the whoile family. Then a divorce, so dad and the kids, then in early 90's me solo, and now to the present (past 7 years),
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