Whats are the differences between Lake and Sea windsurfing?
A. Many – inland surfing gives you flatter water, fresh water, and less wind – but no tides or currents. All inland lakes require some permission or club access to windsurf. Fresh water is less buoyant so a buoyancy aid is advisable. But its cleaner, and your kit will stay clean. If you surf in the sea and then put your kit away for the winter it will be damaged by the salt. Use a shower to wash down kit used in the sea, or just use it on a lake the following week. The sea gives you waves, and it can be fun surfing through breaking waves, or letting a wave push you along. But watch out for tidal currents, underwater rocks, breakwaters, swimmers and jetski users, shipping or yachting channels, areas of randomly choppy water. Not all beaches permit windsurfing, some of those that do will limit it to designated short launching points (to reduce the risk of hitting swimmers.). Lake users can always get to an edge if they get into trouble. Sea users in an offshore wind can get into serious
