Windsurfing in Korcula, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia | Windsurfing

Due to the ideal geographical position of Korcula, Windsurfing is a very popular sport in Korcula's waters. Korcula is exposed to the sun for most of the day and due to the regular wind Maestral, which blows in the Peljesac and Korcula channel almost every afternoon, Korcula is a pleasant windy town. Wind Maestral is created due to changing differences between the temperatures of the mainland and the sea, when air above the mainland becomes so hot by the afternoon that creates the Maestral wind which blows from the West to the East along the Croatian coast. Wind Maestral is popular summer wind. It brings freshness and breeze to Korcula's summers as well as it creates a great Windsurfers playground on Korcula's waters. In the mid seventies, when the first Windsurfing boards arrived in Korcula, brought by German tourists and Windsurfing enthusiasts, Korcula youths discovered that Windsurfing is the most incredible of all sports. It combines the thrills of surfing, the calmness of sailing, and puts you in touch with nature. As soon as the first tourists with their Windsurfing boards arrived in Korcula, the sport was instantly accepted and Korcula has had and still has some good amateur Windsurfers - Smiljan, Kico, Mladen, Vinko, Tonci, Niko ...In Korcula one can Windsurf alone for some wonderful peace of mind from virtually any spot along Korcula's coast, or you can surf every afternoon with the rest of other Windsurfers in Peljesac Channel for fun and companionship. No other sport in Korcula can give you the feeling that Windsurfing does.