water sports wexford

Hook Head is a long, low rocky peninsula, ideal for seawatching in spring and autumn.
The Hook Head and Baginbun areas are top class diving sites in the south east. Visibility is excellent in the clear water here. At the nearby Naomh Seosamh Hotel in Fethard-on-Sea, it is possible to get a compressor. The hotel also has a drying room facility for divers.
Baginbun Head is associated with the first landings of the Normans in 1169.
The famous expression 'By Hook or...

Boat Club offers sailing classes for juniors each summer. These are very well organised and run by instructors from the Irish Sailing Association. Junior sailing would cover an age group up to 16 years. The Boat Club has buoyed the harbour and a limited number of moorings are available for visitors....

The Watersport Centre at Rosslare does introductory lessons in windsuring and kayaking during the summer months. They also offer special morning sessions on a weekly basis to children from 8 years to 16....

This event harkens back to the mid-19th century when the boats used to race out to meet the incoming schooners. Whoever gets there first gets the piloting contract from the incoming schooner. This was a way of living in times past, but it is now a sport open to anyone qualified....