7 places in Russia, where you can go surfing

Do you think surfing is only available in expensive vacation in Bali or California? And here and there! Russia - a vast country, seas and oceans, we have plenty, so if you want you can go surf though all year round.

Kamchatka: Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean

The beaches are popular Kamchatka Krai - summer is crowded. However, they are not like the beaches in warmer lands: no usual abundance of shops and rental agencies, and therefore - and the hype around them. Most come here to just relax on the beach and enjoy the wind blowing in from the ocean. To swim They dare not all, because the water temperature, even in summer rarely rises above 15 degrees. Therefore, for the surfers here expanse!

• spots: Khalaktyrsky beach.
• Season: year-round, except winter surfing.
• schools:Surfholidays, Snowave.

Vladivostok Sea of ​​Japan

On many places, suitable for surfing, heard even the residents of Vladivostok. Surfing is only gaining in popularity, and can enjoy the unspoiled nature and the secluded atmosphere. Here, one of the stages of the championship of Russia on surfing takes place annually.

• spots: Russian Island (Cape Ahlostysheva) Reineke Island, coves and bays.
• Season: May - October.
• schools:Swell, vlBarrel, Surf Bro.

St. Petersburg: Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga

Just a half hour drive from St. Petersburg have the opportunity to surf. The waves here are special: from the shore, they appear to be small, but this is a wrong impression - to engage in surfing is quite real. Safe beaches: sandy, suitable for beginners. However, in the winter ponds Leningrad region covered with ice.

• spots: Cape Bunker, Sunshine village, town Priozersk.
• Season: April - November, but sometimes the weather allows you to ride to the middle of winter.
• schools:SurfHolidays, «Russian surfing».

Kaliningrad Baltic Sea

In popularity among surfers in Russia, this is the place to be right for Kamchatka. There are all types of waves and a lot of spots for various levels of training. The most stable wave in Zelenogradsk to which the Kaliningrad is easily accessible even by public transport.

• spots: Zelenogradsk, fishing, Svetlogorsk, Hmelovka.
• Season: all year round.
• schools:König Surf Club, SurfHolidays, RussiaGoSurf.

Krasnodar region: Black Sea

Surfing on the Black Sea is very different from the ocean - it is difficult. After the wave is only the wind and far less predictable. But catch it can still be in the storm days, plus or minus a couple of days. Surf season in the Black Sea accounted for the winter months - an additional plus for those who missed the winter salt water.

• spots: Anapa, Sochi.
• Season: November - March.
• schools: «Pearl», «Anapa-Surfing».

The Kuril Islands: Pacific

Surfing the Kurils is, and yet how - waves sometimes even better than in Kamchatka! But to get to the place difficult: have to fly, ride, sail on the ferry, and hope that the weather will allow to land at the planned site of the first time. Of course, the Kuril Islands - is not an option for beginners. But if you are attracted to romance uninhabited islandsThen your dream can come true here.

• spots: Iturup Island.
• Season: all year round.

Murmansk Arctic Ocean

Surfing in Murmansk - the most extreme variant. It's true north! Last year, surf expedition to the village of Teriberka committed project participants Surf in Siberia. It should look at the adventures of these desperate children - and other places for surfing paradise and seem quite affordable.